Cherisse and Chad Lunt: Loving Lucy

John Welling is the co-founder of a non-profit whose mission is to bring sight to the blind. On this week’s episode, he discusses not only physical blindness but spiritual blindness and why he believes that God and Jesus Christ can heal both through faith and the desire to be healed.

2:53- What Are Cataracts?
5:30- Prevalence in Africa
8:45- Possible Impact
12:36- Guiding Miracles
16:20- Daybreak Vision Project
20:15- A True Story
23:50- Faith To Be Healed
29:42- Spiritual Blindness
36:24- Spiritual Eyes and Stony Hearts
40:09- Blessed To Participate
42:35- What Does It Mean To Be All In the Gospel of Jesus Christ?

“It has to be something that He does for us over time and we have to be willing to undergo the operation.” —John Welling

Daybreak Vision Project - http://daybreakvisionproject.org

Elder Maxwell on Educating our desires - churchofjesuschrist.orghttps://www.churchofjesuschrist.org › ...“According to the Desire of [Our] Hearts”

Elder Kim B. Clark pride talk - https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/kim-b-clark/ye-stripped-pride/

Elder Maxwell on pride - https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/neal-a-maxwell/meek-lowly/

Clayton Christensen - “The strong help the weak and the weak help the strong and no one cares about who’s weak and who’s strong.” https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/testimonies/scholars/clayton-m-christensen

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Manti Te’o was on top of the world when it came to football. In his senior season at Notre Dame, he was a Heisman trophy finalist who led the Fighting Irish to the national championship game. But off the football field, Manti was involved in an online relationship with someone he’d never met. It is now known as a famous catfishing scandal but at the time, Manti Te’o was just a college athlete who was trying to navigate a horrific experience in the public eye. On today’s episode, Manti discusses what he learned from the experience about the Savior’s love for us.

2:22- Testimony
5:32- Faith, Family, and Football
7:23- Leader Servants
10:22- Choosing Notre Dame
18:19- Culture Shock
23:10- Catfished But Not Alone
32:50- One Step Enough
36:55- The Love of a Parent
43:28- Forgiveness
49:43- To A Younger Manti
52:00- What Does It Mean To Be All In the Gospel of Jesus Christ?

“I’ve experienced what rock bottom feels like. I know what depression feels like. I know what it feels like to have those thoughts in your head of like, ‘Man, why am I even here?’ I’ve had those dark times and then I’ve built my way back up and I didn’t do it alone.” —Manti Te’o

Links:

Clip of Manti about Forgiveness
Netflix Documentary

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Lizzy Jensen is a believer that God has a work for each of us to do, that faith is the most magical thing on the planet, that Christ can help us create all of the wonderful things that we desire to make in our lives. And all we have to do to see God work through us in our lives? Show up. Answer the call. On this week’s episode, we talk with Lizzy about how she believes that as each of us answer these calls and act in faith, we will witness and be a part of a revolution of faith.

1:34- Nature vs. Nurture
3:52- “You’ve Got The Wrong Person”
8:50- Comfort Zones
11:54- Talking Openly About Faith
16:08- Teaching Jesus
22:52- Making Magic of Believing
29:42- The Living Christ Project
35:49- Creator
39:44- Your Life’s Work
46:48- What Does It Mean To Be All In the Gospel of Jesus Christ?

“I think being all in is the best way to live, it’s the land where miracles happen, where you are changed more than you ever thought you could be because being all in means that you get to be a little part of the work that God is all in on too.” —Lizzy Jensen

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On May 29, 2021, US Navy Lt. Ridge Alkonis took his wife and children to hike a portion of Mount Fuji, a famous mountain where he were stationed in Japan. On their way home, they planned to stop at an ice cream shop Ridge had visited during his time serving in Japan as a missionary years earlier. Ridge was mid-conversation with his 7-year-old daughter when he suddenly lost consciousness and consequently lost control of the car he was driving, resulting in the deaths of two people. Ridge was sentenced to three years in prison. His wife and family were determined to bring him home. This is their story.

