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LDS Podcast "Latter-Day Lights" - Inspirational LDS Stories
Scott Brandley and Alisha Coakley
179 episodes
15 hours ago
How can the ancient Hebrew language unlock a deeper way of listening to Christ with our whole heart, soul, and might? In this week’s episode of Latter-Day Lights, Scott Brandley and guest co-host Emily Hemmert sit down with Dr. Trina Boice—university professor, longtime author, avid scripture educator, and Hebrew enthusiast—to explore the “Via Dolorosa,” more commonly known as the sorrowful path Christ walked from condemnation to crucifixion. Dr. Trina shares what it’s like to trace the tradi...
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How can the ancient Hebrew language unlock a deeper way of listening to Christ with our whole heart, soul, and might? In this week’s episode of Latter-Day Lights, Scott Brandley and guest co-host Emily Hemmert sit down with Dr. Trina Boice—university professor, longtime author, avid scripture educator, and Hebrew enthusiast—to explore the “Via Dolorosa,” more commonly known as the sorrowful path Christ walked from condemnation to crucifixion. Dr. Trina shares what it’s like to trace the tradi...
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Episodes (20/179)
LDS Podcast "Latter-Day Lights" - Inspirational LDS Stories
The Eternal Perspective of Loving Through Depression: Amanda Harms' Story - Latter-Day Lights
When depression shapes the life of the person you love the most, will your faith hold—or begin to break under the pressure? In this week’s episode of Latter-Day Lights, Scott and Emily sit down with Amanda Harms — a counselor, mother of six, and newly minted PhD in social psychology — to share her personal journey through supporting a spouse living with chronic depression. With mental illness and frayed communication leading to years of financial hardship, cross-country moves, spiritual denia...
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2 days ago
49 minutes

LDS Podcast "Latter-Day Lights" - Inspirational LDS Stories
Guided Back to God with the Gift of Interpreting Dreams: Tyler Christen's Story - Latter-Day Lights
How does Jesus reach for us when we’re convinced we can never return back to Him? In this week's episode of Latter-Day Lights, Tyler Christen—a returned soldier and lifelong Latter-Day Saint who spent years in and out of the Church—shares his raw, unfiltered journey through addiction, isolation, spiritual darkness, and repeated attempts to walk away from the Gospel. From battling the temptations of pornography and party culture in the military, surviving serious car accidents, grieving a mi...
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1 week ago
1 hour 34 minutes

LDS Podcast "Latter-Day Lights" - Inspirational LDS Stories
Walking the Via Dolorosa & Learning The Language of Heaven: Trina Boice's Story - Latter-Day Lights
How can the ancient Hebrew language unlock a deeper way of listening to Christ with our whole heart, soul, and might? In this week’s episode of Latter-Day Lights, Scott Brandley and guest co-host Emily Hemmert sit down with Dr. Trina Boice—university professor, longtime author, avid scripture educator, and Hebrew enthusiast—to explore the “Via Dolorosa,” more commonly known as the sorrowful path Christ walked from condemnation to crucifixion. Dr. Trina shares what it’s like to trace the tradi...
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3 weeks ago
1 hour 19 minutes

LDS Podcast "Latter-Day Lights" - Inspirational LDS Stories
Surviving Loss, Overcoming Trials, and Keeping the Faith: Leilani Speck's Story - Latter-day Lights
What if the trials in your life were actually invitations to hear God more clearly? In this episode, Leilani Speck shares her touching story—from being adopted and growing up in a foster home, to early encounters with real spiritual darkness, sacred moments with angels, and a life of service that included a rare stake mission pilot program and the Hill Cumorah Pageant. Along the way, she faced some incredibly hard things: a marriage that slowly fell apart, six miscarriages, multiple car acc...
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1 month ago
1 hour 48 minutes

LDS Podcast "Latter-Day Lights" - Inspirational LDS Stories
Still Serving: Faith through Chronic Illness and an Early Return: Kenley Broadbent's Story - Latter-Day Lights
How do you hold onto faith when life takes a turn you never expected? On this week’s episode of Latter-day Lights, early-returned missionary Kenley Broadbent opens up about the day everything changed on her Peru Lima East mission. What started as occasional migraines spiraled into debilitating dizziness, nausea, and unexplained symptoms that eventually sent her home just nine months into her service. Kenley shares the heartbreak of facing the stigma of being an early returnee, living with chr...
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1 month ago
48 minutes

LDS Podcast "Latter-Day Lights" - Inspirational LDS Stories
Sculpting a Legacy to Christ w/ The Monument of The Americas: Steve Neal's Story - Latter-Day Lights
What if God called you to build something far bigger than yourself? In this inspiring and educational episode of Latter-Day Lights, former plastic surgeon-turned-sculptor and painter Steve Neal shares how a lifetime of small artistic promptings—and a powerful temple experience—led him to an unexpected divine calling: building The Monument of The Americas, a large-scale Book of Mormon and American covenant sculpture park in Heber Valley. What began as what Steve describes as a “barely adequate...
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1 month ago
1 hour 8 minutes

