All In

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What does it mean to be "all in" the Gospel of Jesus Christ in the latter days? The answers might surprise you. All In is a brand new podcast from LDS Living where we explore this question with the help of authors and artists who are striving to live their faith every day—just like you.

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Nadia Cates: The Power of R...

09.22.2021

Nadia Cates is on a mission. Literally. She and her husband are mission leaders of the Costa Rica San José West Mission. But long before putting on the black name tag she now wears, she felt a desire to create ...

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09.22.2021 Nadia Cates: The Power of Remembering Who We Are Nadia Cates is on a mission. Literally. She and her husband are mission leaders of the Costa Rica San José West Mission. But long before putting on the black name tag she now wears, she felt a desire to create ...
09.15.2021 Jess Kettle: Choosing to Lean In A young mom, Jess Kettle had always found joy in her membership in the Church. But when people she had looked up to and trusted began to leave, she found herself filled with anxiety regarding her faith. Jess felt a ...
09.08.2021 Tony Finau: All In at Home and On the Green Coming from humble beginnings, professional golfer Tony Finau has not forgotten his roots or the true source of the blessings he enjoys. He carries with him the hopes and dreams of the people who made sacrifices to help him arrive ...
09.01.2021 Brittany Chapman Nash: Polygamy and the Church’s Past From the early 1840s to 1890, the principle of plural marriage was practiced within The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This aspect of history is one we tend to avoid talking about as Latter-day Saints. Perhaps we feel ...
08.25.2021 Makenna Myler: The Surprises of God’s Plan In October 2020, Makenna Myler made headlines when a viral video showed her running a mile in 5 minutes and 25 seconds. Those numbers would be impressive for anyone—but Makenna did it just 10 days before giving birth to her ...
08.20.2021 Bonus: Elijah Bryant: Chasing a Dream Over the course of nine days in May, Elijah Bryant went from playing professional basketball in Israel to fulfilling a lifelong dream of playing in the NBA. He signed with the Milwaukee Bucks and, in July, he became an NBA ...
08.18.2021 Craig Manning: Mastering the Mind Did you know research has shown that people who can control their minds have the greatest success in life? In fact, mental strength is a stronger indicator of success than IQ or the economic status of the family one grows ...
08.11.2021 Gabrielle Shiozawa: Joy After Loss Just three weeks before she was going to graduate from high school, Gabrielle Shiozawa was on a run with her dad when he began to experience symptoms of heart failure. Later that night, her father passed from this life to ...
08.04.2021 Kurt Francom: The Many Miracles of Church Leadership Inspired by his desire to be a better bishop, Kurt Francom has interviewed hundreds of people about their service within the Church. What began as blog became a podcast and then eventually a non-profit organization with a goal to help ...
07.28.2021 Thurl Bailey: The Impact of Seeing Potential When someone sees our potential it can make all the difference in what we become. But what has that looked like in the life of former NBA player Thurl Bailey? It meant his mother believing that she was not raising ...
07.21.2021 Lisa Valentine Clark: Seeing God in the Midst of Grief On June 5, 2020, Christopher Clark passed away after a four-year battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Just days before, he and his wife, Lisa Valentine Clark, celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary. Now, she feels her husband's absence every day. ...
07.14.2021 Elder Edward Dube: Can You Imagine? "Can you imagine"—these three words, found in Alma 5, were used many times by Elder Edward Dube in this week’s podcast. But what do these words mean in our lives? From our approach in sharing the Book of Mormon to ...
06.23.2021 Samuel Brown and Kate Holbrook: The Evolving Story of a Marriage Samuel Brown is an academic, a shock trauma ICU doctor, and a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Medical School. He has achieved much professionally, but it was not until his wife, Kate Holbrook, was diagnosed with cancer in her ...
06.16.2021 Liz Darger: Establishing Home-Court Advantage When Liz Darger, a senior associate athletic director at BYU, was a young girl, her mother taught a home evening lesson that made a deep impression on her. Liz's mother spoke of creating a home-court advantage for each member of ...
06.09.2021 Daniel Peterson: The Power of a Witness David Whitmer, Martin Harris, and Oliver Cowdery. Those are the well-known names of three men whose witnesses of the Book of Mormon stood the test of time, even if their loyalty to the Church sometimes wavered. But who were they? ...