1:40- Joining the Navy
3:46- Meeting
7:54- Military Service as a Family
12:30- The Accident
18:43- The Worth of a Soul
26:15- The Tailor Shop
31:51- Everything Happens
43:39- Covenants
48:43- Forgiveness
52:56- 100 Percent Human
58:50- What Does It Mean To Be All In?

“There’s no guarantee in the scriptures that says, ‘If you are really, really righteous nothing bad is going to happen to you,’ and we don’t talk about that enough.” —Ridge Alkonis

“I’m still here. …To me, that’s what all in is. It’s not always understanding, the plan of happiness doesn’t mean you’re always happy but I’m still here. I’m still waiting for understanding and I’m still praying for peace that I know one day will come.” —Brittany Alkonis

Links & References

https://bringridgehome.blogspot.com

https://bringridgehome.org

https://www.instagram.com/bringridgehome/

Deseret News article about Ridge's release

Recent interviews on CNN and Fox News

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Morgan Choi and her husband have lived in four very different countries during their young marriage. They have also experienced very difficult things in lands far from home but what they have found is that God is everywhere and when we seek to feel His love, we will always find it. On this week’s episode, Morgan shares her witness that prayers are heard and answered all around the world.

“Being curious is such a positive thing, you’re asking questions about someone, you’re wanting to get to know them more and understand them and it can lead to friendship and growth. Being judgmental is just having this fixed idea and it’s negative and it’s not allowing you to grow and to love a person as well.” —Morgan Choi

1:43- To Know Something’s True
6:04- Living and Worshiping Around the World
14:20- Recipient of Service Worldwide
18:33- A Gospel For All People
21:00- Infertility
33:18- Book of Mormon Timeline
35:41- Traveling With Kids
39:24- Changed
41:33- What Does It Mean To Be All In the Gospel of Jesus Christ?

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Dr. Benjamin Bikman’s book has 4.8 stars on Amazon and 3,445 reviews. The researcher of metabolic health and BYU professor has developed a loyal fanbase by sharing evidence that shows that many major diseases have a common root—one that is easily fixed by conscious lifestyle changes. He calls his desire to share these things and their impact a crusade and on this week’s episode, he shares why, as a Latter-day Saints, that crusade is fueled by a firm belief in the Word of Wisdom.

“Maybe the deepest level of the Word of Wisdom is the sentiment of learning to control the power that we have within our bodies because in so doing we show to Heavenly Father our worthiness and our fitness…us being fit for or found worthy of being given greater responsibility and greater power.” —Benjamin Bikman

Show Notes

2:24- Why Care About Insulin Resistance?
11:41- Incorrect Principles
21:47- Plagues of Prosperity
31:01- Moderation in all things?
37:53- The Discomfort of Change
42:52- Preparing for Eternal Progression
45:00- Snack Ideas
50:12- Do Your Homework
53:29- What Does It Mean To Be All In the Gospel of Jesus Christ?

Why We Get Sick book

Plagues of Prosperity - BYU Speech

President Russell M. Nelson, "Think Celestial":

Dr. Bikman's upcoming release

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Natalie Hill Jensen was a single adult when she attended her sister’s wedding. There, the sealer who is also an apostle of God told her that heaven would help her as she searched for someone to marry. That heavenly help did come as promised and it eventually included finding her husband but first, it came in the form of an invitation issued in a talk by Sister Wendy Watson Nelson, wife of our prophet, President Russell M. Nelson. On this week’s episode, Natalie shares how accepting that invitation continues to bless her life.

“I’ve had peace when I should’ve never had peace. I’ve had my personality enhanced to make new friends. I feel like every blessing I have in this new phase of my life has been a direct blessing of weekly temple attendance.” —Natalie Hill Jensen

4:03- Raising Girls
11:05- On Broadway
15:36- Knowing Who You Are
17:25- Temple Garments
22:47- Going All In
29:49- Blessings of the Temple
36:46- “A Great Story in 5 Years”
40:49- Deliberately Creating a Home
43:30- What Does It Mean To Be All In?

