President Keoni Kauwe and his wife, Monica, left behind the life they’d built in Utah when they were asked five years ago to serve as President and First Lady of BYU-Hawaii. Since then, they’ve fallen in love all over again with the island President Kauwe grew up on and on this week’s episode he shares what he’s learned about connecting with college students and what best prepares them for success when they leave home.

3:00- Relating to College Students
8:48- A 16-year-old College Freshman
12:52- The Wisdom in God’s Timeline
18:10- Exercising Priesthood Power as a Married Couple
22:08- The Unique Nature of BYU-Hawaii
24:07- The Polynesian Cultural Center
28:16- Grateful, Humble and Determined
31:00- Sacrifice
34:30- Culture Night
41:20- Willing To Walk Away
47:00- Preparing Kids to Leave Home
54:05- What Does It Mean To Be All In the Gospel of Jesus Christ?

“When you do what He asks, the blessings are far beyond anything you could possibly imagine and far beyond than you’ve given up.”

Links:
President Kauwe’s BYU-Hawaii devotionals- https://president.byuh.edu/john-s-k-kauwe-iii

Morgan’s BYU-Hawaii Devotional- Trusting God With the Rest of Your Story- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jm-jX12Uwfk

BYU Jerusalem story- https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2005/10/the-light-in-their-eyes?lang=eng

Over the last few years, in addition to teaching young single adults a temple prep class she calls “Temple Plus,” Melinda Brown has traveled from her home in Utah to Durham, North Carolina to pursue a degree from Duke Divinity School. In the process, she has found her love and appreciation for the temple deepen. On this week’s episode, she shares why she believes the gifts God intends to endow us with within His holy house are intended to bless our lives in the present. She now recognizes that eternity is now.

2:50- Divinity School
11:25- Liturgy and Temple Worship
16:15- The Giver and the Receiver
22:51- Teaching Children About the Temple
31:21- Seeking a Positive Temple Experience
38:19- Temple Garments
43:25- Practice
48:09- What Does It Mean To Be All In the Gospel of Jesus Christ?

“Every day is a new starting point and we just get to keep trying. It’s all practice.”

Links:
An Endowment of Love- https://bit.ly/3S2OqVu

Eve and Adam- https://bit.ly/4kahyGe

Instagram Live with Mindy Brown- https://www.instagram.com/tv/Ch0wfgLpIGl/?igsh=cXl1MWozdmo4aTNv

Previous All In episode with Mindy Brown- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/all-in/id1439975046?i=1000467433196

YouTube mini-class on the Temple with Mindy- https://youtu.be/dw1CkaFJp_w

Other recent interviews with Mindy about “An Endowment of Love”-
Out of the Best Books: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/out-of-the-best-books/id1779601020?i=1000704289819

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https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-fresh-perspective-on-our-temple-experience/id1643211858?i=1000702502616

The world undoubtedly moves at a faster pace today than it did during any previous period of Church history but historian Rachel Cope is a believer that, in all generations, God often aids our conversion by inviting us (and sometimes forcing us) to slow down. On this week’s episode she shares her own experience as well as examples from Church History that illustrate the fact that the process of conversion is not a race but rather something that requires work and often takes time.

2:18- Publicly Sharing a Private Struggle
7:40- An Interest in Ordinary People
9:57- Focus on Healing the Whole
17:29- The Miracles of Modern-Day Living
23:12- Lucy and Emma
29:56- Polygamy
40:48- Slow Work
49:37- What Does It Mean To Be All In the Gospel of Jesus Christ?

“Humans turn things into a race, God doesn’t. God wants us to take whatever time we need and if it takes five years, that’s great—if it takes 50 years, that’s great. He’s not worried about the deadlines, He just wants us to be on the journey.”

When questions of faith shake the foundation of one partner’s belief, what happens to the marriage built on shared spiritual foundation? On this week’s episode, David and Catie Borland share the story of a season of searching that spanned years and how a marriage rooted in open communication, faith and love helped them cleave to one another through it all—and ultimately resulted in stronger faith than ever before.

1:41- Foundations
3:26- An Unintended Destination
4:57- An Open Line of Communication
7:32- An All-Consuming Search For Truth
12:25- The Modern-Day Wrestle
19:54- ‘Where Would Satan Start?’
28:20- All a Spouse Can Do
37:54- Leaning Into the Parts You Love
45:10- Falling in Love
54:00- Encouragement For Others
58:40- What Does It Mean To Be All In the Gospel of Jesus Christ?

“This isn’t an emergency. Drop your shoulders, exhale. Keep God in this first and foremost. Cut out the distractions…and find out what God thinks and what God wants you to know.”

Actor Paul Wuthrich has played a variety of roles, many of them real people from Church history, some well-known and others with virtually unrecognizable names but from each of these roles, he’s learned about what it means to live on a consecrated life. On this week’s episode, he shares what he has learned through a part-time career in acting about submission and humbly seeking the will of God.

