How I Lead as President of BYU-Idaho | An Interview with Elder Alvin F. Meredith III
Elder Alvin F. "Trip" Meredith III is the president of Brigham Young University–Idaho and a General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Prior to his call as a General Authority, President Meredith served as president of the Utah Salt...
Tell me about Membership Councils
Let’s tip-toe into the world of membership councils (formerly known as disciplinary councils). I’ve had my personal experience with this topic as a bishop and a member of a stake presidency. I have heard them framed as the most spiritual meetings in the Church (that...
Rallying the Ward Around Sacrament Meeting | A How I Lead Interview with Ryan Webb
Ryan Webb grew up in Tremonton, Utah, and has been married to his wife, KaDawn, for 22 years. They have six children. He has taught within Seminaries and Institutes in Orem, Utah, Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Raleigh, North Carolina. He also spent 10 months as the...
Loved and Not Judged
Julie grew up in Southern California as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She is the oldest of 10 siblings. She currently lives in Utah with her husband. They have five children and five granddaughters. Family time is her favorite time....
The Bishop Miracle | An Interview with Brad Agle
Brad Agle is a professor of Ethics and Leadership and holds the George W. Romney endowed professorship in the Marriott School of Business at Brigham Young University. Brad recently published The Bishop Book, talking about the experiences of serving as a bishop and...
The Power of Stillness in Leadership | An Interview with Jacob Hess, Carrie Skarda, Kyle Anderson, and Ty Mansfield
This is a rebroadcast. The episode originally ran in March 2020. Jacob Hess, Carrie Skarda, Kyle Anderson, and Ty Mansfield are the authors of The Power of Stillness: Mindful Living for Latter-day Saints. In this interview they discuss where mindfulness and meditation...
God Magnifies Our Efforts as We Serve in Communities
Several years ago, while living in Texas, I was privileged to serve in what was then called stake public affairs (currently called stake communication director.) Those years were such a sacred time of service, connection. and miracles. There were many sweet...
A Latter-day Saint Bishop Sits Down with Four Evangelical Pastors
In this podcast, Kurt Francom sits down with four Evangelical Protestant pastors, Jeff McCullough of Hello Saints, Curtis Gilbert—a senior pastor in Shiloh, Illinois, Kyle Beshears, —pastor of a nondenominational church in Mobile, Alabama, and Nate Fox—pastor of...
Visit Another Church
The last two messages (this one and this one) have both been about my church marathon experience where I visited 3 Protestant churches on one Sunday. I’d like to share one final lesson from that experience. It is simply this… Latter-day Saints and Protestants should...
Visiting Other Churches as a Stake Communication Director | A How I Lead Interview with Maria Duncan
Maria Duncan was raised in the San Francisco East Bay area where she learned the gospel from sister missionaries and joined the Church as she entered her teens. She moved to Cache Valley, Utah for high school and college, graduating from Utah State with a bachelor's...
