Anchored

Roseanne Dawes and Stephanie Francom
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Anchored is an LDS podcast where hosts Roseanne Dawes and Stephanie Francom explore real journeys of faith and how to nurture a personal relationship with God through life’s challenges. Each week, a new guest shares their story of trusting God, keeping covenants, and finding hope amid heartache and uncertainty. Our hope is to uplift and encourage listeners as they navigate life’s rough waters—anchored in Christ. Interested in being a guest? You can request to join us at anchoredpodcast.net.

  1. Am I Obeying Out of Love or Obligation and Feeling God’s Love in Daily Discipleship

    5H AGO

    Am I Obeying Out of Love or Obligation and Feeling God’s Love in Daily Discipleship

    What does obedience in covenant living really mean? In this LDS General Conference message, we explore how to feel God’s love, strengthen faith like Peter, and recognize the Lord’s blessings when we choose to obey. In this episode, we reflect on a powerful message from Stephen C. Barlow about what it really means to show our love for God through obedience. Are we obeying just to “check the box,” or are we learning to recognize the Lord’s love in return? When we train our hearts to look for His hand, we begin to see that obedience isn’t about perfection—it’s about connection. We also talk about Peter walking on water. He only had a little faith. He stepped out. He got scared. He started to sink. And yet, the Lord was immediately there to lift him up. That is who our God is. That is how He meets us when we try. When we give Him just a little… He gives us so much love in return. ✨ In this video, we discuss: • How obedience opens us to God’s love • Why small acts of faith matter • How the Lord meets us in our weakness • Learning to recognize His blessings in daily life • Growing spiritually through covenant keeping If you’ve ever wondered whether God really sees your effort, your prayers, and your imperfect obedience—this message is for you. 👉 Like, subscribe, and share to stay anchored in Christ and grow in faith together. #LDSFaith #GeneralConference #CovenantPath #FeelGodsLove #FaithInChrist #Discipleship #AnchoredInChrist #SpiritualGrowth #trustingod  0:00 – Finding Peace in Jesus Christ Through God’s Love 0:21 – How Showing Love for God Helps Us Feel His Love 0:34 – Offering Our Sacrament and Our Hearts to the Lord 0:51 – What Are We Willing to Place on the Altar? 1:20 – Trusting the Spirit and Recognizing God’s Timing 1:25 – Peter Walking on Water and Trusting the Savior 2:39 – How Small Acts of Faith Invite God’s Power 2:56 – Loving God Without Expecting a Reward 3:19 – Obedience, Patriarchal Blessings, and Spiritual Growth 3:53 – Obedience Trains Our Spiritual Perception 4:19 – Finding God’s Love Through Family History Work 4:45 – Experiencing Miracles Through Service and Faith 5:26 – Recognizing God’s Love Through Spiritual Gifts 5:38 – Staying Grounded and Anchored in Jesus Christ

    6 min
  2. Learning How God Speaks to You Personally and Feeling His Love Every Day

