Everyday Saints: Recent Episodes
Bryce Mortimer, Valerie Loveless
(Formerly known as Behind the Scenes) Author Valerie Loveless brings you in-depth Latter-day Saint conversations on relevant topics and stories. These are the questions and discussions everyday Latter-day Saints are having! Brought to you by Cedar Fort Publishing and Media, the largest non-church owned LDS publisher in the market.
President Nelson challenged us to study and learn the blessings of the Abrahamic Covenant at the October 2020 General Conference. Kerry has literally written the book on what the Covenant is, what blessings are promised to be and how to recognize when the covenant is being spoken about in the scriptures by recognizing the language used.
Rhonna Designs owners Jeff and Rhonna stopped by to talk about their new book, Design Your Life in Beautiful and Meaningful Ways. It comes with a workbook where you can work on the things in life that you really want and how to connect to the spirit to be happy and fulfilled. Absolutely lovely people with a LOT going on. Check out their aps on the ap store and their book at www.cedarfort.com
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George Potter, has traveled the world in search of Book of Mormon locations! He has some very compelling evidence and ideas to share with us on where the Jaredites came from and possible locations they landed in the Americas. This is one you don't want to miss if you love archaeology and the Book of Mormon. He has totally new ideas I'll bet you haven't heard before.
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Troy Smith, Author of The Gadianton Robbers thinks they are still causing anarchy all over the world today.
Drew Young suffered from horrible anxiety attacks and depression while in the MTC. It got so bad that he had to come home. He didn't know that coming home would make the condition worse, but through all of these trials, he was able to find the meaning of his mission.
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Trent Stephens, professor of anatomy and embryology, with degrees in microbiology and zoology, has a score to settle between science and religion and he confronts the many ways our paradigms can lead us to the wrong conclusions.
The Aaronic priesthood is so much more than a baby step to the Melchizedek. It is for more than just the deacons passing the sacrament each week. Nathan Nelson explains what else it encompasses and how we can all utilize it, men and women alike, in our lives.
Talent Acquisitions Manager Angela Johnson joins the podcast to talk about her new book, The Earl of Arundel. We go deep into topics like how to name your characters and how audiobooks are made. This is a great episode for anyone who dreams of publishing one day.
Preparing for a mission? These two RM's have the mission field down to a science! They've written the book on how to start off on the right foot and shorten the learning curve on missionary work.
Are there laws of this creation that even God has to follow? If that is true, what does this mean for our prayers being answered, how does this change faith? Scott Frazer has the answers to all of these questions and more. If you feel a bit slighted by the Father, perhaps you might want to give this episode a listen.
Dwight Monson Author of Glimpsing Eternity and Shared Beliefs, Honest Differences shares the premise behind his new book.
I found this fireside done by Mike McPheters a few years back. He was a secret agent for the FBI but got called to be a bishop. It's a pretty wild story and you can also find the full book, Agent Bishop, on cedarfort.com
Reg Christensen really lost a lot more than his wife in his divorce, finding himself jobless and battling all the usual proceedings of a divorce, Reg found hope and healing despite the challenges.
Shannon Symonds has been helping families and individuals through the trials and heartaches of Domestic violence for years. She took this experience and wrote 2 novels about it, Safe House and Finding Hope. Shannon offers advice for those who are watching loved ones experience the pain of domestic violence and her books, while entertaining are great insights into the secret lives of those who are abused at home.
Author and Teacher Sierra Wilson teaches me how to keep those kids occupied and taught while we are going through this difficult social isolation.
I wanted to share this sample from the audiobook Visions of Heaven today. With all the craziness going on in the world, thanks to covid19, I thought we could all use this message of hope and love by Jane Moe. You can also hear more of janes behind the scenes story in the Behind the Veil episode. You can hear the whole audiobook on Itunes and Audible
Print book and Previous podcast:
https://www.cedarfort.com/products/visions-of-heaven?_pos=1&_sid=45a0c8df9&_ss=r
Audiobook:
https://www.audible.com/pd/Visions-of-Heaven-Audiobook/B0839GKMS7
Stories of Lucy Mack Smith: Mother of the Restoration
Columnist for MormonTimes.com Writer-originator “Poets of the Restoration” series on radio.lds.org Writer for “History of the Hymns,” radio.lds.org
Writer for two major choir programs Writer for “A Celebration of Family History,” April 2010 Mystery Who Goes There?
