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Church News editor Ryan Jensen on finding purpose in gospel principles amid life’s ups and downs

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Religion, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, News

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🗓️ 16 April 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

From time to time, members of the Church News staff join the Church News podcast to talk about creating “a living record of the Restoration.” This podcast episode features Church News editor Ryan Jensen sharing his observations of prophets and apostles, what he has learned about messaging to Latter-day Saint youth, and his personal life — which includes his family’s struggles with Huntington’s disease. Before joining the Church News, Ryan worked for the Priesthood and Family Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, with responsibility for the youth magazine and other projects, and as a working broadcast journalist.

The Church News Podcast is a weekly podcast that invites listeners to make a journey of connection with members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints across the globe. Host Sarah Jane Weaver, reporter and editor for The Church News for a quarter-century, shares a unique view of the stories, events, and most important people who form this international faith. With each episode, listeners are asked to embark on a journey to learn from one another and ponder, “What do I know now?” because of the experience. Produced by KellieAnn Halvorsen.

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I don't think any of us can be so arrogant as to think that we know so much or have a testimony that is so strong that the adversary isn't going to try to tempt us to think different than what the gospel

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actually is.

0:24.6

And that's why President Nelson is always saying that we need to be reading in the scriptures

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daily.

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We need to read the book of Mormon constantly.

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We need to be in the temple.

0:35.0

Making covenants, honoring our covenants, remembering the covenants

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that we've made. We need to be in church every Sunday, partaking of the sacrament. We need to be in

0:43.1

there participating in our classes so that we can help each other build and overcome those challenges

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that we have of our testimony, whatever it is. Working in the church, I can point to every single

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individual one of those and say,

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I remember how this helped my testimony about Blank.

1:03.4

This is Sarah Jane Weaver, executive editor of the church news, welcoming you to the church

1:08.7

news podcast. We are taking you on a journey of connection

1:12.1

as we discuss news and events of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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From time to time, members of the Church News staff join this podcast to talk about creating

1:26.5

a living record of the restoration. This episode of the Church news staff join this podcast to talk about creating a living record of the restoration.

1:29.0

This episode of the church news podcast features church news editor Ryan Jensen, sharing his

1:34.8

observations of prophets and apostles, what he has learned about messaging to Latter-day Saint

1:40.3

youth, and his personal life, which includes his family's struggle with Huntington's

1:45.4

disease. Before joining the Church News, Ryan worked for the priesthood and family department

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of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with responsibility for the youth magazine

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