    2D AGO

    Learning How God Speaks to You Personally and Feeling His Love Every Day

    How do you personally feel God’s love? In this Anchored podcast episode, we reflect on General Conference teachings from Elder Stephen C. Barlow and explore personal revelation, the Holy Ghost, and how Jesus Christ helps Latter-day Saints recognize Heavenly Father’s love. We discuss how feeling God’s love is deeply personal and individual. While we briefly reference the five love languages, we explain why experiencing Heavenly Father’s love is not necessarily the same as how we receive love from other people. Learning to recognize His love is a spiritual process guided by the Holy Ghost and strengthened through our covenant relationship with Jesus Christ. We share personal experiences of how the Lord comforts, teaches, reassures, and strengthens us in unique ways. As we learn to recognize how He speaks to us personally, we begin to see that He has been showing us His love all along. ✨ In this episode, we discuss: • General Conference insights • Personal revelation • Recognizing the Spirit • Feeling God’s love daily • Hearing the Lord’s voice • Strengthening your relationship with Jesus Christ If this message strengthens your faith, please like, subscribe, and share it with someone who needs to feel God’s love today. 💬 Comment below: How have you personally felt Heavenly Father’s love in your life? 0:00 – Finding Jesus Christ in Everyday Life | Why We All Need More of the Savior 0:05 – Lovest Thou Me | Learning How Heavenly Father Shows His Love 0:14 – Love Languages and Marriage | Understanding Christlike Love in Relationships 0:48 – Feeling God’s Presence During Trials | When Life Feels Hard 1:28 – When Heaven Feels Silent | Trusting the Lord in Spiritual Struggles 2:02 – Finding Peace Through the Holy Ghost | Christ’s Calming Influence 2:41 – How God Speaks According to Our Understanding | Personal Revelation 3:00 – Discovering How the Lord Communicates With You | Symbols and Spiritual Insight 3:51 – Line Upon Line Revelation | Recognizing God’s Patterns in Your Life 4:14 – Learning From the Temple | Spiritual Experiences and Sacred Moments 4:41 – Seeing God’s Love in Daily Life | Faith in Simple Moments 5:12 – Teaching Children About God’s Love | Finding Christ in Service 5:39 – How to Feel Heavenly Father’s Love | Strengthening Your Relationship With Christ 5:45 – Stay Grounded and Anchored in Jesus Christ | Living With Faith

    6 min
  3. God Didn’t Fix It… Can I Still Trust Him?

    3D AGO

    God Didn’t Fix It… Can I Still Trust Him?

    LDS faith, grief, unanswered prayers, trusting God, Jesus Christ, healing, covenants, temple worship, and finding hope when life doesn’t go as planned — this episode explores what happens when faithful disciples face real heartbreak. She was raised between worlds — born into a family that escaped Iran, with generations of faithful women who fasted for her baptism. Faith was always part of her story. But so was loss. After years of searching for peace, love, and belonging, life took turns she never expected, leaving her asking questions many believers silently carry: Why didn’t God fix this? And how do I trust Him now? In this deeply honest episode of the Anchored Podcast, you’ll hear a story that reads like the pages of a novel — seasons of hope, devastating grief, spiritual wrestling, and ultimately discovering the Savior in a way she never had before. Through temple worship, quiet promptings, and unexpected new beginnings, she learned that sometimes God doesn’t remove the pain… but He does walk with us through it. This conversation is for anyone who has prayed for a miracle and wondered why heaven felt silent — and for anyone trying to hold on to faith when life doesn’t unfold the way they thought it would. 🎧 Listen now and discover what God may be doing when He doesn’t fix it. Show Notes:  The book can be purchased on her website, careshmeh.com/book, https://amzn.to/3X4ZTpN  Barnes and Noble, Kobo, IngramSparks, Goodreads, Google Books, and Booktopia. 0:02 We Can See Jesus Christ’s Face When We Let Him In 0:38 Meet Careshmeh French Dean LDS Convert From Iran Story 1:54 Family Fasts and Prayers to Help Her Get Baptized LDS 3:01 How the Gospel Held Me Together Through Trauma 4:27 Temple Promptings, Divorce, and Trusting God’s Timing 7:08 Acute Myeloid Leukemia Diagnosis and the Faith to Be Healed 8:46 Miracles in the New Testament and Believing for Healing 10:01 Knowing Heavenly Father but Not Yet Knowing Jesus Personally 10:48 Hospital Advocacy and Why No One Should Go Alone 12:31 The Prompting to “Let Him Go” and the Crisis of Faith 14:03 Grief, Loneliness, and Feeling Abandoned by People 15:15 In-Laws Betrayal and the Trauma That Compounded Grief 19:15 God Sends People to Strengthen You When Others Fall Away 20:49 Anger at God, Honest Prayer, and Spiritual Warfare 21:39 I Met the Savior: Christ’s Empathy and Comfort in Grief 23:10 When Grief Makes You Want to Quit Living 23:26 May 29, 2024: Pie With Daniel and the First Breath Again 26:13 “I’ve Loved You for Seven Years” and Recognizing God’s Hand 27:03 June 8, 2024: Remarried and Seeing God’s Miracle Timing 28:13 How to Come to Know Jesus Christ Day by Day 29:05 Temple Worship: The First Time I Heard the Savior’s Voice 30:28 Loved Ones Beyond the Veil and Spiritual Help in Grief 32:11 Grief vs Depression and Why That Difference Matters 32:43 EMDR Therapy and Seeing the Savior in Sacred Healing 34:08 Falling Before Christ and Realizing We Can All Know Him 35:26 Breathwork Experience: “He’s Always With Me” 36:27 Do We All Need Personal Experiences With Jesus Christ? 37:32 Simple Discipleship: Scriptures, Prayer, Church, Temple, Family 39:31 Turn Off the Noise to Hear God and Feel the Spirit 41:13 Why the Temple Brings Quiet, Revelation, and Comfort 43:08 Why God Helped Through the Savior in That Season 45:48 Living Differently After Loss: Love More Fiercely and Surrender 48:03 Learning to Trust Heavenly Father Again After Devastation 51:12 Why I Stay LDS: “Stay in the Boat” Through the Storm 55:24 Book Plug: Made for Me by Careshmeh French Dean

