Elizabeth Kuehn - Choose Life by Living the Gospel of Jesus Christ

Latter-day Saint Women Podcast

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

5 • 670 Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2020

⏱️ 25 minutes

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"Get A Life", Elaine L. Jack, At The Pulpit: 185 Years of Discourses by Latter-day Saint Women In need of a pep talk? Former Relief Society general president Elaine L. Jack's 1993 devotional, "Get A Life," will challenge you to deepen your gratitude for the life you live and to "choose life" by living the gospel of Jesus Christ. On today's episode, guest Elizabeth Kuehn, Joseph Smith Paper's project historian specializing in women's and gender history, discusses Jack's direct, but loving message, her go-getter nature, and how she empowered women around the world during her service. "Get a life. We are sons and daughters of God. We have the fulness of the gospel of Jesus Christ. We are called to rise, not wallow. Brothers and sisters, let’s get a life." -Elaine L. Jack "At times when I feel overwhelmed or alone, unsure or defeated, I remember that I have a Savior who understands and loves me. His atonement was personal; it was for me. He knows. He understands." - Elaine L. Jack Full Discourse https://www.churchhistorianspress.org/at-the-pulpit/part-4/chapter-45?lang=eng&highlight=Jack%7CElaine%20L.%20Jack

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0:00.0	Have you ever found yourself feeling discouraged or even cheated as you compare your life to what you had planned or hoped it would be?
0:15.0	Today we will learn from the life and teachings of Elaine Jack, a remarkably strong and independent woman and a former
0:22.3	Relief Society General President who taught us that through our faith in Jesus Christ, we can
0:27.7	overcome feelings of despair or loss of hope by choosing, choosing a life of strength, gratitude,
0:34.4	and service. Hello, and welcome to the Latter-day Saint Women podcast, where we share the inspiring
0:41.1	stories and teachings of women of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
0:46.0	I'm Carly Geiman, and I'm here with Shalen Back.
0:48.9	We're your co-hosts.
0:50.3	Thanks for joining us today.
0:51.8	As a reminder, in this season of the Latter-day St. Women podcast, we're
0:55.5	learning from the lives and teachings of women featured in the book at The Pulpit, which is a church
1:00.4	publication available online and in the gospel library app. To discuss Elaine Jack's life and her talk,
1:06.9	get a life. We're very excited to have on the show today, Elizabeth Keene. Thanks for joining us,
1:12.2	Elizabeth. Thanks for having me. So by way of introduction, we just wanted to tell you a little bit
1:17.2	about Elizabeth. So she is a historian with the Joseph Smith Papers Project, specializing in
1:22.3	women's and gender history as well as financial history. She earned a bachelor's with honors in history and a classical
1:29.2	language certificate from Arizona State University and a master's in European and women's history
1:35.1	from Purdue, and she is currently a PhD candidate in early modern European history at the
1:40.0	University of California Irvine. So before joining Joseph Smith Papers project, she was an instructor in the history
1:46.9	department and religious studies program at the University of California Irvine.
1:50.7	And in 2016, she completed training at the Institute for the editing of historical documents
1:56.3	in New Orleans.
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