"While generational research focuses on the averages/generalities associated with different generations, there is great variation across Millennials."

On August 21, 2017, President Thomas S. Monson turned 90 years old, having served for 54 years as an apostle and prophet of the Lord.

From Utah to Brazil and Japan to Canada, the First Presidency has called eight new mission presidents and their wives to begin their new callings in July. Their biographies will be published through 2018 on news.lds.org.

With the New Year underway, Latter-day Saints likely have a question or two about the Church’s new Children and Youth initiative.

While the valley of dissent between Republicans and Democrats seems to be getting deeper nationally, there was an interesting gathering in a mid-sized room at the Wilkinson Student Center on Tuesday. The BYU Political Science Department hosted a panel, “Is Partisanship a Problem: Perspectives for America and Latter-day Saints,” on Jan. 24. Six distinguished speakers active in politics and their LDS faith were invited, including a former Utah governor and former Senate candidates. The room was full of students and local community members.

Brother Wilcox and Sister White began by defining grace. Brother Wilcox told of a young girl that thought she must be perfect for Christ, but later understood that she is perfected in Christ. Members of the church often misunderstand the concept of grace.

David Figueroa is a returned missionary in Ecuador who had to close his baked goods business when it failed. But after receiving business training and mentoring, he started a successful gardening venture. Felicia Ama Mensah is a retired schoolteacher in Ghana who needed continuing income. Now she makes and sells peanut butter and corn dough and is learning how to promote her products using labels and other basic marketing skills.

There have been two constants in the lives of Mark and Lee Anne Pope—change and the gospel of Jesus Christ. But they are all about leaving it all on the court and not holding anything back, regardless of what might change. In their family, in their communities, on their teams and in the Church, Mark and Lee Anne Pope choose to be “All In.”

Celine and David Morton, proud residents of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, have shared a rich marriage of 29 years, blessed with a vibrant (you know what that means) family comprising five children—Jared, Ireland, Gabriel, Max, and Jack—along with their ever rotating animal companions from birds to ferrets, rats and orphaned squirrels but currently simply two dogs and three cats. Celine's passion for photography, flower collecting and mountaineering, fused with her frequent (somewhat embarrassing) bursts of song and dance, makes sure the home is anything but typical. Meanwhile, David, is a professor in the Department of Neurobiology at the University of Utah, where he teaches anatomy and physiology to aspiring medical, dental, PA, PT, and OT students. He serves as bishop in their home ward and also maintains a YouTube channel teaching anatomy to prospective learners across the globe. Both children of European immigrants Celine and David share a love for travel, and food and music from all cultures. If it would make a great story to tell, they are willing to try anything. Including, being guests on this podcast.

When someone sees our potential it can make all the difference in what we become. But what has that looked like in the life of former NBA player Thurl Bailey? It meant his mother believing that she was not raising average kids, and therefore Cs were not acceptable. It meant not making the middle school basketball team again and again until a coach finally offered to put in some extra work with the 6'10" 9th grader. And it meant overcoming obstacles in marrying his wife when the odds were against them. But perhaps most important, it has looked like Heavenly Father knowing Thurl's potential as a disciple of Jesus Christ. On this week's episode, we talk with Thurl about potential in all its forms and what we can learn from it.