Approaching his 90th birthday, President Dallin H. Oaks shares lessons learned during the past nine decades
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🗓️ 9 August 2022
⏱️ 65 minutes
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President Dallin H. Oaks, first counselor in the First Presidency, will celebrate a landmark birthday on Aug. 12, 2022, turning 90 years old. This episode of the Church News podcast features President Oaks sharing the lessons he has learned through nine decades of life. He speaks about his youth and family life, unexpected tragedies, and the blessings of Church service. He also shares his testimony of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — strengthened over 90 years.
The Church News Podcast is a weekly podcast that invites listeners to make a journey of connection with members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints across the globe. Host Sarah Jane Weaver, reporter and editor for The Church News for a quarter-century, shares a unique view of the stories, events, and most important people who form this international faith. With each episode, listeners are asked to embark on a journey to learn from one another and ponder, “What do I know now?” because of the experience. Produced by KellieAnn Halvorsen.
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| 0:00.0 | When I was called as an apostle, I was astonished, because unlike my experience with other positions I had been appointed to or called to. |
| 0:21.6 | I had no inkling that this was coming. |
| 0:25.6 | It was a total surprise to me and to my family |
| 0:29.6 | and to the court where I served. |
| 0:32.6 | And the Lord soon made that clear to me that he had chosen me and the first challenge I felt |
| 0:46.3 | was trying to see what an apostle is called to do. |
| 0:52.3 | And I spent a lot of time searching the scriptures, reading what had been |
| 0:57.5 | written, getting counsel from people like President Monson. That was at least a decade |
| 1:04.0 | long period, a steep learning curve. |
| 1:12.7 | I'm Sarah Jane Weaver, editor of the Church News. |
| 1:15.8 | Welcome to the Church News podcast. |
| 1:17.9 | We are taking you on a journey of connection as we discuss news and events of the Church |
| 1:22.3 | of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. |
| 1:28.1 | President Dallin A. Chaks will celebrate a landmark birthday on August 12th. |
| 1:33.1 | Born in 1932, the first counselor in the first presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ |
| 1:38.7 | of Latter-day Saints will turn 90. |
| 1:41.2 | In this special episode of the Church News podcast, President Oakes talks about the lessons he has learned through nine decades of life. |
| 1:48.9 | Of his youth in rural Utah, the unexpected death of his father, and the influence of his mother and grandmother. |
| 1:56.2 | President Oakes married June Dixon in 1952. |
| 1:59.8 | They are the parents of six children. She died from cancer on |
| 2:03.6 | July 21, 1998. In August of the year 2000, President Oakes married Kristen McMain, who has been |
| 2:11.3 | by his side for 22 years. A graduate of BYU and the University of Chicago Law School, President Oakes served as an attorney, |
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