Murder by the Sea
The Last Suspect
Storm & Deceit Biography Stories of Lucy Mack Smith:
Mother of the Restoration
Brigham Young, A Personal Portrait Joseph Smith, a Photobiography
Poetry Songs of Life, 1985 Children Mormon Girls Series, six books published in the 1990s
Pioneer Stories of Faith and Courage Black Stars Over Mexico
A. A. Seagull: Story of the Crickets and the Gulls (translated into German) I’m Going to Be Baptized Other LDS Bride’s Planner, 2002
Divine Nature: Mother’s Quote Book Lyrics Hymns: “Lord, I Would Follow Thee” and “As Zion’s Youth,” published in Hymns, 1985 LDS hymnal
This Is My Day
(title song to commercial album)
Cry to the Wind
(title song of commercial film)
Over 20 songs for LDS Church semi-nary courses of study in various series— ”Quest,” “Like unto Us,”
“Gates of Zion,” “Not of the World”
Not in Vain: the Story of Dr. Ellis Reynolds Shipp
The Best of Brigham Young: Over 300 Quotes & Sayings.
Hot Mess Mom's are back and we are really running off the rails today in this hilarious episode about writing and Sarah McConkie's new Victorian romance, The Promise of Miss Spencer!
Blogger, YouTuber, and Podcaster Crystal Escobar and I discuss the difficulties of trying to be an all in it mom without losing yourself. Even someone as beautiful, talented and driven as Crystal has found that it's not easy and sometimes you can do it all, but not always all at once!
There are no Temple ordinances specifically talked about in the Book of Mormon but Valiant Jones has discovered that the entire book is a guidebook for the covenants we make in the temple. He believes that Joseph Smith was prepared to receive the covenants for the temple by translating the Book of Mormon. Find out more about how to find the temple in the Book of Mormon!
Dennis Schleicher is back! It's been 4 years since he joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He updates me on how the saints are treating him, how he feels about gay conversion therapy and he gives me some insight into what it was like to be on Sally Jesse Raphael and Larry King Live when he was just 17 years old!
I sat down with my new favorite author, Catherine McGreevy, or as her friends call her, Cathy. We became busom buddies, as Anne of Green Gables would put it, when we discovered we both love Taskmaster the British Tv show and Valerie is a perfect name for a romance novelist.
Rebekah Pitts returns to share more facts! This time we talk about Temples. Did you know the Nauvoo Temple was sold to another church after it suffered a fire and then it was torn down by a tornado? Plus, there's a secret in the base of the Salt Lake City Angel Moroni! What about that golden toaster?
Aryeh Green talks about the difficulty his divorce caused and so in an attempt at self healing, he hiked the 700+ mile Israel trail alone that goes the longest distance of the country from the South to the North, he learned some important lessons along the way as well as lost some weight and some baggage.
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My favorite Church of Jesus Christ kids books this year!
Turning Little Hearts by Charlotte and Jonah Barnes
Guess who's in the Book of Mormon By Molly Carter
No One is Quite Like You By Kathie Gwilliam
Finding Temple Symbols By Cami Evans.
Kelly Thompson knows addiction. From the age of 7 she had food cravings and moved on to street drugs by the age of 13. Once her drug dealer abducted her and beat her for 24 hours she had had enough and turned to the lord for rescue. Now Kelly is clean and working towards rebuilding her life. She's a testament to redemption and change. Read her whole story in Between Monsters and Mercy and follow up with this podcast where we catch up with how Kelly is doing now.
Richard Bernard, Author of Digital Scripture Study for the Busy Latter-day Saint teaches me a new way to study and catalogue my study and journaling for the easiest referencing and talk writing I have ever heard of! His book promises you can study in just 7 minutes a day!
Learn new ways to set scripture study goals and new resources and materials with Marilyn Faulkner, author of the User-Friendly Scripture series.
Author Angela Larkin has lost over 50 lbs! She had to change a lot of things and challenge a lot of her feelings of security and comfort.
Dr Rich Tenney shares his secrets to getting fit for life. No more on the wagon off the wagon. He takes a spiritual approach to taking care of your body and your mind! The title is a play on words, you see getting fit once and for all and getting fit so you can be your best self, thereby being a source of good in the world. You can't take care of others if you don't take care of yourself.
