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God's Love Feels Like Coming Home with Shima Baughman Jul 08, 2024

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This recent General Conference, we heard Elder Kearon share a phrase that has resonated with us for a while now: "God is in relentless pursuit of us." That felt like one of those soul-piercing truths. It felt like coming home.

Joining in this episode is contributor Shima Baughman. Shima shares a fun anecdote about her 5-year-old daughter having a crush and how she is in relentless pursuit of that crush. She gets real about how in her darkest times, she can feel God's love and that it will never leave her.

It's Always Worth the Effort: A Magnify Favorite Jun 24, 2024

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This month on Magnify, our team has put our heads together to share different episodes from our past nearly 100 episodes to bring you some of our favorite moments. This week, we are featuring some thoughts from Kalo Latu's episode, "No Entry Level Requirements." Kalo stated that we often get in our own way of creating a relationship with the Savior because we think there is an entry level to starting that relationship. But this reminder that we can all do it, no matter where we are on the path, was a great one to reflect on.

Paige Sommer, the Magnify Community content specialist, shares how miracles are all around us, that we can find joy in the tough moments, and includes some of Kalo's wisdom from her first episode.

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Reflecting on the Strength of Meekness: a Magnify Favorite Jun 17, 2024

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As we continue to share some of the Magnify team's favorites this month, this week's will help remind us about what it truly means to be meek. We did a series on peacemakers last year, where we picked the many attributes of a peacemaker, including meekness. And some thoughts might come to your mind like church mouse, or pushover, but on this episode, Shima Baughman explained that meekness is strength! In fact, that was the title of this episode.

Social media designer Anna Owens shares her thoughts on Shima's episode and how she is working to be more meek by being receptive and teachable.

A Reminder for Mourning with Those That Mourn: a Magnify Favorite Jun 10, 2024

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If you're joining us for the first time this month, we have had members of our Magnify team pick some of their favorite episodes from our past and share some of those stand out moments. And this week we are going to hear from Stephanie Bryson, our content and portfolios manager. Her pick was Lisa Valentine Clark's first episode on our podcast, "How to Mourn with Those That Mourn."

Steph brings a new perspective to this episode for what it means to her to truly mourn with those that mourn. Steph got really vulnerable and opened up about the recent loss of her husband.

Getting Real about How Difficult Peacemaking Can Be—a Magnify Favorite Jun 03, 2024

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Hi and welcome to Magnify. We hope you've had a great month with our bookclub, deeper learning series, and wonderful guests and contributors.

This time of year can be busy as we kick off the summer months, so we've decided to do a month of staff picks looking back on our favorite episodes! We have an awesome team of women here at Magnify, and this month they are jumping on to share some of their favorite picks from all of our past episodes. Elle Rees joins in today's episode where she shares some of her favorite parts from Tammy Uzelac Hall's episode "Cheering for Peace."

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Deeper Learning: The Sacred Privilege of the Temple Garment with Melinda Brown May 28, 2024

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We've all noticed an increasing emphasis on covenants and temples! In April general conference the word "covenants" was used 194 times! There were 15 new temples announced, bringing the worldwide count to 350. And the First Presidency updated the temple recommend interview questions and issued a new statement on wearing the temple garment. It feels momentous!

But there hasn't always been a lot of dialogue around this subject. In this episode, Michelle Torsak, Director of Content for Deseret Book, and podcast producer Sarah Collins have asked Melinda Brown, author and teacher, to join with her expertise. Mindy believes that when we understand the significance and purpose of covenants and the temple garment—the WHY—it makes honoring them a joy. And it gives us language to talk about it with others—especially our children. This conversation promises to expand your view of the temple! It's a good one!

Mindy's recommended resources:

Let's Talk About: Temples and Ritual by Jennifer C. Lane

The Temple Experience: Passage to Healing and Holiness by Wendy Ulrich

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Magnify Book Club: The Law of Love in Action by Steve Young May 21, 2024

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This month's book club pick was The Law of Love in Action by former NFL and BYU quarterback Steve Young. As a community we've been reading this book together and discuss the different aspects of the law of love: loving as God loves, seeking another's healing, and expecting nothing in return.

Podcast producer Sarah Collins is joined by Magnify women Taylor Ricks Mele, Shima Baughman, and Hilary Craner as they discuss all things living with love.

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Favorite Magnify Moments of Living with Love May 14, 2024

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As we have been reading The Law of Love in Action for our bookclub this month, it's brought to mind some of the great Magnify moments of the past 80 episodes. Next week, we're having a Magnify book club episode where we'll discuss all things Law of Love IN ACTION. But today, we thought it would be great to pull some clips from our past favorite episodes and how the women of Magnify have been living the law of love.

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Peace, Hope, and Comfort are Miracles of Prayer with Kaylen Nelson May 07, 2024

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This year we felt the Spirit when a special message was given to us from newly set apart acting president of the Quorum of the Twelve, President Holland. He reminded us that, "God hears every prayer we offer and responds to each of them according to the path He has outlined for our perfection."

Sometimes we might forget this or feel distance from this promise, but in this episode, Kaylen Nelson shares a takeaway that she heard from President Holland: our prayers never go to the "heavenly answering machine" and are always picked up and answered.

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Finding Hope and Learning to Let Go with Maria Eckersley Apr 30, 2024

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In this episode, Maria Eckersley explains her own "beggar's coat" that Elder Massimo De Feo shared in his recent General Conference address. The thing that we have a hard time letting go of can often be the thing that will bring us closer to the Savior when we finally do. So how can put those things aside and trust in the plan? Let's chat about it!

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