06.02.2021 Aaron Franklin: The Literal Light of the World Could a greater understanding of the physical properties of light allow us to better radiate God's light—spiritual light—to those around us? How can our hope and trust in God increase when we more fully appreciate the ability of God's light ...
05.26.2021 Ally Isom: Making Space for Female Voices In October 2015, President Russell M. Nelson, then-President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, issued a plea to the women of the Church: “We need your strength, your conversion, your conviction, your ability to lead, your wisdom, and your ...
05.19.2021 Mauli Bonner and Paul Reeve: Understanding the History of Blacks in the Church In 1830, the same year the Church was organized, a former slave named Peter became the first documented Black member of the Church. Nearly 200 years later, Mauli Bonner first heard Peter's story when he started exploring his own faith ...
05.12.2021 Sage Williams: Sexual Abuse—Prevention, Healing, and Hope Harvard recently held a symposium entitled “Faith and Flourishing: Strategies for Preventing and Healing Child Sexual Abuse.” Latter-day Saint Sage Williams was one of the organizers of the symposium. On today's episode, she shares how her faith has influenced her ...
05.05.2021 Keith Erekson: Investigating Latter-Day Saint Rumors and Assumptions We’ve all heard them. There are pre-general conference predictions, rumors about certain celebrities investigating the Church, and sensationalized stories from Church history. How can you discern what is real and what’s rumor? On this week’s episode, Keith Erekson, director of ...
04.28.2021 Keith and Brooke Meyer: The Hope a Savior Brings in a Battle Against Addiction When Keith Meyer met his wife, Brooke, he was not a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In fact, the day he first saw her, he had a beer in his hand. Keith had started drinking ...
04.21.2021 Bryan Ready: From Critic to Convert From the time he was a young boy, Bryan Ready felt drawn to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Initially he studied everything he could find about it, determined to prove it wasn't the restored church on the ...
04.14.2021 Angie Balfour: Moments That Define Us, People That Change Us Angie Balfour is an adventurer, a cancer survivor, a chief people officer, and a disciple of Christ. After her high school graduation, Balfour learned a valuable lesson when she graduated from high school about involving God in her life decisions ...
04.07.2021 Kirby Heyborne: When God Opens a Window Latter-day Saints will best recognize Kirby Heyborne for his starring roles in “The R.M.” and “The Best Two Years.” But in the years since those films, Heyborne’s career has had its ups and downs. Although he initially began in finance, ...
03.31.2021 Roohina Arya: Journey Toward the Light Latter-day Saints around the world make significant sacrifices to believe. For Roohina Arya, a desire to follow Jesus Christ meant risking her life. Local laws forbade her conversion to Christianity and simply desiring to believe meant subjecting herself to physical ...
03.24.2021 Jennifer Reeder: Emma Smith—Giving All That Is Required A thread of complexity is woven throughout the life of Emma Smith. Her love for her husband, the Prophet Joseph Smith, was enduring despite her struggles to understand his participation in polygamy. Her family was the most important thing to ...
03.17.2021 Nate and Vanessa Quigley: Finding Enduring Joy in Parenting Like many young couples, Nate and Vanessa Quigley had big dreams and a firm vision for their little family after getting married. They had read the Book of Mormon scripture that promises if you keep the commandments, you will prosper ...
03.10.2021 Casey Elliott: Changed through Characters Sometimes, it can be difficult to put ourselves in the shoes of the people we read about in Church history or in the scriptures. We live in such a different world today that their experiences can be hard for us ...
03.03.2021 Richard Turley: The Cautionary Tales of Church History and the Role Models Worth Emulating Richard Turley has spent his career facing history head-on because he believes the more we know, the better we can answer questions. When it comes to Church history, there are an abundance of examples worth emulating, but there are also ...
02.24.2021 Fiona and Terryl Givens: The Restoration of All Things For the last decade, Fiona and Terryl Givens have brought to light wonderful and expansive doctrines in the restored gospel of Jesus Christ by drawing upon literature and other faith traditions. Their work helps Latter-day Saints appreciate the beauty of ...
02.10.2021 John Beck: Centered in Christ For four years, John Beck lined up under center at BYU as quarterback of the football team. He is likely best remembered for a winning play in a rivalry game against Utah that is often referred to as “The Answered ...
02.03.2021 Marcus Martins: Focused on the Future, Learning from the Past Marcus Martins never planned to serve a mission, to be sealed in the temple, or to serve as a bishop. These things would require him to receive the priesthood, and there was a restriction in place that precluded him from ...