BYU History Professor Thomas Wayment walks me through an accurate Nativity depiction. We talk about if Mary's tender young age was the norm, what animals would have really been in the stable, the likelihood of where they would have lived following his birth and much more enlightening information.
Music: If I Were a Shepherd by Stephanie K. Adams. www.sentthroughsong.com
David Ridges discusses the many signs surrounding the Second Coming of Jesus Christ and how we can prepare for the many things that are to come to pass. He clears up some myths and teaches me some new insights. David is a fountain of knowledge and I'm blown away by how he can quote scripture off hand. He's always a wonderful guest.
Each of my guests has been through the wringer. Jeff lost his wife and one of his sons in a car accident that left him fighting for his life, also. Emily's daughter fought aggressive cancer for almost 2 years, it was a choice of deadly chemo or deadly cancer. Bryan lost his 4-year-old to cancer and aggressive chemo treatments. Somehow all three have come out of these situations with more perspective, more faith and more hope than one would expect. We don't dwell on their heart-wrenching stories but how they got through them and how we can help others get through their struggles that we can't ever imagine going through.
Emily Gould is the author of Turning Weeds into Wildflowers
Bryan Young is the author of Meant for Heaven
Jeff Olsen is the author of Knowing, and I Knew Their Hearts
Valerie Loveless is an author and host of the Cedar Fort Podcast
Joined by Lee Nelson, Jane Moe and Russel Ricks who each have unique ties to near-death experiences. We discuss how these experiences had by thousands are the same and different, how they strengthen the testimonies of others and the experiencers and how they should be shared.
Lee Nelson compiles NDE's in his book series Visions Beyond the Veil-
www.authorleenelson.com
Jane Moe author of Visions of Heaven-
www.janemoe.com
Russel Ricks author of Remember-
https://www.facebook.com/people/Russell-Ricks/100010156906350
Valerie Loveless Author and Podcast Host/ Producer-
http://www.valerieloveless.info
With new books coming out every month, there is always something good coming out of Cedar Fort Publishing! Hear what's new and noteworthy, plus a preview of each of our children's books so you can make an investment in their lives.
Books featured in the episode and corresponding episodes if Applicable:
Wildly Optimistic- Al Carraway
Celebrating Fatherhood with the Prophets- Shelly Locke (Ep 9)
Book of Mormon Made Easier - David Ridges (Ep 8)
Shake the Powers of Evil with Captain Moroni- Sean Nobmann (Ep 17)
Walking with the Women of the Book of Mormon- Heather Farrell, Mandy Williams (Ep 18)
My Dad's a Muslim, My Mom's a Lesbian and I'm a Latter-day Saint- Mike Ramsey (Ep 23)
Featured Children's Books:
The Ten Leopards- Nina Harris
The Littlest Angel- Brooklyn Parks
The Drummer Boy- Calie Schmidt-
The Remember Tree- Stephanie Hohl
Oh Christmas!- Emily Pritchet, Illustrator
Have you ever contemplated ending your own life? Maybe you know someone close to you that has tried to end theirs, or died by suicide? November 23rd is International Survivor of Suicide Loss Day. Wendy Parmley at the age of only 12, suffered the loss of her own mother by suicide. The loss sent ripples through the family that has lasted their entire lives. Wendy has turned that pain into strength as she helps others cope with loss and is an advocate for mental health awareness. Join us as we discuss the things you can do when you or someone you love is contemplating suicide. We talk about the stigma attached to mental health and how we can find hope.
Author Michael Grant and Valerie dig into the prevailing myth that Latter-day Saints aren't Christians and where this belief comes from. We also touch on the divide between Millennials and Boomers, how to love your friends and family in spite of their sins and the differences between Latter-day Saints and Catholics.
Michael Grant's site
Mike and Valerie talk about what it was like being raised first by a single mother, then by two mothers in an LDS world. Also raised heavily on anti-LDS propaganda due to his mother's disenchantment with the church, Mike still ended up serving an LDS mission, getting married in the temple and now has a successful entrepreneurial career and family.