Sister Wendy Watson Nelson “My Soul Delighteth in the Covenants of the Lord”

Video of Sister Nelson’s talk - "My Soul Delighteth in the Covenants of the Lord" by Wendy W. Nelson | BYU Women's Conference, 2015

Natalie as a little girl in The Children’s Video Songbook- The Children's Video Songbook - Volume 1

Recent Studio 5 Interview with Natalie d- Take 5: Natalie Hill Jensen answers your best get-to-know-you questions

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Celebrated as the voice of Dolores Madrigal in Disney’s Encanto, a character with a remarkable gift of enhanced hearing, Adassa shares her experiences with a different kind of listening – the art of tuning into the still, small voice of the Spirit. In this week's episode, join us as Adassa, a devoted Latter-day Saint, opens up about her journey in seeking God's will.

“He can see us. He’s not trying to change us. He’s trying to magnify who we already are.” —Adassa

1:17- A True Story
3:27- Religious Roots and New Beginnings
6:50- Motherhood
12:59- Your Personal Conversion Story
17:08-  The Miracle of Encanto
35:41- Better Than Expected
38:52- Coincidence?
45:31- What Does It Mean To Be All In the Gospel of Jesus Christ?

In Jesus We Are One

• Deseret Book
• Spotify

“We Don’t Talk About Bruno” with Vocal Point and One Voice Children’s Choir

“We Don’t Talk About Bruno” performances

• Hollywood Bowl
• Oscars

“The Family Madrigal” Live from The Hollywood Bowl

Adassa with the Tabernacle Choir

Dos Oruguitas with the Tabernacle Choir in Mexico

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Tony Martin, a Nashville songwriter who has written 16 #1 country music hits, is a believer as a songwriter that anything you’re immersed in will show up in your writing. So, when you know that Martin has been called to be a seminary teacher three times and has taught Sunday School, it comes as no surprise that religious themes have, at times, snuck into the country songs he writes for a living. But on this week’s episode, Martin talks about writing deliberately spiritual songs for the first time.

2:55- ‘Just What My Dad Did’ 
6:37- A Songwriter’s Process
12:40- Writing From Experience and Imagination
15:40- Criticisms and Evolution of Country Music
20:37- ‘I Believe Him’ 
23:47- The Book of Mormon—An Addition
25:18- ‘Old Man Said He Saw a Tree’
29:36- Jacob’s Ladder and Working Out Your Own Salvation
33:03- The Horn Player
35:05- God Needs Drummers
38:56- The Lord Speaks To Everyone Differently
41:30- Giving Something Away For Nothing
45:31- What Does It Mean To Be All In the Gospel of Jesus Christ? 

“The Lord…wants good people to make music, the Devil doesn’t need to have all the good things.” —Tony Martin

Witness: A Nashville Tribute to The Book of Mormon

• Spotify
• Deseret Book

“Just to See Your Smile”

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BYU Marriott School Dean, Brigitte Madrian, has loved learning her entire life. In fact, she was in the 8th grade when she decided she wanted to get a PhD. Since then, she has worked at some of the most prestigious institutions of learning in the country. Still, she recognizes that this love for learning at such a young age is unique and knowing what you want to do with your life in the 8th grade? Even more rare. Perhaps that is why she is so passionate about helping others discover their own thirst for knowledge.

2:44- An 8th Grader’s Dream
6:47- Using Research To Serve
12:04- 1989 BYU Commencement Address
18:53- Approaching Big Decisions
28:04- A Healthy Approach to Strengths and Weaknesses
36:44- ‘For Such A Time As This’
44:44- Spiritual Component to Secular Learning
50:46- Lifelong Learning
53:16- What Does It Mean To Be All In the Gospel of Jesus Christ? 

“The Holy Ghost teaches us and testifies of truth—all truth—not just the truth that’s in the scriptures that we recognize but all truth, truths about running a business, truths about being a good leader…whatever the truths are, the Holy Ghost can testify of truth.” —Brigitte Madrian 

Alice in Wonderland quote - “If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will get you there.”

President Kimball talk

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