    57 min
  4. Anchor Point 3 - Jackson "HIGHER AND HOLIER"

    5D AGO

    Anchor Point 3 - Jackson "HIGHER AND HOLIER"

    In this anchor point, Stephanie and Roseanne reflect on Elder Jackson’s teaching about accounting and how it invites us to minister in a higher and holier way. Rather than serving out of routine or obligation, they explore what happens when we take our stewardships to the Lord and sincerely ask, “How can I minister the way Thou would?” They share how asking that question opens the door to personal revelation—specific ideas, impressions, and quiet promptings that help us reach individuals in meaningful ways. As we act on that inspiration, we come to recognize that the Lord is already remembering and caring for that person, and He allows us to participate in His work. Through beautiful personal experiences, Stephanie and Roseanne discuss what it looks like to truly listen, to understand someone’s real needs, and to go beyond surface-level connections. They share how deeper relationships and thoughtful service can meet needs that are often unseen—and how sacred and fulfilling that process can be. This anchor point invites listeners to slow down, seek the Spirit, and trust that small, inspired acts of ministering can become powerful expressions of Christlike love.

    7 min
  5. Anchor Point 2 - Jackson "WHEN WE ARE REMEMBERED"

    FEB 18

    Anchor Point 2 - Jackson "WHEN WE ARE REMEMBERED"

    In this anchor point, Stephanie and Roseanne talk about the power of being remembered—and what it does to the human heart. Through examples from the scriptures and personal experiences, they explore how remembering someone by name, circumstance, or story helps people feel seen, valued, and loved. They discuss how moments of being remembered—whether through a simple word, a note, or a meaningful gesture—can make us feel special, much like receiving a birthday card or gift. And then they ask a deeper question: If that’s how we feel when people remember us, how does the Savior feel about us? And how do we feel about Him? This conversation also turns inward as they reflect on the sacrament as a sacred opportunity to remember the Savior intentionally—not just routinely. Remembering Him changes us. It softens our hearts, steadies our identity, and reminds us who we are and whose we are. Ultimately, this anchor point invites us to look for opportunities to help others feel remembered—because that is Christlike work—and to allow ourselves to feel known and loved by the Savior who remembers us perfectly.

