Episode 375: Sam & Autumn Duke, Hope & Healing in the Gospel after Losing Parents

Listen, Learn & Love Hosted by Richard Ostler

Richard Ostler

Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 839 Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2021

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

My friends Sam and Autumn Duke, married parents of 3, share growing up with families affected by addiction, mental illness, and suicide. Autumn’s father Klair died in 2003 from alcoholism and addiction. Sam’s mother Jeannie died of suicide in 2019 after 2 decades of severe depression. Sam and Autumn love their parents deeply. They discuss how the Gospel of Jesus Christ helps them to see their parents the way our Heavenly Parents see them. They share their thoughts on the divine worth of every person, and the love, compassion, and hope they have for their parents and families. They speak directly to suicide and the impact it has had on their lives. If you are suicidal please call the suicide prevention hotline 1-800-273-8255. If you prefer not to call you can also text HOME to 741741 to connect with a Crisis Counselor. I became aware of Autumn with her wonderful post: https://www.facebook.com/autumn.nielson/posts/10157673692127314. You can also follow her on Instagram where she shares similar thoughts: @autumnduke If you feel that you or your family is imperfect and aren’t sure you fit the mold for LDS families, please listen to Sam and Autumn. They have great insights on how to help us all come together as the same human family with the healing and unity of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The two conference talks referenced in the podcast are from Elder Gay https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2018/10/taking-upon-ourselves-the-name-of-jesus-christ and Elder James R. Rasband https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2020/04/13rasband Thank you for being on the podcast Sam and Autumn. You two are awesome. Thanks for your great work to bring us together and create more understanding.

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0:00.0	Welcome to another episode of Lesson, Learn, and Love hosted by Richard Osler.
0:11.0	My guests on my podcast are in my home, we've been doing so many of these remote.
0:17.0	It's actually great to have someone in our home are my friend Sam and Autumn Duke. Welcome to the
0:22.1	podcast. Thank you, Richard. Thank you. I became aware of the Duke's when I was scrolling
0:29.6	social media around the give thanks, which is a wonderful effort from our church to give thanks for families.
0:37.8	But not everybody has a family or has a traditional family background.
0:43.6	And I became, I saw Autumn's Facebook post, and it just talks about the realities of her family.
0:51.8	Just by more background, Sam, Autumn Duke live in Riverton.
0:57.1	South Jordan.
0:57.9	South Jordan.
0:58.9	Got you in the parents.
1:00.7	We grew up in Riverton.
1:02.1	We grew up in Riverton, lived in South Jordan, active in the church.
1:06.9	But not always active.
1:08.7	They both come from families that weren't always active and their own journey was not to be always active. They both come from families that weren't always active, and their own journey was not to be always active.
1:14.4	But Sam served a mission in Detroit, serves in his bishopric, but they're a couple that's kind of connected with the realities of families that aren't always active or don't always feel like they belong.
1:27.8	And the podcast, so they just talk about their family situations growing up and how they've
1:33.6	had parents that have died early.
1:35.5	We'll talk about that.
1:36.7	They'll talk about Elder Rendlin and his talk and thoughts about suicide.
1:43.8	They'll talk about hope. But they'll just talk about the realities that every family
1:48.9	doesn't fit this perfect mold.
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