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Kristy Wheelwright Taylor serves as the board secretary for the Wilford Woodruff Papers Foundation and helps with transcription and writing on the Wilford Woodruff Papers Project. Her book, Prepare Me for Thy Use: Lessons from Wilford Woodruff's Mission Years, will be published on May 12 by Deseret Book and BYU's Religious Studies Center. Kristy has a masters degree in Humanities from Brigham Young University and has worked as an English Instructor at Purdue University, a copy editor, technical writer, travel writer, and historical researcher and writer. She has enjoyed serving in a variety of callings in Primary, Young Women, Relief Society, family history, and the stake communications council; she currently serves as the stake Relief Society president in Trophy Club, Texas. Links Prepare Me for Thy Use: Lessons from Wilford Woodruff's Mission Years Developing Wilford Woodruff as a Leader | An Interview with Steven Wheelwright Share your thoughts in the Leading Saints community Transcript coming soon Get 14-day access to the Core Leader Library Highlights This discussion highlights the Wilford Woodruff Papers project, which aims to compile and make accessible all writings related to Woodruff. Kristy shares her family's connection to this project and her experiences as a stake Relief Society president in Texas. Kristy emphasizes the importance of unity among Church leaders and fostering doctrinal confidence among women. She encourages open discussions about challenging topics, such as garments and temple recommends, to help leaders feel prepared. By sharing personal stories and insights from Wilford Woodruff, Kristy illustrates how sincere testimonies can strengthen relationships within the Church. She highlights the beauty of the plan of salvation and the joy it brings to those who follow Jesus Christ. 05:03 - Connection to Wilford Woodruff 06:56 - The Wilford Woodruff Papers Project 09:08 - Overview of Kristy's Book 10:00 - Kristy's Role as Stake Relief Society President 11:07 - Support from Stake Leadership 11:47 - Changes in Stake Leadership Sundays 12:47 - Demographics of the Stake 12:49 - Engaging with the Wards 14:31 - Building Relationships with Ward Leaders 15:38 - Common Challenges in Relief Society 19:29 - Unity in Leadership 20:36 - Importance of Sincere Testimonies 22:42 - Fostering Doctrinal Confidence 27:26 - Encouraging Open Discussions 29:49 - Addressing Hard Questions 32:24 - Collaborating with Other Leaders 36:21 - Normalizing Difficult Conversations 40:36 - The Role of Problem Solving in Leadership The award-winning Leading Saints Podcast is one of the top independent Latter-day Saints podcasts as part of nonprofit Leading Saints' mission to help Latter-day Saints be better prepared to lead. Learn more and listen to any of the past episodes for free at LeadingSaints.org. Past guests include Emily Belle Freeman, David Butler, Hank Smith, John Bytheway, Reyna and Elena Aburto, Liz Wiseman, Stephen M. R. Covey, Elder Alvin F. Meredith III, Julie Beck, Brad Wilcox, Jody Moore, Tony Overbay, John H. Groberg, Elaine Dalton, Tad R. Callister, Lynn G. Robbins, J. Devn Cornish, Bonnie Oscarson, Dennis B. Neuenschwander, Kirby Heyborne, Taysom Hill Anthony Sweat, John Hilton III, Barbara Morgan Gardner, Blair Hodges, Whitney Johnson, Ryan Gottfredson, Greg McKeown, Ganel-Lyn Condie, Michael Goodman, Wendy Ulrich, Richard Ostler, and many more in over 800 episodes. Discover podcasts, articles, virtual conferences, and live events related to callings such as the bishopric, Relief Society, elders quorum, Primary, youth leadership, stake leadership, ward mission, ward council, young adults, ministering, and teaching.