Part two of our special Veterans Day episode with author of Saints at War Robert C Freeman.
www.saintsatwar.com
On this special Veterans Day episode, I speak with Bob Freeman, Author of the Saints at War series. Saints at War is a compilation of LDS stories during wartimes. Bob shares some of his favorite stories with us as well as how this series has come to pass.
www.saintsatwar.com
on this special Veterans Day episode, I speak with Shawn Pollock, Author of The Road to Freedom. His book is about an LDS German Nazi, but we discuss all about the implications of war and peace in our daily lives and the world impact.
Valerie and Author Aspen Hadley discuss what it's like to be an author. No. What it's really like. We momsplain (TM Valerie Loveless) a lot and laugh too much. We come to the conclusion that it's totally cool and normal to be a disaster most of the time as long as you try really hard. We had a ton of fun and there's a lot of laughing, cackling, and giggling. We tackle hard questions, like why don't we write old people romance and how come kids have that fake cry at 5-8 years old?
There are around 600 women mentioned in the scriptures, the problem is, many of them are not mentioned by name. Heather had made it her goal to go through the scriptures and discover who each of these women are. Name or not, she sees them as important parts of the scripture story and our history as women. Also joining us is her photographer and artist on the project, Mandy Williams.
Books https://www.cedarfort.com/products/walking-with-the-women-of-the-new-testament-hardcover?_pos=2&_sid=f959a7ef7&_ss=r
Sean Nobmann, author of Shake the Powers of Evil with Captain Moroni and Valerie discuss how this section in the book of Mormon is so relevant to today and how we can all defeat the evil that hangs over us with lessons from Moroni and his bro's. It's a great book for young adults and teens written in a whole new style that's youthful and fresh AND funny!
Sean: http://www.seannobmann.com/
Book: https://www.cedarfort.com/products/shake-the-powers-of-evil-with-captain-moroni?_pos=1&_sid=8cdbca703&_ss=r
Valerie: www.valerieloveless.info
Author Chelsea Curran and Author Valerie Loveless get creepy, just in time for Halloween as they discuss how much their books have in common and how scary dating is. Chelsea is the author of the Burnheart Redemption and the Unseen Road to Love. She likes to turn typical female dominated love stories on their heads and give the guys a chance to be the main. Sorry, for all the laughing. We had a serious amount of fun!
Chelsea: www.chelseacurranauthor.com
www.cedarfort.com/the_Burnheart_redemption
Valerie: www.valerieloveless.info
Alonzo L. Gaskill is a Professor of Church History and Doctrine. He holds a Bachelors degree in Philosophy, a Masters in Theology, and a Ph.D. in Biblical Studies. Alonzo has taught at Brigham Young University since 2003. He has written around 2 dozen books about sacred symbols, the temple and other religious topics. He has a unique background and insight to the symbology of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
https://www.cedarfort.com/search?type=product&q=gaskill
From their humble beginnings as a young family, raising 6 kids in the warehouse to becoming the largest independent LDS publisher. This multi-generational, medium publisher has big ideas and big heart. They produce almost every genre and specialize in LDS content that Bryce hopes will change lives, and ripple across the eternities.
www,cedarfort.com
www.valerieloveless.info
Sarah Hadsel is a fun, hands-on kindergarten teacher. She has a knack for rhyming a passion for bedclothes and is a bit obsessed with pirates. (Aren't we all?) Her new children's book, Pirates love Pajamas is a great bedtime book for your little's. She tells me all about in on the Podcast!
Sarah: https://www.sarahhadsell.com/
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Valerie: www.valerieloveless.info
Valerie and Robert discuss many sensitive subjects in his new book, Royal Daughters with Priesthood Power. Rob says there are 7 ways that women can exercise priesthood power. We also discussed the cultural aspects of holding the priesthood and how we can do better at supporting women and their concerns.
Book:
https://www.cedarfort.com/products/royal-daughters-with-priesthood-power-7-ways-latter-day-saint-women-receive-and-exercise-the-priesthood
Robert: https://rsc.byu.edu/authors/line-c-robert
Valerie: Http://www.valerieloveless.info
Dennis Schleicher found the love and acceptance he was looking for in the very last place he thought he would- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Join Bryce and Dennis as they discuss his journey to baptism.
http://www.dennisschleicher.net/
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International speaker and motherhood and fatherhood advocate Shelly Locke, author of Celebrating Motherhood with the Prophets and Celebrating Fatherhood with the Prophets along with Artist Anne Marie Oborn sat down with me and talked about all of the wonderful things they do to support and recognize these important roles in society. As a bonus at the end of the episode is a few excepts from their books.