LDS Podcast "Latter-Day Lights" - Inspirational LDS Stories
Rising Above Self-Doubt Through Faith & Creation: Cassidy Beck's Story - Latter-Day Lights
What happens when divine identity collides with self-doubt—Can our fears become the doorway to purpose? This week on Latter-Day Lights, fellow author, podcaster, and life coach Cassidy Beck shares her deeply personal journey through imposter syndrome. After interviewing her father during his final moments on Earth, in an attempt to write his life’s story, she found herself creatively blocked after his passing, in doubt that she would ever be able to write without him. From then on, she studie...
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1 month ago
1 hour

LDS Podcast "Latter-Day Lights" - Inspirational LDS Stories
On Grieving and Healing After Child Loss: Lawrence's & Melissa Stone's Story - Latter-Day Lights
When tragedy strikes not once but twice, how do you keep your faith — and your loved ones — from falling apart? In this deeply moving episode of Latter-Day Lights, Lawrence and Melissa Stone open up about the unimaginable loss of their children due to a driving accident and miscarriage. But from the heartbreak, take us through a journey of rebuilding faith, marriage, and hope through grief. From heartache to healing and Heaven's quiet reassurances, their story reveals how Christ’s light can ...
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1 month ago
58 minutes

LDS Podcast "Latter-Day Lights" - Inspirational LDS Stories
Raised in Isolation. Denied an Education. Saved by Faith: Calvin Bagley's Story - Latter-Day Lights
What do you do when the people who were supposed to protect you… become the source of your deepest wounds? In this unforgettable episode of Latter-Day Lights, author Calvin Bagley shares his extraordinary journey from isolation, abuse, and “no-schooling” in the Utah desert to faith, healing, and freedom. Once a boy who hid from the school bus, Calvin now helps others overcome trauma and reclaim their lives through faith, therapy, and unconditional love. His new memoir, Hiding from the Schoo...
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2 months ago
1 hour

LDS Podcast "Latter-Day Lights" - Inspirational LDS Stories
Sunflowers After the Storm: Turning Their Mother's Tragic Death Into Hope & Light - Jessie Lake and Molly Johnson's Story
What do you do when your mother’s voice is silenced—but her words refuse to be forgotten? In this week’s episode of Latter-Day Lights, we sit down with sisters Jessie Lake and Molly Johnson, whose mother was tragically killed as a result of domestic violence. Years later, while unpacking old boxes, they uncovered something extraordinary—eight beautifully written children’s stories she had finished before she died. What began as heartbreak has now become a mission to publish her work, share...
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2 months ago
1 hour 26 minutes

LDS Podcast "Latter-Day Lights" - Inspirational LDS Stories
Blessed Beyond Coincidence-The Miracles of a Mother's Faith: Tiffaney Castañeda's Story - Latter-Day Lights
When life seems to unravel all at once, will you trust that God is still there? In this deeply moving episode of Latter-Day Lights, Scott and Alisha sit down with lifelong Latter-Day Saint—Tiffaney Castañeda—as she shares her remarkable journey of faith through unimaginable trials and unmistakable miracles. From her daughter’s near-fatal battle with autoimmune hepatitis, down to the sudden and unexpected passing of her youngest daughter, every step of Tiffaney’s story reveals the Lord’s hand ...
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2 months ago
1 hour 47 minutes

LDS Podcast "Latter-Day Lights" - Inspirational LDS Stories
Embracing Rebirth in Midlife - From Breakdown to Belief: Aisha Jermy's Story - Latter-Day Lights
Is it ever too late to come home to Heavenly Father? When life’s pressures nearly consumed her, Aisha Jermy reached a breaking point that affected her emotionally, physically, financially, and, most importantly, spiritually. But through one unexpected encounter on an airplane, she discovered the restored Gospel of Jesus Christ. And from that moment on, everything changed. In this week's episode of Latter-Day Lights, Aisha shares how joining the Church in her 50s helped her find peace, healin...
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2 months ago
54 minutes

LDS Podcast "Latter-Day Lights" - Inspirational LDS Stories
Beyond Prison Walls: Finding Faith Amid Workplace Misogyny: Jac Woodhouse's Story - Latter-Day Lights
What if the struggle that nearly broke you was the path God used to bring you back to His light? Aussie mom and former maximum-security corrections officer, Jac Woodhouse, hit rock bottom in a myriad of ways—dehumanizing workplace misogyny, parting from a 15-year career, navigating her son’s serious health challenges, and fighting her own battle with suicidal ideation. It felt as though one more misstep would’ve broken the camel’s back, until one tender mercy flipped everything around for th...
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3 months ago
52 minutes