01.27.2021 Sarah Jane Weaver: Amplifying a Prophet’s Voice After 25 years of documenting the ministry of prophets, apostles, and general officers of the Church, Sarah Jane Weaver reflects on the lessons she has learned not only from Church leaders, but from members of the Church throughout the world. ...
01.20.2021 Dr. Candace Mcnaughton: Discipleship in a Pandemic In February 2020, Dr. Candace Mcnaughton participated in her first conversations about coronavirus at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center. While she has been on the frontlines of COVID-19, she has witnessed the toll the virus has taken on patients and ...
01.15.2021 Bonus: Casey Griffiths: “In the Middle of the Story” A study of the Doctrine and Covenants may feel a little bit daunting. There is no doubt that it reads a bit differently than other books of scripture. But could it be that this is because the Doctrine and Covenants ...
01.13.2021 Tom Christofferson: The Healing Power of Charity What if there is power in a Christlike attribute we have heard about our entire lives but have barely scratched the surface of understanding? In his new book, “A Better Heart,” Tom Christofferson writes, “The gift of charity is enormous ...
01.06.2021 Rebecca Hirschi: To the Finish Line In 2012, amidst cancer treatments, Rebecca Hirschi achieved her goal of running the Boston Marathon. But on New Year's Eve 2020, Hirschi approached another finish line as she was nearing the end of her battle with cancer and was on ...
12.16.2020 Eva Timothy: Recognizing Light Eva Timothy describes growing up in Bulgaria as a place filled with darkness. But even amidst that darkness, she instantly recognized the light of Jesus Christ in art taped to the walls of a makeshift chapel. She felt His light ...
12.09.2020 Lauren Daigle: A Dream Planted by God Himself Long before she won a Grammy, Lauren Daigle was a teenager homebound by sickness. But during this period of isolation, God gave her hope for a future through a dream of becoming a singer. Years later, the Christian music singer ...
12.02.2020 Jason Deere: Music Fueled by Testimony The son of converts to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Jason Deere has lived most of his life in Oklahoma or Tennessee. After finding success in the music industry, Deere took his love for country music and ...
11.25.2020 John Bytheway: Finding Joy This Holiday Season A lot goes on in between Thanksgiving and Christmas, but in the midst of cooking and shopping, are we taking time to reflect on the cause for our celebrations or the source of joy that we feel? Do we stop ...
11.18.2020 Devin Graham: Never Shying Away Through the lens of his camera, Devin Graham has witnessed some pretty incredible things—things he never could’ve imagined as a shy young man. But his time as a missionary in Jamaica taught him to step out of his comfort zone ...
11.11.2020 Tara Bench: Stirring Up Success As a college student, Tara Bench saw pictures of beautiful food spreads in magazines and knew what she wanted to be: the person who made that food. It took awhile to figure out what that job would look like, but ...
11.04.2020 Anthony Sweat: Repicturing the Restoration Our understanding of religion, whether it be scripture or history, is greatly influenced by art. The depictions we see impact not only how we picture certain passages, but also which passages we know at all. In his new book, "Repicturing ...
10.28.2020 Mandie Sherman and Natalie Moss: Sisters Outliving a Life Expectancy When Mandie Sherman was born in 1989 with Cystic Fibrosis, she was expected to live just 18 years. Three years later, her little sister Natalie was also born with the same disease. As they have battled their condition, the two ...
10.21.2020 Becky Higgins: “Following” Him—Discipleship on Social Media Most of us are young enough to remember a world without social media and yet, for many of us, connecting with others online has become a part of our everyday lives. Church leaders have spoken of the power of social ...
10.14.2020 Chad Ford: Conflict—Something to Fear or Embrace? As human beings we tend to view conflict as something to fear or avoid, but what if we viewed conflict as an opportunity to love? Chad Ford has devoted a large portion of his life to what he calls his ...
10.07.2020 Eric and Leslie Dyches: Losing Loved Ones to Mental Illness Eric Dyches and Leslie Huntsman Dyches both lost spouses to battles with mental health. In the midst of postpartum anxiety and depression, Eric's wife Emily Cook Dyches ran in front of a semitruck. Leslie also lost her husband Chad after ...
09.30.2020 Relief Society General Presidency: "God is in Charge" With general conference quickly approaching, we have the privilege of bringing you a candid conversation with the Relief Society General Presidency. These three women are uniquely qualified with life experiences that make them a powerful force for good. In this ...
09.23.2020 Gerald N. Lund: Signs of the Second Coming—Take 2 A lot has happened in 2020: the pandemic, wildfires, social unrest, earthquakes, hurricanes, tornados—the list goes on and on. It is understandable, then, that many are curious about what this all means in regard to the Second Coming of Jesus ...

