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Today on the enLIGHTen podcast, I sat down with President Brian Cordray of the Adriatic Mission and our conversation kept returning to this incredible sacred truth from Elder Quentin L. Cook’s conference message: The Lord is hastening His work. HASTENING. ✨ Not rushing. Not racing past. But being moved forward by heaven. We talked about what that word really means for our lives— how this generation of missionaries has been quietly, powerfully prepared… how the gospel is moving into hearts and nations with divine precision… and how this most marvelous work doesn’t belong to “someone else.” It belongs to us. To our voices. To our daily discipleship. If you feel the pull to step in, to lift, to serve, to share— this episode is for you. Let the spark catch. Share His Light! And come be part of the Hastening. ✨

President Nelson once said, “The human body is a MANIFICENT MASTERPIECE.” And this week on enLIGHTen, we explored just how true that is. With my good friend Tanna Fox @live_right_nutrition, we dove into the miracle of the body as a temple for our souls— And vessel of His grace and light and how choosing light in small, everyday ways lifts both the physical and the spiritual. Because it seems that the more we honor this gift, the more we feel and come to know the Giver.

This week's episode of the enLIGHTen podcast took us through the Nativity exhibit at the Kirtland Temple Visitors’ Center— hundreds of symbols, stories, and cultures all pointing us back to Jesus Christ . As we walked and talked, we were reminded that every nativity is a testimony crafted through someone’s gifts . Every artisan adds their piece to the story… just like we can . God magnifies whatever we’re willing to offer . This Christmas season, may every shepherd, every star, and every humble manger pull our hearts back to Him . Because remembering Him we remember ourselves the one God truly knows His own divine, beautiful and magnificent creation!

HIS NAME changes everything.   In today’s episode with Amber Dawn Pearce we talked about the way  mountains move almost quietly when we stop trying to lift them on our own. How the shift often begins the moment we step toward someone else even when it doesn’t make sense yet. How sacrifice and small obedience carry more power than we realize.   Because bearing His name isn’t just saying it — it’s walking it.   It’s showing up with light where fear used to live.   It’s trusting that He works in motion not stagnation.   And somehow as we move things around us start to move too.   May your mountains feel lighter today as you carry His Name.

This week, we’re talking about the power of words— how Christ Himself is the Word, how through words God spoke light into being, and how our own words still hold creative power. . With Yarley Varley and her sweet daughter, Taytum we explored how words can heal or harm, build faith or fear, and how choosing truth and kindness aligns our voice with His. . Heaven and earth may pass away, but God’s words remain. They shape eternity— and when we speak with love, so do ours. . May we remember today that every word carries light— and the closer our words echo His, the brighter our lives will shine.

This week, we’re talking about what it means to honor—both the parents who gave us life on earth, and the Heavenly Parents who gave us eternal life in spirit. We looked at how Jesus—even knowing He was the Son of God—chose to humble Himself, to listen, to serve, to obey. He showed us that honoring those we see teaches us how to love the One we cannot see. When we thank God, when we cherish the gifts He’s given, when we honor those He’s placed in our care— we keep the circle of divine love turning. His giving meets our gratitude, and together they become glory. . May we learn from Christ’s example—to honor with our hearts, to thank with our lives, and to let every act of love shine back to Heaven.

In this week’s enLIGHTen episode with my dear friend, Anna Miller we explored what it truly means to be proved and strengthened in Christ— to walk through refining seasons not alone, but with Him beside us. We talked about how His love doesn’t spare us from the fire— it stays with us in it. Every trial, every “proving,” can polish our hearts the way pressure and heat turn carbon into a diamond. Because in His hands… the proving becomes the shaping. The breaking becomes the brightening. The weight becomes the witness of His strength within us. When we let Him walk with us, He turns what feels impossible into something eternal— something brilliant. 💫 May we trust the process, embrace the proving, and let His light make us shine.

An enLIGHTen conversation with Beth Martineau @saltandhart In today’s enLIGHTen episode, I sit down with my dear friend Beth Martineau to open our hearts to what it really means to have Christ open our eyes— to see not just the world, but the truth behind it. We talk about how easy it is to go through life looking but never truly seeing… and how one quiet moment with Him can change the way you see everything. When He anoints our eyes with light, our fears lose focus, our path becomes clear, and our hearts begin to recognize what was there all along— His love, His truth, His presence. Because SEEING through Christ isn’t about sharper sight— it’s about sacred perspective. He helps us notice the unseen miracles, the divine details, and the holy in the ordinary. May we let Him open our eyes again and again, until we see as He sees.

Today, we looked deeply at God’s goodness with Brandee Sanders and her daughter Ellie  — an hour of lifting truth. When life feels like you’re sinking, weighed down by the sea-weed of what’s gone wrong, the light of His mercy reaches in. Brother Holland reminds us: “This awe-inspiring mercy … is perfectly suited to you, designed to relieve your individual agonies and heal your particular pains.” Too often we beat ourselves up over our imperfections, forgetting the One who made mercy for us. But here’s the promise: Seek Him with your whole heart. Stay the course. Look to His light in His Holy House. And your soul will be buoyed beyond whatever storm you’re riding. Because you are seen. You are known. You are loved. And in Him, you will rise.

