Deseret Book President Laurel Day on the power and personalized process of revelation

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🗓️ 26 November 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Laurel Day became the president of Deseret Book in 2021 after 23 years with the publishing company. On this episode of the Church News podcast, Church News reporter Mary Richards interviews Day on her unexpected journey to Deseret Book, her writing, and insights shared on the “Magnify” podcast about creating faith-based resources and supporting female voices. While Day’s life has not gone as she had originally planned, she shares how the power and personalized process of revelation and the gift of agency have blessed her life in unexpected ways.

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 Jon Ryan Jensen, editor of The Church News, shares a unique view of the stories, events, and 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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0:00.0	I think I didn't understand the connection between revelation and the
0:12.7	Atonement of Jesus Christ. And so now I see that as one of the grandest revelations I've ever been given.
0:20.3	Not how to get married, not how to become a mom, not any of the grandest revelations I've ever been given. Not how to get married, not how to become a mom,
0:23.9	not any of the things I thought I was waiting to receive, quote, revelation for. And what I've come to
0:31.2	understand is that revelation is actually for me the ways he fills the gaps in my life. The way he fills the gap of what I thought
0:43.7	my life would be and what it is. But revelation came to my heart to settle and to help me realize,
0:52.4	yeah, this is the enabling power of the Atonement of Jesus Christ.
0:56.5	This is what it feels like. This is what it can do for you. And revelation is the distilling
1:03.2	of a testimony of the Savior of Jesus Christ.
1:10.1	This is John Ryan Jensen, editor of the Church News.
1:13.8	Welcome to the Church News podcast.
1:16.1	Today we're taking you on a journey of connection as we discuss news and events of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
1:25.6	Laurel Day began working at Desert at Book as a part-time event specialist 26 years ago and is now the president of the company.
1:34.0	She has a master's degree in communications management and is the author of several books.
1:39.5	Early on, she thought there was a certain plan for her life, but has since learned more about being guided by revelation and the gift of agency.
1:48.1	I'm Mary Richards, a reporter for the church news and guest host of this week's episode of the church news podcast.
1:54.3	I'm delighted to welcome Laurel Day to talk about her unexpected journey while seeking personal revelation.
2:01.0	Welcome Laurel to the church news podcast. Thank you so much. I'm so glad to be here.
2:04.9	Well, I want to know how you got to this point. How did you get to where you are today?
2:09.6	Oh, that's an interesting story. I'll just share this part of it. I graduated from BYU and was not married.
2:17.1	And I moved back east to live with my sister and brother
2:20.0	in law for a little bit and just thought, you know what, I'm just going to make a life out here.
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