Melinda grew up in Utah and met her Army officer husband in high school. After three kids, three years of deployments, and eleven moves since commissioning into the Army, they still jam to 90's ballads in the car, are constantly on the lookout for the world's best pizza (the winner so far is Nonna's in Peekskill, NY), and are really glad when they get to be together as a family. She loves office supplies, has never met a road trip she didn't like, is an expert power napper, and organizes her pantry when she's stressed out. Her faith in the Gospel of Jesus Christ has been an anchor through out her life and she is so very grateful for her testimony and the peace it brings to her life.

Daniel K Judd was born and raised in Kanab, Utah. He is married to Kaye Seegmiller, and together they have four children and thirteen grandchildren. In addition to his undergraduate degree from Southern Utah University, Brother Judd has an MS in family science and a PhD in counseling psychology from Brigham Young University. Currently, he is a professor of ancient scripture and dean of the College of Religious Education at BYU. He has authored and edited several books and articles in the fields of religion and mental health, marriage and family relationships, and the psychology of religion. Brother Judd served as a member of the Sunday School General Presidency, and as mission president of the Ghana Accra Mission from 2011 through 2014. At present, Brother Judd serves as a patriarch in the Orem Utah Canyon View Stake.

Lindsay was raised in Salt Lake City, Utah. After attending Highland High School and Wellesley College, Lindsay received her law degree from BYU. While clerking for a federal judge fresh out of law school, her boss suggested he set her up with a "Tongan football player." She met Molonai Hola and the rest, as they say, is history. They are the proud but tired parents of four active boys and one dramatic girl. Lindsay's passions are traveling, her family, the gospel and Diet Coke. And no, she will never reveal the order of those.

Although Riley enjoys the arts, music, and a good, sappy romantic comedy, he is usually mistaken for a jock. He currently works full time as a sport psychology consultant, or mental performance coach, addressing innermost fears of most athletes: failure. He enjoys giving athletes, corporate employees, and young people the tools to handle a stressful and frightening world. Riley went back to school at the over-the-hill age of 40 (it’s the new the new 30, right?) to get his master’s degree in sport and performance psychology at the University of Utah in 2017. He is married to the wonderful and talented Georgann Manolis Jensen and they have three beautiful children under the age of 7 (yes, he’s tired). His dream is to serve another mission in France one day (he seems attracted to difficult scenarios), and to enjoy laughing and watching his children make some of the mistakes he made.

This is the Gospel Podcast Host

George and Celeste Kaka are a young couple with three young boys: Manaia and Ryder (who are twins) and Asher, the youngest. They both served missions for the Church, George in the Milwaukee Wisconsin Mission and Celeste in the Auckland New Zealand Mission. After serving their missions, they met at BYU—H in 2016 and married later that same year. After getting married, they decided to stay in Hawaii and love being close to the temple and the beach as they raise their boys.

Sunday on Monday Podcast Guest

Riva Juarez is the creative mind behind the fashion and lifestyle DIY blog, RivaLaDiva.com. Her easy-to-follow tutorials for everything from couture knock-offs to popular hairstyles to affordable beauty and skincare tips have continually earned her a spot as a featured blogger on nationally recognized craft, fashion and sewing sites since she started in 2013. A Las Vegas native, fashion school dropout and sewing junkie, she now creates her own sunshine in the Pacific Northwest with her husband, four children and many umbrellas.

Ellery Howarth calls Holladay, Utah, home. She grew up constantly playing sports, answering trivia questions, and developing her love for popcorn, her four brothers, and her parents. After graduating high school, Ellery attended BYU for a year before serving a mission in the Guatemala City East Mission. She is currently a senior at BYU majoring in psychology. She enjoys traveling the world, watching films, and laughing every day.

Karen Zelnick Rivera works in venture capital developing portfolio communities. That is a huge step up from her first job after college, where she at one point found herself having to stuff a gift bag at each of the 6,015 seats at Radio City Music Hall with Aqua di Gio cologne samples at 4 a.m. (It took years before she could stand the smell of that cologne again.). She loves pancakes and anything strawberry flavored. If she could spend an entire day climbing trees, she would. The fictional character she most identifies with is Anne of Green Gables. Her strengths include watercoloring, water skiing, and water drinking.