I remember the first time that someone told me I was offering a Jeremiah ad.

I hadn't completed some work that was due, and the professor I worked for told me that he didn't

need a Jeremiah ad I could finish the project in the next few days. He wasn't exactly happy about

my failure to provide the work that I had promised. But still he provided a way for me to make sure

that I knew that the error wasn't catastrophic. Failure wasn't fatal. There was a way back. In some ways, my experience was a lot like the

book of Jeremiah, where what had happened wasn't ideal, but there was a promise that I could find

myself in good graces again. We'll discuss those feelings of melancholy and hope, faith and

acceptance, and much more on today's episode of Abide, the Maxwell Institute

podcast. My name is Joseph Stewart. I'm the public communication specialist of the Neely Maxwell

Institute for religious scholarship at Brigham Young University. Christian Heel is a research fellow

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.

Today we are joined by Garrett Maxwell, a research assistant here at the Maxwell Institute.

Garrett is studying comparative literature in Middle Eastern studies and Arabic here at

BYU.

Currently works at the Maxwell Institute conducting research on the history of early

Christianity, as well as a comparative project on the Quran and the Book of Mormon.

After graduation, Garrett plans to continue his studies in graduate school.

Welcome Garrett to the Maxwell Institute podcast. Thank you for having me on. Of course. We are thrilled to have you here.

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