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Devotionals and Speeches

Weekly devotionals at BYU-Idaho give listeners a chance to learn and be inspired. Weekly speakers share experiences and personal testimonies of the Lord Jesus Christ. Speakers include BYU-Idaho presidents, Church leaders, teachers, staff and more.

  1. Hope In Thine End | Michelle D. Craig | October 2024

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    Hope In Thine End | Michelle D. Craig | October 2024

    Sister Michelle D. Craig received a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Brigham Young University. Sister Craig has served in many ward and stake positions in the Primary, Young Women, and Relief Society organizations. She has served as temple ordinance worker in the Provo Utah Temple and Gospel Doctrine teacher in Sunday school. Sister Craig served a mission in the Dominican Republic Santo Domingo Mission. She was serving as a member of the Primary general board at the time of her call as the First Counselor in the Young Women General Presidency. She served from March 31, 2018 to August 1, 2023. Sister Craig has enjoyed community service in the Parent Teacher Association of her children’s schools, as a literacy tutor, and as a school support volunteer for a national education foundation. Sister Craig and her husband, E. Boyd Craig, reside in Orem, Utah. They have three children. She loves family history, temple work, reading, and enjoying time with her family.

  2. Disciple Scholars and the Constitution | Kevin J Worthen | October 2024

    23 OCT

    Disciple Scholars and the Constitution | Kevin J Worthen | October 2024

    Kevin J Worthen is the Hugh W. Colton Professor of Law and a Wheatley Institute Distinguished Fellow at Brigham Young University. Brother Worthen is a graduate of Carbon High School in Price, Utah. After serving a mission in Monterrey, Mexico, he earned an associate degree at the College of Eastern Utah (now USU-Eastern). He then received his B.A. in political science and his J.D. from BYU. After serving as a law clerk to Justice Byron R. White of the U.S. Supreme Court, Brother Worthen practiced law in Phoenix, Arizona. He joined the law school faculty at BYU in 1987. He served as the dean of the BYU Law School and, from 2014 to 2023, as the thirteenth president of BYU. He has also been a Fulbright Scholar at the Universidad de Chile and the Doyle-Winter Distinguished Visiting Professor at Yale Law School. Brother Worthen is married to Peggy Rae Sealey, who was also raised in Price. They have three children and eight grandchildren.

  3. Fumbling Is Not Failing | Brother Gabriel W. Reid | October 2024

    15 OCT

    Fumbling Is Not Failing | Brother Gabriel W. Reid | October 2024

    Gabriel W. Reid was sustained as Second Counselor in the Sunday School General Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on April 6, 2024. He began serving on August 1, 2024. Prior to his calling in the Sunday School General Presidency, he served as a Mission Leader in the Australia Sydney Mission from 2021–2024. Brother Reid has served in several Church callings, including full-time missionary in the Chile Santiago South Mission, stake Young Men president, high councilor, bishop, counselor in a stake presidency, and mission president. Brother Reid graduated from Brigham Young University with a Bachelor of Science degree in 2002. He retired from the National Football League in 2007 and started a construction management company. Gabriel Walter Reid was born in Pago Pago, American Samoa, on May 28, 1977. He married Heather Sasse in June of 2000; they have four children.

  4. Righteous Failures | Jennie Pardoe | October 2024

    8 OCT

    Righteous Failures | Jennie Pardoe | October 2024

    Dr. Jennie Pardoe grew up in Southlake, Texas. She served as a full-time missionary in the Russia-Samara mission. Jennie earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting from Brigham Young University, her Master of Arts in Theatre Education from Emerson College, and her PhD in Theatre and Performance Studies from the University of Missouri. She began working as a faculty member for the BYU-Idaho Department of Theatre and Dance in 2020. She teaches acting, voice, script analysis, and theatre history in addition to directing shows. Recent on-campus directing credits include Translations, Sense and Sensibility, and As It Is In Heaven. She is currently directing the department’s production of Shakespeare’s Comedy of Errors. She enjoys close relationships with her four younger sisters and loves being an aunt to her nine nieces and nephews. She currently lives in Sugar City with her dog, Zoey.

  5. True Doctrine Understood Changes Attitudes and Behavior – Plan of Salvation | Danny Ricks | October 2024

    1 OCT

    True Doctrine Understood Changes Attitudes and Behavior – Plan of Salvation | Danny Ricks | October 2024

    Danny Ricks has been an educator in the Church Educational System for nearly two decades. He has taught on the Navajo and Hopi reservations in Northern Arizona as well as in Boise, Idaho. He currently teaches in the Religion Department at BYU-Idaho, where he has served for the past five years. He is a devoted husband and the proud father of five wonderful children. Danny is also the great-great-great-grandson of Thomas E. Ricks, founder of Rexburg and namesake of Ricks College. He is a devoted husband and the proud father of five wonderful children. Danny is also the great-great-great-grandson of Thomas E. Ricks, founder of Rexburg and namesake of Ricks College.

  6. Believe in Yourself as a Child of God | Elder Steven R. Bangerter | September 2024

    21 SEPT

    Believe in Yourself as a Child of God | Elder Steven R. Bangerter | September 2024

    Elder Steven R. Bangerter was sustained as a General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on March 31, 2018. At the time of his call, he had been serving as a member of the Fifth Quorum of the Seventy in the Utah South Area. Elder Bangerter is currently serving in the North America Central Area Presidency. Previously, he served in the Philippines, North America West, and North America Northwest Area Presidencies. Elder Bangerter has served in a number of Church callings, including full-time missionary in the Canada Vancouver Mission, ward Young Men president, elders quorum president, high councilor, bishop, counselor in a stake presidency, stake president, and Area Seventy. Elder Bangerter received a Bachelor of Arts degree in religious studies from Arizona State University in 1989. In 1993 he received a juris doctor degree from the Western State University College of Law. He practiced law with Cooksey, Toolen, Gage, Duffy & Woog from 1993 to 2003. From 2004 to 2018 he served as managing partner for Bangerter Frazier & Graff, PC. His legal career has focused on representing churches and other faith-based organizations. Steven R. Bangerter was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, on July 29, 1961. He married Susan Alexis Hughes in 1983. They are the parents of six children.

  7. Covenant-Keeping Disciple Leaders | President Alvin F. Meredith III | September 2024

    17 SEPT

    Covenant-Keeping Disciple Leaders | President Alvin F. Meredith III | September 2024

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  8. True Identity and Love | Sister Jennifer E. Meredith | September 2024

    17 SEPT

    True Identity and Love | Sister Jennifer E. Meredith | September 2024

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Weekly devotionals at BYU-Idaho give listeners a chance to learn and be inspired. Weekly speakers share experiences and personal testimonies of the Lord Jesus Christ. Speakers include BYU-Idaho presidents, Church leaders, teachers, staff and more.

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    BYU-Idaho
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    2016 - 2024
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