Daniel in the Lions' Den was a central story in my childhood.

It had it all.

Prophets, courageous acts, lions, dens, miracles.

What's not to like?

I fear, though, that sometimes we Latter-day Saints forget everything else that Daniel experienced and taught,

and what else took place in the book named after him.

When we focus on lions and less on the being that sent the angel

to close the lion's mouths, we can lose focus on what's most important. We'll discuss the work of God

in its many forms today on Abide, a Maxwell Institute podcast. My name is Joseph Stewart. I'm the

Public Communication Specialist at the Neely Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship of Brighamian

University. Christian Hill is a research fellow at the Maxwell Institute. In each week we discuss the week's

block of reading from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints come follow me curriculum.

We aren't here to present a lesson, or rather to hit on a few key themes from the scripture block,

so as to help fulfill the Maxwell Institute's mission to inspire and fortify Latter-day Saints in their testimonies of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ and engage the world of religious

ideas. Joining us again today is Dr. Catherine Jines Taylor, Nibbley post-doctoral fellow at the

Maxwell Institute. Her two most recent publications include late antique images of the Virgin

Anunciate Spinning from Brill, and Material

Culture and Women's Religious Experience in Antiquity, co-edited with Carolyn Oshick and Mark Ellison.

You can hear more about that book on Maxwell Institute podcast number 129.

Welcome back, Catherine.

Thank you.

It's so lovely to be here with you.

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