Today I got to sit down with Rachelle Chase who just returned from serving as a mission leader in Chicago. We spoke about how we can find rest even in the most crazy and trying times. God doesn't promise "comfortable." But He absolutely promises to comfort us in our afflictions, to walk with us, to lift us and sustain us beyond anything we could do alone. Because of our covenants we can trust those promises and walk in the joy of His light no matter what is going on in our lives and the world around us.

What are you trusting God with right now? 🙏✨ Today I had the honor of speaking with Sister Rebecca Fredrick, who’s serving as a mission leader in the Bogotá Colombia South Mission. She shared how moved she has felt seeing the trust these young missionaries have in their leaders. And we talked about what it really means to trust in the Lord — The shield of faith, Linking our faith together and how God takes our vulnerability and reshapes it into gratitude and power Faith isn’t something we just have — It’s something we choose to grow into. And in that growth, we come to know Jesus Christ. We feel His power.

Today I had the privilege of talking with @michelledcraig3 about the joyful transformation that is Holiness.  Maybe holiness isn't about proving we're good enough to God... Maybe it's about surrendering our imperfect offerings — and allowing Him to make them part of Him. It doesn't happen automatically. But if we're willing, it does happen. That quiet, radiant transformation — being magnified through His light and moved by His love

Can waiting actually increase our joy? 🤔✨ Today I had the joy of sitting down with the incredible Leah Morris to unpack the beauty and purpose in Waiting on the Lord. 🙌. This is more than just delayed gratification or sitting idly by and waiting for God to do His thing. It’s active pursuit —Patiently seeking Him, Speaking of Him, Staying rooted in His perfect light and goodness. This is joy and patience all in one 💛.

What does it feel like to be rescued by Jesus? Today Gale Teuscher and I got together to talk about the power of Christ’s Atonement — to rescue us, to lift us, to heal us and bless us. Even in life’s storms, He fills our hearts with His peace and His joy. But it doesn’t stop there — His power fills us with capacity to:  heal, bless, lift, and to join Him in the work of The Great Rescuer!

Creativity is a way to partner with God, to testify of Christ, to build up God’s kingdom, to find joy in life, to find resilience through trials and to Glorify God! When we are being creative, we partner with God and can fight compulsion consumption and comparison!!! Some gifts we talked about: Storytelling Record keeping Writing Cooking to keep our bodies healthy and take better care of them. Following inspiration and revelation and acting about it. Creativity tied to faith, survival and covenant making and keeping. Doctrine and Covenants 89:18-19 Proverbs 3:7-8 amazing promises in the scriptures also Daniel 1:17 And this great quote by our beloved Prophet “ I urge you with all the hope of my heart to pray to understand your spiritual gifts to cultivate use and expand them even more than you ever have. You will change the world as you do so.” Oct 2018 ❤️❤️❤️

Today I got to sit down with mother and violinist Lauren Smith to talk about the many impossible dreams which our God fulfills as we seek Him. Whether its the mountains in our lives, a rocky period, or just the unknown His love moves and transforms what was once stone into windows for His light to pour through

Today my dear friend Cassie Shepherd and I had the most wonderful time discussing Hobbits, Doors and the great adventure we discover living in God . It seems that all great stories reflect the one greatest story of them all and wherever our path made lead as long as go through the one true door we will find our way both "there and back again"

God has such a generous, giving, parent-heart—and He loves to shower us with His light and love. 💛 Today I got to sit down with my Boston friend Portia Thompson and talk about these incredible gifts—and how we can prepare our hearts to receive them. 🎁 So much of this journey is simply letting God: be more, do more & love more than we ever imagined He would…or thought we deserved.   The gifts don’t always have to look like what we planned. But we trust the Master Planner. He knows exactly what we need—how, when, and why. The more we: spend time with Him, learn of Him, see His light & come to know His love …the more we realize just how HAPPY He is to give us what He has— and how ready He is to help us grow, draw closer, and help others do the same

What a remarkable reunion & discussion with one of my former missionaries in Bulgaria, Elder Travis Wolsey, as we talked about making Jesus and His eternal light the center of our lives . How amazing that as God prepares the world for Jesus to return He begins by preparing us in our hearts and souls to know and feel Him . So that even as things get chaotic around us He who set the stars in the sky can bring order, light and His perfect peace to our souls

What a fun-filled hour we had today with Barbara Morgan Gardner talking about the Savior's and stories in  preparation for the His Second coming. It turns out that Sharing is Preparing and in these Last Days God is most interested in how we connect with Him and use what He gives us to help and bless others. Our gifts of kindness, hospitality, listening,  and Sharing His Love and His Light not only brighten the world but allow God to transform us in the process. And that may be the best preparation of all.