We hope this conversation will set you up well for the new year ahead. The Magnify theme for these next two months is joy and more specifically showing our joy. Harry Emerson Fosdick said, "You can know a real Christian, when you see him [or her], by his buoyancy." As we set out to be women who magnify the Lord, one way we can do that is by living buoyantly and showing by example that God's plan works.

As we were thinking about where to start the conversation, we thought of President Nelson's invitation to be women who have a bedrock understanding of the doctrine of Jesus Christ, including understanding what the scriptures say about joy. Deseret Book's executive director of content Michelle Torsak hosts this conversation with Tammy Uzelac Hall, host of the Sunday on Monday podcast and adult institute teacher as they dive into how the scriptures define joy.

Scriptural references from Tammy:

1. 2 Nephi 25:25-26: Theme for 2025, "we talk of Christ, we rejoice of Christ"

2. Matthew 2:10: The wisemen rejoiced when they saw the star

3. 2 Nephi 2:11, 13: There must be opposition in all things, compound into one, if these things are not, there is no god

4. 2 Nephi 2:25: Men are that they might have joy

5. 1 Nephi 17:1-3: They began to bear their journeyings without murmuring

6. Psalm 16:11: Cause me to know the path of life

7. Zephaniah 3:17: He will hold his peace with you

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