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Pianist Sarah Watkins is my guest for this episode. She spoke to me from post-Covid New Zealand, where she's been busy working and performing (remember that foreign concept?) Along with violinist Andrew Beer, she's the winner of the Aotearoa Music Award for her album "11 Frames". We chatted about the state of composition in New Zealand and how multi-culturalism continues to influence New Zealand's musical voices.I've been watching lots of sports matches broadcast with artificially generated crowd noises. What if classical concerts did the same thing? This episode also features a wintery vehicle-pushing Music College Didn't Prepare Me segment. Got a weird gig you'd like featured? Email me at asitcomespodcast@gmail.comRemember to rate, review and subscribe, plus Like and Follow the podcast on Facebook and Instagram @asitcomespod. Mentioned in this episode:"11 Frames": https://rattle-records.bandcamp.com/album/11-frames?fbclid=IwAR0ORWD-RAwC-SigJT3IJOfcPQ6fq4tWu6pMo9WY8Baxg31nUDeKQGyqsvk “The Meaning Behind Creative Output” – My chat on Nadine Benjamin’s Safe At Home Sessions: https://youtu.be/0p6Ssk2IaT4
Episode 32: brought to you from the throes of Lockdown 2.0! Before said lockdown, I chatted with Violeta Vicci in the garden about her livestream performances in nature, interacting with a scenic backdrop through music, and the challenges of setting up a livestream performance outdoors. We also touch on sharing the stage with Radiohead's Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood (swoon) as well as Violeta's passion for motorbikes.Listen out for a Music College Didn't Prepare Me segment involving deluges of confetti and fire alarm system sprinklers (eek!) Like what you hear? Rate, review and subscribe, and gizzus a follow on Instagram and Facebook @asitcomespod. Mentioned in this episode:violetavicci.com@violetavicci
This episode’s guest is Daniel Rainey, an artist manager for Keynote Artist Management. We talk about how his training as a violinist informs his job, what an artist manager does, how the atmosphere of live music can never replace an online concert, plus lots of various chat about Shostakovich, Catdog and Nintendo 64 (there’s a sentence I never thought I’d write).I also share a recent travel fail I had on my way to a rehearsal during Covid times, plus we have a special Music College Didn’t Prepare Me segment courtesy of Molly from the Corran Quartet. Find the podcast at asitcomes.com, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube and your favourite podcast apps. Don’t forget to subscribe and review!Got something you’d like to share with me? Email me at asitcomespodcast@gmail.com Like and follow the pod on Facebook and Instagram @asitcomespod Mentioned in this episode:@daniel_rainey_@keynote_artist_managementwww.corranquartet.comMusic for Silenced Voices: https://www.prestomusic.com/books/products/7543479--music-for-silenced-voices-shostakovich-and-his-fifteen-quartets
The Significance of Obedience Psalm 139: 23-24 I. Prove Me (23a) II. Prove Me (23b) What Anxiety Does - Charles Swindoll 1. Anxiety highlights the human viewpoint and strangles the divine, so we become fearful. 2. Anxiety chokes our ability to distinguish the incidental from the essential, so we get distracted. 3. Anxiety siphons our joy and makes us judgmental rather than acceptable of others. III. Prepare Me (24a) IV. Protect Me (24b) Join us every Sunday in person or online at Heflin Baptist Church, Heflin, AL www.HeflinBaptist.org
The Significance of Obedience Psalm 139: 23-24 I. Prove Me (23a) II. Prove Me (23b) What Anxiety Does - Charles Swindoll 1. Anxiety highlights the human viewpoint and strangles the divine, so we become fearful. 2. Anxiety chokes our ability to distinguish the incidental from the essential, so we get distracted. 3. Anxiety siphons our joy and makes us judgmental rather than acceptable of others. III. Prepare Me (24a) IV. Protect Me (24b) Join us every Sunday in person or online at Heflin Baptist Church, Heflin, AL www.HeflinBaptist.org
Lucia D’Avanzo-Lewis (not Lucia di Lammermoor) is my guest for this mammoth-sized episode. Lucia’s the author of the Eco Notes blog, and we chatted face-to-face about how reducing waste is like learning a new instrument as well as sharing tips on how to reduce waste and reuse possessions not only in our everyday lives, but also as musicians.I share with you my experience of playing at my first post-lockdown wedding gig, plus we have a stupor-inducing Music College Didn’t Prepare Me contribution. Would you like to contribute? Email me: asitcomespodcast@gmail.comRemember to like and follow on Facebook and Instagram @asitcomespod. Mentioned in this episode:Econotes.co.ukFacebook.com/luciaseconotes Episode 2 for my late-to-a-wedding anecdote and chamberoke: https://asitcomespod.podbean.com/e/episode-2-madeleine-ridd-part-1-nobody-has-a-monopoly-on-suffering/