Shelly's Documentary: https://www.amazon.com/Power-Mothers-Julie-Beck/dp/B00JQ0B50Y
Fatherhood book: https://www.cedarfort.com/products/celebrating-fatherhood-with-the-prophets?_pos=1&_sid=e72a5a89c&_ss=r
Motherhood Book: https://www.cedarfort.com/products/celebrating-motherhood-with-the-prophets?_pos=2&_sid=e72a5a89c&_ss=r
Shelly's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_power_of_mothers/
Anne's Website: http://www.anneoborn.com/
Valerie: https://www.valerieloveless.info
Bryce visits with an old friend, David Ridges. David is the author of the Made Easier series, such as the Book of Mormon Made Easier and Doctrine and Covenants Made Easier. David has hundreds of such books and products available to make your gospel education easier. Learn how David grew up, how he became such an accomplished scholar and what he thinks is really important to remember from day to day.
David: www.davidjridges.com
Bryce:www.cedarfort.com
Produced by Valerie Loveless
Julie is a Regency period romance writer and we discuss her newest book the Secret of Haversham House, how it all came to be and why writing by the seat of your pants is the way to go. This episode does contain SPOILERS to Julie's book, so pick it up today and then join us back here for some awesome discussion.
Julie- www.britishwarchildren.com
Valerie- www.valerieloveless.info
Kristen Reber was an excited youth fresh on her mission when she soon discovered that she didn't have the energy to do many of her duties. She soon found out she had a parasite and it was important she return home for treatment immediately. Upon returning home she found she was depressed and avoiding talking about and thinking about her mission. She soon found that she was not alone and many early returned missionaries suffer from worthiness issues and depression. Kristen has written a resource manual for these fellow missionaries to help them through their trials and change the negative feedback that some of them received.
Facebook.com/earlyhomecoming
Instagram: @author_kristenreber
kristenreber.com/podcast
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Valerie: www.valerieloveless.info
Trina Boice writes resource books for those of us who are stressed out and need to plan a lesson or activity in a pinch. She is a Jill-of-all-trades and she can help you organize your trip, your lesson, help you with buying real estate, kick your - with her black belt much more.
You can find Trina:
https://LifelongLearningEducation.com
https://MovieReviewMom.com
https://EmptyNestTravelHacker.com
https://TrinasBooks.com
https://FromBook2Business.com
@TrinaBoice - Twitter
Valerie: www.valerieloveless.info
Brandon Sulser cheated death not once but 4 times. Hear his remarkable story of how he keeps on choosing to live a remarkable life even with his many challenges due to his accidents. He is an inspiration and an angel among us. His book is called We are All Paralyzed and is a beautiful story of perseverance and covers his background.
You can find Brandon:
www.brandonsulser.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=5&v=dKdXZ2dIu74
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=brandon+sulser&ref=nb_sb_noss_1
Valerie: www.valerieloveless.info
Bryce: www.cedarfort.com
Rebekah Pitts, Author of 250 Fascinating Facts about Latter Day Saints joins me as we expound on some of the more interesting facts in her book, like did Brigham Young really believe there was a monster in Bear Lake? Why did the myth that "Mormons" have horns come from and more!
https://www.cedarfort.com/collections/childrens-books/products/250-fascinating-facts-about-latter-day-saints
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Rebekah: https://www.facebook.com/rebekahpitts
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The Ward Cartoonist joins us to discuss his new kid's activity book, Scripture Power. With general conference looming on the horizon, get your copies today to keep your kids, learning, quiet and entertained. Arie is a big fan of humor and you can follow his blog, www.wardcartoonist.com every week as he releases activity pages, and his comic strip Mission Daze.
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www.wardcartoonist.com
Valerie and Becky discuss how her life has changed since her son came out of the closet late one night and told her he was LGTBQ. As a member of the Church of Jesus Christ, Becky felt it was important to still support and love her son with all her heart, but she struggled with how to embrace her LGTBQ son and her faith. Becky's book is Love Boldly and is available at cedarfort.com (and everywhere else) now.
https://www.cedarfort.com/products/love-boldly
http://www.facebook.com/becky.courtmackintosh/
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