Ep. 119 - Jason F. Wright - Christmas Jars Author, Speaker, Latter Day Saint

Latter Day Lives - Talking with Latter Day Saints

Society & Culture

4.5 • 645 Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2019

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Jason F. Wright is the author of several very popular books. We talk about his life growing up, the pain of losing his Father at age 16, his love of Christmas, his service as a Bishop, what inspires him to write and how he inspires others to serve. We also talk in depth about his book Christmas Jars. In addition to being a popular book and inspiring kind acts across the country, it is now a hit motion picture. The film can be seen this month on BYUtv. Jason is so bright, energetic and full of life. This episode is sure to get you in to the true spirit of Christmas. www.christmasjars.com

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0:00.0	The Latter Day Lives podcast is not owned or operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
0:11.3	Any opinions expressed or implied in this recording are solely those of the host and guests and not of any specific organization unless otherwise stated.
0:26.6	Thank you. organization unless otherwise stated. Hello, friends. Welcome to episode number 119 of the Latter Day Lives podcast. I'm your host,
0:33.3	Sean Ropeeer. Please forgive my voice in the intro and the end as I am battling a cold right now.
0:40.1	So my voice is a little bit gravelly.
0:42.3	I apologize.
0:43.6	But we're so glad you joined us again this week.
0:46.0	A few things before we get into the episode.
0:49.0	First of all, this is our last regular episode of the year.
0:53.5	And I'm so excited that it's a great Christmas episode.
0:56.5	But next Monday, we will have our listener story special. And I've gotten some great stories and
1:03.8	thoughts. Thank you so much to all of you who have submitted. If you have not yet and you want to
1:09.5	share something, please get it to me this week.
1:13.5	The episode will be going live next Monday. So I do need to get it in the next couple of days.
1:19.1	If you'd like to be a part of that, I will be reading our listeners' stories and thoughts on Christmas.
1:26.2	We've had some really just beautiful thoughts. It can be anything.
1:29.3	It can be short. It can be a story. Just your feelings, whatever. We'd love to share it on that
1:34.6	episode. And then we will be on vacation. Just as a reminder, we'll be off for a few weeks. I'm
1:40.8	not sure exactly when we're coming back, but you'll know. You'll see it pop up in
1:46.2	the feed. Be sure to follow us on social media because we'll announce when we're coming back.
1:51.2	But this week we have such a fantastic episode. Jason F. Wright is an incredible author and speaker,
1:58.9	and he's one of these guys who just, we sat down and not even more
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