Former BYU President Kevin Worthen and Peggy Worthen on embracing service opportunities from the Lord

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🗓️ 26 August 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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During his nine-year tenure as president of Brigham Young University and roughly two decades serving the Church’s flagship university before that role, Kevin J Worthen has learned a lot from the school’s mission statement to “assist individuals in their quest for perfection and eternal life.” Worthen and his wife, Peggy Worthen, join Church News editor Ryan Jensen in this episode of the Church News podcast to discuss their learnings about family, humility and trusting the revelations of scriptural and modern prophets. They share their unique perspective of BYU and the power of embracing the opportunities of service, one step at a time.

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. Hosts Jon Ryan Jensen, editor of the Church News, and Church News reporter Mary Richards share unique views of the stories, events, and 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	What I know now better than I did before is God is good. He is as good as he says he is. He has as loving as he says he is, and we can't comprehend how good he is and how much he loves us. I think if the more I turn to him and the more
0:23.2	I see people who turn to him, the more I'm convinced I am that we only see faintly how much
0:28.9	he cares for us, how anxious he is to bless us. He loves us in ways we can't fathom in ways that
0:35.2	are embodied by His Son Jesus Christ, whom I love with all my heart.
0:39.6	He gave him as a sacrifice to us, and he is as good. He can take all things, all things, and
0:45.3	turn them to our good. I'm convinced of that. I've seen it in which I get into the situation.
0:49.9	I think there is no way I can get out of this. There's always a way out with him.
0:58.9	And it's led me to trust him more and to get less excited and less concerned when things go wrong.
1:02.4	Because I know I can do my best and he'll make up the difference.
1:10.0	This is John Ryan Jensen, editor of the Church News.
1:11.9	Welcome to the Church News podcast.
1:18.6	Today we're taking you on a journey of connection as we discuss news and events of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
1:30.3	From 2014 to 2023, Kevin J. Worland served as the 13th president of Brigham Young University. During this nine-year tenure and the roughly two decades serving at BYU, first as a faculty member and then as Dean of the Law School, and later as BYU's Advancement Vice President,
1:40.3	before his presidential calling, he learned about the school's mission statement to assist
1:45.1	individuals in their quest for perfection and eternal life. His wife Peggy has been by his side
1:50.1	leading in her own way since their marriage in the Provo Temple in 1978, together as husband and wife,
1:56.3	parents, and in some ways guardians to tens of thousands of students at the church's flagship university,
2:02.1	they have learned many lessons about humility, service, and trusting the prophetic revelations
2:06.6	of scriptural prophets and modern priesthood leaders. Kevin J. Worthen and Peggy Worthen join us in this
2:12.7	episode of the Church News podcast to discuss their unique perspective of BYU and the power of embracing
2:17.4	the opportunities of embracing the
2:17.6	opportunities of service one step at a time. President and Sister Wortham, thank you for joining
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