    5 min
  6. Anchor Point 1 - Jackson "I HAVE CALLED THEE BY NAME, YE ARE MINE"

    FEB 16

    Anchor Point 1 - Jackson "I HAVE CALLED THEE BY NAME, YE ARE MINE"

    This anchor point is rooted in Elder William K. Jackson’s talk “Remembering the Sheep,” where he teaches the Lord’s pattern of accounting—not counting people as numbers, but knowing them as individuals. In the Lord’s kingdom, sheep are not managed in bulk; they are remembered one by one. Stephanie and Roseanne talk about how this principle applies directly to our stewardships—especially in presidencies, councils, and leadership settings. When we speak about people by name, when we reference specific individuals and their real circumstances, something shifts. Names bring clarity, responsibility, and love. People feel seen. We share personal experiences of what it feels like when someone remembers your name—and the intentional practice of learning and using others’ names—and how deeply that communicates worth and belonging. Ultimately, this reflects the Lord Himself. Scripture tells us He knows us personally and calls us by name. Even in the Creation, nothing was left unnamed—light, darkness, earth, seas—each received a name. Naming establishes identity and relationship. There is something sacred about a name. When we remember names, we are not just being organized—we are mirroring heaven. To be called by name is to be claimed. “I have called thee by name; thou art mine.”

    5 min
  7. Episode 64 - Anchored - Brandon Zitting - The Space Between the Prayer and the Promise

    FEB 15

    Episode 64 - Anchored - Brandon Zitting - The Space Between the Prayer and the Promise

    Faith didn’t save Brandon from pain—it met him inside it. From a childhood marked by leukemia to adulthood shaped by uncertainty, unanswered prayers, and closed doors, Brandon learns that God’s silence is not absence. Jobs don’t come when asked. Healing doesn’t arrive on demand. Direction often comes only after the step is taken. As timelines stretch and fear presses in, quiet impressions begin to guide him—toward a marriage formed in days, decisions that require trust without proof, and a life where the details fall into place only after surrender. This episode is a story about waiting, alignment, and a God who works differently than we expect—but never without purpose. Because sometimes faith isn’t about getting the answer. It’s about following it. Show Notes: @SmallBizAIGuy on X, @bouncehousebeckle on TikTok

    51 min
  8. Anchor Point 3 - Gong "WOULD YOU BE THE ONE GOD SENDS?"

    FEB 13

    Anchor Point 3 - Gong "WOULD YOU BE THE ONE GOD SENDS?"

    In this third Anchor Point inspired by Elder Gerrit W. Gong’s message “No One Sits Alone,” we sit with a searching question: If someone is praying for a covenant keeper… would you be the one God sends? Roseanne and Stephanie share personal experiences of moments when they needed comfort—times when they needed someone to show up, to mourn with them, to sit with them, and to help carry what felt too heavy to carry alone. We also reflect on sacred experiences where others did exactly that—quietly, faithfully, and without being asked. This conversation explores what it means to live as a Zion people: People who are availablePeople who have committed their hearts to GodPeople who have simply said, “Heavenly Father, I’m Yours. Use me.”We talk about the preparation required to become this kind of people—the inner change, the softening of the heart, and the refining that allows God to trust us with His children. As we are changed, we begin to notice something holy happening: the Lord starts placing us in the right moments, with the right people, at the right time. Through the Spirit, He prompts us to act—to reach out, to stay, to listen, to love—so His love, light, and goodness can flow through us, just as it did through Jesus Christ. ✨ Zion isn’t built by grand gestures. It’s built by covenant keepers who are willing to be sent.

    6 min
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Anchored is an LDS podcast where hosts Roseanne Dawes and Stephanie Francom explore real journeys of faith and how to nurture a personal relationship with God through life’s challenges. Each week, a new guest shares their story of trusting God, keeping covenants, and finding hope amid heartache and uncertainty. Our hope is to uplift and encourage listeners as they navigate life’s rough waters—anchored in Christ. Interested in being a guest? You can request to join us at anchoredpodcast.net.

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  • Creator
    Roseanne Dawes and Stephanie Francom
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    119
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Anchored
  • Show Website
    Anchored