Baritone Peter Brathwaite is my guest for episode 29. We chatted about keeping busy during lockdown, the pressures of putting out content online, adaptability, versatility and transferable skills as musicians, Peter’s recreation of Black portraiture throughout history. Find out also what Peter’s favourite plants are!This episode is brought to you reluctantly by my good friend Writer’s Block and features a Music College Didn’t Prepare Me segment all about early starts and miming. Follow and Like the podcast: @asitcomespod. Instagram: @peter_brathwaiteTwitter: @peterbrathwaitePeterbrathwaitebaritone.com
My guest this episode is Justine Cormack – a seriously accomplished violinist, creative performance coach and analogy enthusiast from New Zealand. We chat about her move from the city to the countryside, her Grand Designs featured house and her philosophy Listen Feel Play, which focuses on harnessing physical awareness in movement that we can bring to our music-making, by getting out of our heads and listening to, feeling and exploring what’s going on in our bodies instead. Find out about her day of food and her plant-based milk of choice (why does this topic always come up with New Zealanders.) This episode features a Music College Didn't Prepare Me segment involving masks (with a slightly off-the-cuff rant about suffering from Resting B*tch Face) during a rather peculiar summer. Mentioned in this episode:justinecormack.comhttps://www.actual.ac/project/wanaka-wedge-house/Animals at Play (not Science of Play, as wrongly mentioned in the chat): https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m00077gh/animals-at-play
It’s Mental Health Awareness week, so this episode begins with a few thoughts about mental health. My guest for episode 22 is Fiona Gibbs, a violinist, researcher, lecturer and founder of Orchestra Vitae. This is the last of my chats recorded face-to-face back in March and we talked about setting up your own ensemble so that you get to play Brahms, how the death of a loved one can affect the way you go to concerts leading Fiona to come up with her initiative “Concert Chums”. We also talk about our favourite bits of repertoire, as well as choosing what news to engage with, being cynical and what we can learn from Barry Manilow. Don’t miss this week’s Music College Didn’t Prepare Me segment illustrating a musician working from home in a new job due to Coronavirus. Mentioned in this episode:Facebook: @OrchestraVitae Instagram: @orchestravitaeTwitter: @OrchestraVitae Website: http://www.orchestravitae.co.uk/Fiona’s website: https://www.musicpeopleplaces.com/
Don’t feel bad for being unproductive! Australian/British conductor and lepidopterist Jessica Cottis is my guest for episode 21. Listen to what a conductor does during lockdown, her personal story regarding physical injury, and what effective technique she DIDN’T learn in conducting school. Hear our discussion about the “buzz” of live performance, and the parallels between butterflies and music-making – you heard it here first! Don’t miss this episode’s Music College Didn’t Prepare Me segment featuring food extraction from instruments. Got something to share? Email me: asitcomespodcast@gmail.com. Like and follow the pod on Facebook and Instagram @asitcomespod Photo credit: Kaupo Kikkas
Violinist and cellist Rob and Verity Simmons from Estilo String Quartet are my guests this episode for my first ever remote (boozy) podcast recording. Listen to us chat about being festive despite lockdown, performing live by the seat of your pants via social media, imparting a bit of knowledge to one’s offspring from time to time (i.e. homeschooling), and WINE – things we’ve learnt from the “forest floor” from a qualified drinker. Find out also what they can’t live without and miss during these restricted times.This episode was brought to you after possibly the strangest birthday celebration of my life (albeit still rather pleasant). Don’t miss this episode’s Music College Didn’t Prepare Me segment, involving sight-reading, comedians, and karaoke (sounds like the title for a web series). Like what you hear? Rate and review on Apple Podcasts, like and follow the podcast on facebook.com/asitcomespod or Instagram @asitcomespod. Follow the Estilo String Quartet:Facebook.com/estilostring4Instagram: @estilostring4
Hello to all you wonderful people from around the globe!Kiwi pianist and coffee-drinker John-Paul Muir is my guest in this episode. There is a lot of chat about food and coffee, as well JP’s recent travels, the challenges of teaching and playing in different styles, and his new album “The Cornerstone Suite”.Our “Music College Didn’t Prepare Me” segment is dedicated to the fine art that is depping. Got an experience music college didn’t prepare you for that you’d like to share or have discussed on the podcast? Let me know: asitcomespodcast@gmail.com, Facebook or Instagram @asitcomespod. Mentioned in this episode:Facebook.com/jpmuirpianistJohnpaulmuir.com
