HeyJaredWhy We Believe
Why do we believe? What inspires faith, testimony, and conversion in members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints? Dive into the personal conversion stories behind faithful members of the church.
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How the Word of Wisdom Sparked Ali Essig's Beautiful Journey of Faith (opens the original)
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Ali Essig walked into the emergency room and found her husband slumped in a wheelchair, mid-stroke at 37, staring back at the very promise she could not shake. His patriarchal blessing said he would be blessed with health as he lived the Word of Wisdom, and now that promise sat across the room in a hospital gown. Ali had spent years working on Capitol Hill as communications director for Congressman Jason Chaffetz, then building a career teaching Pilates and coaching nutrition. None of it had pre
BYU Basketball Star Jonathan Tavernari Shares His Miracle at a Snowy Train Station (opens the original)
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Jonathan Tavernari grew up a Catholic altar boy in São Paulo, coached by his own mother, one of the most decorated youth basketball coaches in Brazilian history. At 16 he boarded a one-way flight to America with his mother's gold cross around his neck, and he left BYU as the program's winningest player and its all-time leader in three-pointers made. But the turning point of his life was not a championship. It was a lost necklace, a finished Book of Mormon, and a 17-year-old kneeling to ask God i
How Inviting the Savior Into Your Daily Routine Brings Unexpected Peace (with Ross Nielson) (opens the original)
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For twenty-one years, Ross Nielson felt like God had passed him by. His parents divorced when he was seven, and the promise he kept hearing in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, that families are forever, felt like it belonged to everyone but him. Painful experiences with someone he trusted only deepened the walls he put up. He believed there was a God, yet he could not remember ever feeling the Spirit or feeling like he belonged. On the outside, his life looked like drive and resu
Why Former BYU Football Head Coach Bronco Mendenhall Prioritized Faith Over Football (opens the original)
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Bronco Mendenhall picked his college for one reason. BYU was on the schedule, and he wanted to beat them. He got his win in Provo and lay spread-eagle on the Y. Years later, sitting at a stoplight while the radio named the coaches BYU wanted instead, a still, small prompting told him he would lead the program himself. Days later, the self-described last resort was named head coach of the only football program owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and he spent 11 seasons measu
BYU Business School Dean Brigette Madrian Shares Five Gospel Truths from Harry Potter (opens the original)
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What does a behavioral economist studying retirement savings have in common with a wizard battling darkness? More than you might think. Bridget Madrian spent 25 years at Harvard Kennedy School researching how people make financial decisions. Her work shaped pension law across America and influenced hundreds of millions of people worldwide. But at the peak of her career, she made an unexpected choice: leave Harvard and come home to BYU as the first woman dean of the Marriott School of Business. W
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