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All In episodes:

Nadia Cates: The Power of Remembering Who We Are

Jess Kettle: Choosing to Lean In

Tony Finau: All In at Home and On the Green

Brittany Chapman Nash: Polygamy and the Church’s Past

Makenna Myler: The Surprises of God’s Plan

Bonus: Elijah Bryant: Chasing a Dream

Craig Manning: Mastering the Mind

Gabrielle Shiozawa: Joy After Loss

Kurt Francom: The Many Miracles of Church Leadership

Thurl Bailey: The Impact of Seeing Potential

Lisa Valentine Clark: Seeing God in the Midst of Grief

Elder Edward Dube: Can You Imagine?

Samuel Brown and Kate Holbrook: The Evolving Story of a Marriage

Liz Darger: Establishing Home-Court Advantage

Daniel Peterson: The Power of a Witness

Aaron Franklin: The Literal Light of the World

Ally Isom: Making Space for Female Voices

Mauli Bonner and Paul Reeve: Understanding the History of Blacks in the Church

Sage Williams: Sexual Abuse—Prevention, Healing, and Hope

Keith Erekson: Investigating Latter-Day Saint Rumors and Assumptions

Keith and Brooke Meyer: The Hope a Savior Brings in a Battle Against Addiction

Bryan Ready: From Critic to Convert

Angie Balfour: Moments That Define Us, People That Change Us

Kirby Heyborne: When God Opens a Window

Roohina Arya: Journey Toward the Light

Jennifer Reeder: Emma Smith—Giving All That Is Required

Nate and Vanessa Quigley: Finding Enduring Joy in Parenting

Casey Elliott: Changed through Characters

Richard Turley: The Cautionary Tales of Church History and the Role Models Worth Emulating

Fiona and Terryl Givens: The Restoration of All Things

John Beck: Centered in Christ

Marcus Martins: Focused on the Future, Learning from the Past

Sarah Jane Weaver: Amplifying a Prophet’s Voice

Dr. Candace Mcnaughton: Discipleship in a Pandemic

Bonus: Casey Griffiths: “In the Middle of the Story”

Tom Christofferson: The Healing Power of Charity

Rebecca Hirschi: To the Finish Line

Eva Timothy: Recognizing Light

Lauren Daigle: A Dream Planted by God Himself

Jason Deere: Music Fueled by Testimony

John Bytheway: Finding Joy This Holiday Season

Devin Graham: Never Shying Away

Tara Bench: Stirring Up Success

Anthony Sweat: Repicturing the Restoration

Mandie Sherman and Natalie Moss: Sisters Outliving a Life Expectancy

Becky Higgins: “Following” Him—Discipleship on Social Media

Chad Ford: Conflict—Something to Fear or Embrace?

Eric and Leslie Dyches: Losing Loved Ones to Mental Illness

Relief Society General Presidency: "God is in Charge"

Gerald N. Lund: Signs of the Second Coming—Take 2

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