Calee Reed and Jon Adams: Hope When the Holidays Feel Hard

All In

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Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 11 December 2019

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Calee Reed and her husband, Jon Adams, have experienced a lot over the course of their young lives: divorce, loss and the blending of families to name a few. In our first-ever live recording of “All In,” they share the reason for the hope that carries them through times of great joy and sadness.

Special thanks to Derek Campbell at mixat6studios for all of his help in making this live episode happen.

"Every day you have that choice. And it's my belief that as I turned towards God, and every time I took a step towards the light, more and more light came into my life, peace, more understanding, more hope, more faith..."

Show Notes:

2:04- Christmas Memories

5:51- "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"

9:24- Rebirth After Suffering/Loss of a Parent

14:10- Coping With Divorce During the Holidays

18:33- Differences in Grief/The Passing of a Spouse

23:37- "Lead Kindly Light"

25:49- Single in the Church

29:29- Jon and Calee's Story

37:43- Blending Families

40:02- "Do You Know Where My Mommy Is?"

44:30- A God Who Knows Us

48:10- Earth Angels

54:49- What Does It Mean To You To Be "All In" the Gospel of Jesus Christ?

57:40- "Heaven's Here"

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Callie Reed Adams and her husband John are not strangers to grief or hardship.
0:06.0	In 2011, Callie lost her mother to cancer.
0:10.0	John's first wife passed away in 2017.
0:14.0	When the two met, Callie was a recently divorced single mother of one.
0:19.0	And together, they have blended lives and families.
0:23.0	Inspired by her mother who taught her to sing,
0:26.0	Callie Reed has released four albums through Deseret Book.
0:30.0	Her most recent album, Rejoice, is a collection of her favorite Christ-centered Christmas songs
0:36.0	and was released earlier this year.
0:38.0	Callie and her husband John are the parents of six children.
0:43.0	This is All-Lin, an LDS living podcast where we ask the question,
0:47.0	what does it really mean to be All-Lin, the gospel of Jesus Christ?
0:51.0	I'm Morgan Jones and I am so grateful to be here with John Adams and Callie Reed Adams.
0:58.0	John and Callie, welcome.
0:59.0	Thank you.
1:00.0	We're excited to be here.
1:00.0	Let me point out that six children under the age of ten.
1:02.0	Yes, six.
1:06.0	Bless your soul.
1:07.0	We haven't slept in a while.
1:08.0	Six, ten, and under.
1:09.0	So we're happy to be here.
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