Part deux of my conversation with Jingle Elms is here, including chat about writing music for computer games, geese, swan necks (things took a surreal turn), plus the wildcard question round. Please excuse the nasal congestion on either side of the interview, as I wasn’t very well at the time of recording this. Also featured is a Music College Didn’t Prepare Me segment all about travel. Got an experience that music college didn’t prepare you for that you’d like to share? Tell me: asitcomespodcast@gmail.com or via social media, and I may share it on the podcast, hopefully without a blocked nose. Like and follow le podcast on Facebook and Instagram @asitcomespod. Mentioned in this episode:Twitter: @danielelmsInstagram: @danielelmsmusicwww.danielelms.co.uk
Today’s episode is brought to you from a designated duvet day – necessary for recharging one’s batteries!My guest is Mike Ladouceur – composer and orchestrator. He’s recently released his album of original work “Between Worlds” – on vinyl no less! Find out why Mike chose to release his album via sound installation, what he has to do as a film score orchestrator, and what he’d be if he weren’t a musician.This episode features a Music College Didn’t Prepare Me segment of bowel-shaking proportions. Got an experience that music college didn’t prepare you for that you’d like to share? Let me know: asitcomespodcast@gmail.com Stay up to date with the pod: like and follow on Facebook and Instagram @asitcomespod Mentioned in this episode:Mike’s album “Between Worlds”: https://phonicarecords.com/product/mike-ladouceur-between-worlds-lp-ml-records/163443@mike_ladouceur
Chapter 1 of Canoeing the Mountains by Tod Bolsinger is titled, “Seminary Didn’t Prepare Me for This!” That is a great opening chapter title because that’s exactly how thousands of pastors feel.When I was in seminary we learned how to study and exegete the scriptures. We learned to read Hebrew and Greek. We learned systematic theology. We learned how to provide pastoral care for church members. What we didn’t learn was how to lead a church in a world in which Christianity is no longer at the center of culture.Tod Bolsinger’s book, Canoeing the Mountains, does an incredible job of helping church leaders understand what’s going on that makes church ministry so much more challenging than before, and how to begin to address those challenges. In this episode, Tod Bolsinger unpacks the “canoeing the mountains” metaphor and shares the way he himself has struggled as Fuller Seminary (where he serves as Vice President) has learned to adapt to a changing world.THIS EPISODE’S HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:Tod Bolsinger is the Vice President and Chief of Leadership Formation at Fuller Theological Seminary.Tod Bolsinger is the author of Canoeing the Mountains.The “canoeing the mountains” metaphor comes from Lewis and Clark. They were searching for the Northwest Passage to the Pacific Ocean. Instead, they found the Rocky Mountains.Churches today assume that everything ahead of us is just like what’s behind us. But we’re discovering that’s just not true. We find we are in a world that we haven’t been prepared for.In order to lead in these challenging times, pastors and ministry leaders need three things: Identity. Leaders need to know that their identity is in Christ more than in anything else. Leaders need a strong sense of self that’s not rooted in the anxiety of the group they are leading, but is able to stay connected to the group.Humility. Leaders need to recognize that we don’t know everything we need to know.Resilience. The capacity to be persistent in the face of resistance. Resistance will come even internally within the organization.There are lots of entrepreneurial forms of ministry emerging, but the people leading those ministries are not interested in taking on debt and uprooting their lives in order to get a theological degree.To meet some of these challenges, Fuller has started something called Fuller Leadership Platform, which makes all the research and scholarship Fuller provides and making it available to people in a digital format whether they need a degree or not.RELEVANT RESOURCES AND LINKS:Tod Bolsinger Canoeing the Mountains by Tod BolsingerOther important books about leading in challenging times: Leadership on the Line by Ronald Heifetz and Marty LinskyA Failure of Nerve by Edwin FriedmanTo leave a review of Spiritual Life and Leadership: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/spiritual-life-and-leadership/id1435252632— Links to Amazon are affiliate links. If you make a purchase through any of these links, I’ll receive a small commission–which will help pay for the Spiritual Life and Leadership podcast!
Rabbi Knopf’s Saturday message for Parashat Vayak’hel/P’kudei (March 14, 2014): In his third sermon of the series “Prepare Me to be a Sanctuary,” Rabbi Knopf explores how Shabbat enables God’s presence in our world.
Rabbi Knopf’s Saturday message for Parashat Mishpatim (February 14, 2015): In the first sermon of the series “Prepare Me to be a Sanctuary,” Rabbi Knopf explores how the pursuit of justice enables God’s presence in our world.
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