1:42- Portraying a Prophet in a Full Circle
8:49- A Career Shaped by Faith
12:25- Standing In The Savior’s Shoes
17:38- Handling Rejection
20:54- Memorizing Technique
24:58- Real People Vs. Fictional Characters
30:32- Learning Through a Role
37:04- What Does It Mean To Be All In the Gospel of Jesus Christ?

“How many people are there out there just quietly sacrificing, doing the Lord’s work with no attention, no accolade but there’s just doing it because God wants them to do it and they know it’s the right thing to do? And I thought, ‘That’s the kind of person I want to be.’”

Links:

Raising the Bar movie- https://raisingthebarmovie.com
Witnesses Initiative- https://witnessesfilm.com

At just 15 years old, Cassidy Stay endured the unimaginable—the tragic loss of her entire family in a horrific act of violence. Left for dead, she survived by pretending to be lifeless, and with remarkable courage, alerted police to the killer’s next target, potentially saving many more lives. Now, a decade later, Cassidy reflects on her journey through grief, healing, and unshakable faith. In this week’s episode, she shares how the gospel of Jesus Christ has sustained her, the peace she’s found in His promises, and the hope of being reunited with her loved ones again.

2:34- Remembering a Family
7:05- A Choice to Be Happy
9:06- The Day That Changed Everything
31:55- Victim Impact Statement
37:36- Dumbledore’s Letter
40:26- A Future Reunion
45:00- Giving Burdens to Christ
53:09- What Does It Mean To Be All In the Gospel of Jesus Christ?

“I have something to look forward to and, for me, if I don’t have that, what am I doing? If I’m not working for that, what am I working towards? I am so excited to see my family again.”

Links:
Cassidy Stay’s Victim Impact Statement- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3NcXqwoLWw
Cassidy Stay and attorneys address media- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnE3eQSST5E&pp=ygUMY2Fzc2lkeSBzdGF5

Monte Deere and his brother Michael were born just 14 months apart—the kind of brothers who shared a bedroom—and a paper route—even when they didn’t have to. So, when Michael took his own life while Monte and his wife were serving as mission leaders in the Spain Malaga Mission, Monte found himself grieving in a foreign country far away from his family. Since returning home, Monte has dealt with health challenges that have disrupted his own quality of life—even causing him to be released from a church calling he loved. On this week’s episode, Monte shares how he has been a recipient of the balm that only the Savior can provide.

“I think being all in for Him is creating a little space for Him, listening to Him say, ‘Come, let me pick you up. Let me brush you off. Let me apply a little salve, a little balm. And let me give you some bread and some spiritual water. Let me clean you from the inside out and then you can be back being all in on the things that you choose but give me room, give me space. Let me love you. Let me do for you what you can’t do for yourself, what only I can do.’”

1:43- A Father’s Example of Hard Work
5:01- Watching an Adult Sibling Struggle
12:29- A Family Called to Serve
17:54- Devastating News
21:51- Salve From the Spirit
24:48- Unexpected Health Challenges
35:34- A Wake Up Call
37:56- Lifting the Hands Which Hang Down
41:42- What Does It Mean To Be All In the Gospel of Jesus Christ

Links:

Elder Renlund on suicide- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAYgY8SPtEWH5oAfQlfGFyKk77nf-S-tH

President Ballard on suicide- https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1987/10/suicide-some-things-we-know-and-some-we-do-not?lang=eng

Sarah Sun Kanell began attending a Salt Lake City residential ward as a high schooler. In that ward, she experienced what she describes as true belonging. This was only the beginning of Sarah’s conversion to the gospel of Jesus Christ but the people she met exemplified the person and disciple of Jesus Christ she wanted to be. On this week’s episode, Sarah shares what she has learned about the contribution we all have the ability to make to the Church of Jesus Christ.

Time stamps:

3:25- Honoring Sacrifice of Others
9:27- High Expectations and Gentle Parenting?
17:20- An Unconventional Living Situation
19:31- Gathered In
30:17- Barbara and Gaining a Testimony
33:13- Chosen
40:05- Unhistoric Acts
46:34- What Does It Mean To Be All In the Gospel of Jesus Christ?

“If I’m willing to choose Him then I think He can turn me into something better than what I can even imagine right now, and what better thing is there to be than His?”

Made For This book link- https://www.deseretbook.com/product/P6073753.html
BYU Hawaii talk- https://speeches.byuh.edu/trusting-god-with-the-rest-of-your-story
Lean in with Lizzy episode- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lean-in-with-lizzy/id1768159695?i=1000688795426
Kate Holbrook podcast- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/all-in/id1439975046?i=1000526603170
Samuel Brown “Where The Soul Hungers” book- https://www.deseretbook.com/product/5252752.html?srsltid=AfmBOoq-XWAk7RyClW3i034cMC7VcJTfOZJEzzPca4uhGJrdjKMt_eWZ
Unhistoric Acts painting- https://www.thecompassgallery.com/product-page/unhistoric-acts-barton