Heidi Swinton: Profiling a Prophet

All In

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Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 9 September 2020

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

As a young journalism student at the University of Utah, Heidi Swinton had big dreams of one day working for Newsweek, but a prompting encouraging her to focus on the work of the Lord led her to a different path in life instead. This path still involved Swinton using her talents through writing, but in ways she never could’ve imagined—including writing the biography of President Thomas S. Monson.

That was the point when the journalist in me gave way to essentially a child of God.”

Show Notes

1:43- A Mother’s Example of Resilience
3:34- Journalistic Dreams
6:12- Losing an Infant
12:12- “All the Way Home”
15:12- A Witness of Joseph Smith
25:04- “I Did My Best For You”
27:44- A Cold Call from a Prophet
32:26- “Exactly Who You Think He Is”
36:15- Experiencing Firsthand How President Monson Made People Feel
41:24- What the Lord Allows Us To Do and Feel
45:38- The Call of a Prophet and the Call to Us To Follow
49:40- What Does It Mean To You To Be “All In” the Gospel of Jesus Christ?

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0:00.0	Can you imagine getting a cold call from a profit asking you to write his biography?
0:06.0	How about sitting in his office day after day and observing his behavior, not only in public,
0:11.7	but also in private?
0:13.6	That is the opportunity Heidi Swinton was presented when President Thomas S. Mottson asked her
0:19.0	to tell the story of his life.
0:22.0	Heidi S. Swinton is an award-winning author and screenwriter whose works include the
0:27.0	PBS Documentaries American Profit, Sacred Stone, Sweetwater Rescue, Trail of Hope, and
0:33.8	America's Choir.
0:35.6	She has served on the Relief Society General Board and as a member of Church Writing
0:39.7	Committees.
0:40.9	She served with her husband Jeffrey Swinton as he presided over the England-London
0:45.3	South Mission.
0:46.3	They are the parents of five sons for living and have four daughters-in-law.
0:52.0	This is All-In, an LDS Living Podcast where we ask the question, what does it really mean
0:57.0	to be All-In, the Gospel of Jesus Christ?
0:59.8	I'm Morgan Jones and I am honored to have Heidi Swinton with me today.
1:04.9	Heidi, welcome.
1:05.9	Well, thank you and I'm honored to be here.
1:08.7	Well, this is a treat for me.
1:11.4	I still remember watching an interview or maybe I just listened to it, but I heard an interview
1:17.7	with you not long after your book about President Mottson came out and just thinking how
1:23.9	unbelievable would it be if the prophet called you up and asked you to write his biography.
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