Summer Podcast Week 5
Choose at least 1 episode to listen to.
Option 1: Power and Protection Provided by Worthy Music | Russell M. Nelson | May 2008 (31 minutes)
Summary: Beautiful, reverent music can uplift and enlighten our homes and church meetings, while inappropriate, degrading music can hinder the Spirit.
Option 2: The Church News Podcast. Historians Discuss the Mountain Meadows Massacre and its aftermath. (50 Minutes)
Summary: Episode 139: ‘And the truth shall set you free’ — historians discuss the Mountain Meadows Massacre and its aftermath
Historians Richard E. Turley Jr. and Barbara Jones Brown join the Church News podcast to provide context and understanding to one of the grimmest episodes in Church history
Option 3: How I Lead as a Seventy | An Interview with Elder John H. Groberg (1 hour and 5 minutes)
Summary: Prior to his calling as a general authority seventy, Elder and Sister Groberg (Jean Sabin) lived in Idaho Falls, where Elder Groberg worked in a family-owned residential and commercial construction and land development business with his brothers. He was an eagle scout and holds a BS degree from BYU and an MBA from Indiana University. He served as bishop, mission president in Tonga, and regional representative, before being called to the First Quorum of the Seventy in 1976. In the latter service he served for a time as area president over the Asia, Utah South and North America West areas at various times. On church assignments the Grobergs have lived in Utah, Hong Kong, Idaho Falls, Argentina, Tonga and Hawaii. They have owned a home in Bountiful, Utah since 1978 and served as temple president and matron of the Idaho Falls Temple following service as an active general authority. Elder Groberg has authored five books, typically at the urging of others. His first book, dealing with his experiences as a young missionary in Tonga, was made into a 2001 movie, The Other Side of Heaven, starring Anne Hathaway and Chris Gorham. It was filmed in New Zealand and the Cook Islands and was directed by Mitch Davis. Elder Groberg wrote the book at the urging of President Thomas S. Monson, a member of the First Presidency
Option 4: The Come Back Podcast with Jaxon (45 minutes).
Summary: Jaxon struggled with many aspects of the church as a youth, but he learned the value and power of repentance from his mission, as it brought him closer to Jesus Christ.
“For the first time in my life I decided to humble myself and say a sincere prayer. I just wanted to know God, are you there? What can I do, what do I need to do? Immediately after saying that I heard a voice “you need to go back on your mission.” All of the feelings of anger, frustration, and confusion that I had felt from many past years were gone. I will never forget how at peace I felt and how close to God I felt at that moment. That experience has been the bedrock for everything I have done since in the church because I know that was real.”
Option 5: This week’s Come Follow Me study lesson.
Summary: Hank Smith and John Bytheway with special guests discuss this week’s Come Follow Me lesson.
Summary: Emily Freeman and David Butler discuss this week’s Come Follow Me lesson.
Option 7: Power in the Word with Scott Read. This week’s Come Follow Me study lesson.
Summary: Scott Read, Weber Institute Instructor, discusses this week’s Come Follow Me lesson.