Minimizing Trauma When Those We Love Question their Latter-day Saint Faith
Mark Matheson is a visiting professor of business at “the BYU of the East Coast”, Southern Virginia University. Matheson received a doctorate in organizational leadership from the University of Phoenix, a master’s degree in business administration from Harvard...
Ministering to Those Who Question | An Interview with David Ostler
Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe Email | RSS | MoreDavid Ostler is a former bishop, stake president and mission president (Freetown, Sierra Leone). Now retired, he has a professional business background focused on executive management of...
Motivation & Building Teams in Latter-day Saint Councils | Guest Post by Blake Dalton
Blake Dalton is a full-time teacher from West Valley City, Utah. He served a full-time mission in Eugene, Oregon. He has served as an elder’s quorum president, a high councilman, executive secretary, and currently serves as the bishop of his ward.
Also be sure to listen to Blake’s How I Lead interview.
Enter Brigham…
Helping Those With Broken Bows
While serving as a Relief Society president in Texas, there were many opportunities to visit members who did not come to church consistently. One day I was pondering on how to best minister to the sister I was going to visit and a very clear and profound insight came...
Are You Willing to Re-Gather Precious Souls?
Aleisha Petersen has been married 14 years and is a mom to 4 young kids. Life took her family on an adventure through BYU-Idaho, NYC for grad school, Oklahoma for a residency, and Alaska for Military Service (she being the lucky passenger). They now reside in Colorado...
Mourning With Those Who Mourn: A Sacred Opportunity
Jeff Borders joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the age of 19 and has had many opportunities to serve in leadership roles including Ward Mission, Young Men’s, Elders Quorum and in the Bishopric. Jeff works as the Respiratory Therapy Manager at a...
Is Elders Quorum Working?
Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe Email | RSS | MoreWe are instructed in the General Handbook (8.1.1) that “Members of the elders quorum work together to help accomplish the work of salvation and exaltation. They serve others, fulfill...
Suicide Prevention for Latter-day Saint Leaders | An Interview with Kristen Coltrin
Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe Email | RSS | MoreKristen Coltrin has a bachelor’s degree in psychology and is working on a master’s degree in clinical social work. She has been working as an intern with the Idaho Suicide Prevention...
Implementing JustServe.org in Your Area | An Interview with Autumn Stringam
Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe Email | RSS | MoreAutumn Stringam is from Alberta, Canada, and now lives in Nampa, Idaho. She and her husband are the parents of five children and have two grandchildren. She grew up with a community-minded...