LDS Podcast "Latter-Day Lights" - Inspirational LDS Stories
Becoming Nephi's Apprentice: How One Father Is Revitalizing LDS Youth Programs: Josh Chapman's Story - Latter-Day Lights
What if your child's youth nights became adventures modeled after Book of Mormon heroes? On today’s episode of Latter-day Lights, we’re joined by Josh Chapman, a creative father of six from Ogden, Utah, who retired from his day job to create 'Nephi’s Apprentice'. Nephi’s Apprentice is a gospel-centered program that takes life skills like compass work, tool-making, and conflict resolution, and ties them directly to the stories and examples of Nephi and other Book of Mormon heroes. Designed...
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3 months ago
1 hour 5 minutes

LDS Podcast "Latter-Day Lights" - Inspirational LDS Stories
Planking Through Prayer—Turning Habits into Record-Breaking Miracles: DonnaJean Wilde's Story - Latter-Day Lights
What happens when years of faith-formed grit turn minutes of daily discipline into record-breaking triumphs? This week on Latter-day Lights, Scott and Alisha welcome Guinness World Record holder, book worm, and Gospel-loving Latter-Day Saint—DonnaJean Wilde—to the show, whose once broken wrist and five-minute planking challenge sparked a decade-long journey of fitness fueled by scripture study and mindset training. More than just a story, she unpacks the habits and “living toolboxes” th...
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4 months ago
1 hour 11 minutes

LDS Podcast "Latter-Day Lights" - Inspirational LDS Stories
From Excommunication to the Savior's Embrace: Martin Onken's Story (Part 2) - Latter-Day Lights
How far can mercy reach when a decades-long double life finally unravels, shaking a ward’s trust and a family’s heart? This week on Latter-day Lights, Scott and Alisha welcome back Martin Onken for Part Two of his story—the hope-filled conclusion to his twelve-year journey of repentance. In part one, Martin opened up about a lonely, complicated childhood that left him hungry for love and belonging. Leaning on his relationship with God to seek out the acceptance he was lacking, he found purpos...
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4 months ago
1 hour 35 minutes

LDS Podcast "Latter-Day Lights" - Inspirational LDS Stories
Addiction, Deception, and Living a Double Life — But God Never Gave up on Him: Martin Onken’s Story (Part 1)
What happens when bad choices and "small sins" spiral into life-altering consequences? Martin Onken's raw testimony reveals how a single decision at age 16 to "sin a little" led to decades of deception and a double life that impacted countless people. Born to Dutch-Indonesian parents who survived Japanese prisoner-of-war camps, Martin's childhood was marked by emotional disconnection and a desperate search for love. Finding temporary solace in Catholicism, he developed a relationship ...
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4 months ago
1 hour 41 minutes

LDS Podcast "Latter-Day Lights" - Inspirational LDS Stories
Fostering Creative Community through Faith-Driven Fiction: Michael House's Story - Latter-Day Lights
What creativity sparks within when one faith-led author blends scripture, sci-fi, and service to inspire a community? This week on Latter-day Lights, Scott and Alisha welcome back M.D. (Michael) House—novelist and president of LDSPMA—to walk us through his unlikely path from corporate finance to an anthology of stories that intentionally spread the light of the Gospel. Michael shares eye-opening insight into all the best pieces of advice from various books and talks that inspired his writin...
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4 months ago
1 hour 15 minutes

LDS Podcast "Latter-Day Lights" - Inspirational LDS Stories
Discovering Life's Purpose through Singleness and Beyond: Sharon Lamar's Story - Latter-Day Lights
What if the life you dreamed of for yourself never showed up—because God used it to write an even better story? This week on Latter-Day Lights, life coach and host of “The Single LDS Woman Podcast,” Sharon Lamar, opens up about spending 30 years of her life as a single Latter-Day Saint before marrying at 52. With humor, candor, and resilient faith, Sharon unpacks the quiet heartache of unmet expectations, the societal pressures we inherit from romcoms to fairytales, and the backhanded stateme...
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4 months ago
1 hour 11 minutes

LDS Podcast "Latter-Day Lights" - Inspirational LDS Stories
Animating The Book of Mormon - From Scripture to Storyboards: Pablo Smith's Story - Latter-Day Lights
What if the perfect once-in-a-lifetime opportunity ended up being the one God meant for you to turn down? This week on Latter-day Lights, Scott and John Brandley sit down with animator Pablo Smith to share the story of how he combined his two greatest passions in life: teaching the gospel, and animation. Having worked at legendary studios in the industry such as Nick Jr., Disney, and Dreamworks, Pablo took his skills into his own hands by independently crafting his most cherished and personal...
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5 months ago
58 minutes

LDS Podcast "Latter-Day Lights" - Inspirational LDS Stories
How can the ancient Hebrew language unlock a deeper way of listening to Christ with our whole heart, soul, and might? In this week’s episode of Latter-Day Lights, Scott Brandley and guest co-host Emily Hemmert sit down with Dr. Trina Boice—university professor, longtime author, avid scripture educator, and Hebrew enthusiast—to explore the “Via Dolorosa,” more commonly known as the sorrowful path Christ walked from condemnation to crucifixion. Dr. Trina shares what it’s like to trace the tradi...