Gold Star Widow Jennie Taylor on resilience amid life's trials by practicing faith and seeking personal revelation
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🗓️ 6 July 2021
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Nearly three years ago, Jennie Taylor was away from home when her mother called to tell her that two army officers had come to her home and needed to talk to her face to face. Later that day she met the officers at the same National Guard headquarters where her husband, Major Brent Taylor, had enlisted when they were newly engaged. She was told her husband had been killed in Afghanistan. Since that day in November 2018, Jennie has resiliently continued to carry her husband's mantle of service and faith, for herself and for their seven children. She joins this episode of the Church News podcast to talk about their relationship built on serving God, country and family, as well as how personal revelation has been a stalwart tool for moving forward in that spirit of faith in spite of life’s trials.
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. Host Sarah Jane Weaver, reporter and editor for The Church News for a quarter-century, shares a unique view of the stories, events, and most important 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 | I'm Sarah Jane Weaver, editor of the church news. |
| 0:12.2 | Welcome to the church news podcast. |
| 0:14.4 | We are taking you on a journey of connection as we discuss news and events of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with leaders, members, and others on the church news team. |
| 0:24.6 | We end each church news podcast by giving our guests the last word |
| 0:28.8 | and the opportunity to answer the very important question. |
| 0:32.7 | What do you know now? |
| 0:34.5 | We hope each of you will also be able to answer the same question and say, |
| 0:38.5 | I have just been listening to the Church News podcast, and this is what I know now. |
| 0:46.8 | Jenny Taylor was away at a reunion with former college roommates in November 2018, |
| 0:52.7 | when her mother called to tell her two army officers had come to her home |
| 0:56.5 | and needed to talk to her face-to-face. She met the officers later that day at the same National |
| 1:02.4 | Guard headquarters where her husband, Major Brent Taylor, had enlisted when they were newly engaged. |
| 1:08.9 | That's where the officers told Jenny Brent had been killed in Afghanistan. |
| 1:13.5 | Today is July 6th, what would have been Brent's 42nd birthday. Jenny joins the Church News podcast |
| 1:20.4 | to talk about her journey from the last several years, to talk about revelation and patriotism |
| 1:26.0 | and community support and dealing with the unexpected |
| 1:29.6 | and still moving forward in a spirit of faith in spite of life's trials. |
| 1:34.1 | Jenny, thank you so much for being with us today. |
| 1:36.4 | Oh, thanks for having me. |
| 1:37.4 | This really is such an honor to join you. |
| 1:39.3 | Why don't we start and have you tell us just a little bit about yourself, about your family, |
| 1:44.1 | about your husband, about your |
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