Heather James was raised (mostly) in California, met her husband, Harvey, at BYU, and has two adult children. After 35 years (and with much trepidation), she recently applied to BYU to finish her bachelor’s degree. Heather is a recent brain cancer survivor and gives thanks every day for her life, her faith, and her Savior who was by her side every step of the way. She loves history, puzzles, ice cream and playing the piano (not necessarily in that order). Heather and her husband live in Columbia, Missouri.

Jenny Reeder is passionate about her work in women's history at the Church History Library in Salt Lake City. Some of her faves are Emma Smith, Eliza R. Snow, Amanda Barnes Smith, Zina Young, Jane Neyman, Drusilla Hendricks... never mind. There are way too many. She is the favorite aunt to 13 nephews and nieces, loves to quilt, read, watch movies, and travel, and used to run marathons but now is just content to be alive. Her new book about Emma Smith, First: The Life and Faith of Emma Smith, is available on deseretbook.com.

If you’re thinking, “Wait, didn’t we just finish the Doctrine and Covenants? Why are there more lessons this year?” Well, yes, we did technically finish the sections, but did you know there are three very important documents included at the end of the Doctrine and Covenants? And so this week, we’re going to study those three documents: Official Declarations 1 and 2 and the Articles of Faith. But we also have a little something extra for you that is going to set up the discussion so well for these documents and we can’t wait to share it with you. So friends, grab your scriptures and let’s dig in.

Kristin Gerdy Kyle was born and raised in Boulder, Colorado, and is a Teaching Professor and Director of the Rex E. Lee Advocacy Program at BYU Law where she has taught since 1996. Passionate about teaching and mentoring law students, Kristin strives to create a nurturing, spiritually enriching environment that supports not only her students' academic success but also their spiritual and mental well-being. When she married Glenn Kyle in 2018, she became a wife, bonus mom to seven, and grandmother—all on the same day. Now, they have only one child left at home and six grandchildren. Kristin has had a lifelong love of and involvement in music, including spending nine years singing with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir from 2010-1018. Kristin and Glenn live in St. George, Utah where she serves as an ordinance worker in the Red Cliffs Temple and as her ward’s organist. Kristin is also a devoted Pom Mom to a "garage" full of tiny pups—first Cruise, then Corvette, and now Porsche. Her hobbies include baking, cheering for the Colorado Avalanche and BYU Cougars, collecting cookbooks, and indulging in Diet Dr. Pepper. She approaches life with faith, enthusiasm, and a touch of zeal.