The world undoubtedly moves at a faster pace today than it did during any previous period of Church history but historian Rachel Cope is a believer that, in all generations, God often aids our conversion by inviting us (and sometimes forcing us) to slow down. On this week’s episode she shares her own experience as well as examples from Church History that illustrate the fact that the process of conversion is not a race but rather something that requires work and often takes time.

2:18- Publicly Sharing a Private Struggle
7:40- An Interest in Ordinary People
9:57- Focus on Healing the Whole
17:29- The Miracles of Modern-Day Living
23:12- Lucy and Emma
29:56- Polygamy
40:48- Slow Work
49:37- What Does It Mean To Be All In the Gospel of Jesus Christ?

“Humans turn things into a race, God doesn’t. God wants us to take whatever time we need and if it takes five years, that’s great—if it takes 50 years, that’s great. He’s not worried about the deadlines, He just wants us to be on the journey.”

When questions of faith shake the foundation of one partner’s belief, what happens to the marriage built on shared spiritual foundation? On this week’s episode, David and Catie Borland share the story of a season of searching that spanned years and how a marriage rooted in open communication, faith and love helped them cleave to one another through it all—and ultimately resulted in stronger faith than ever before.

1:41- Foundations
3:26- An Unintended Destination
4:57- An Open Line of Communication
7:32- An All-Consuming Search For Truth
12:25- The Modern-Day Wrestle
19:54- ‘Where Would Satan Start?’
28:20- All a Spouse Can Do
37:54- Leaning Into the Parts You Love
45:10- Falling in Love
54:00- Encouragement For Others
58:40- What Does It Mean To Be All In the Gospel of Jesus Christ?

“This isn’t an emergency. Drop your shoulders, exhale. Keep God in this first and foremost. Cut out the distractions…and find out what God thinks and what God wants you to know.”

Actor Paul Wuthrich has played a variety of roles, many of them real people from Church history, some well-known and others with virtually unrecognizable names but from each of these roles, he’s learned about what it means to live on a consecrated life. On this week’s episode, he shares what he has learned through a part-time career in acting about submission and humbly seeking the will of God.

1:42- Portraying a Prophet in a Full Circle
8:49- A Career Shaped by Faith
12:25- Standing In The Savior’s Shoes
17:38- Handling Rejection
20:54- Memorizing Technique
24:58- Real People Vs. Fictional Characters
30:32- Learning Through a Role
37:04- What Does It Mean To Be All In the Gospel of Jesus Christ?

“How many people are there out there just quietly sacrificing, doing the Lord’s work with no attention, no accolade but there’s just doing it because God wants them to do it and they know it’s the right thing to do? And I thought, ‘That’s the kind of person I want to be.’”

Links:

Raising the Bar movie- https://raisingthebarmovie.com
Witnesses Initiative- https://witnessesfilm.com