Jenny Reeder | Understanding Emma Smith

Latter-day Saint Women Podcast

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

5 • 670 Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2021

⏱️ 42 minutes

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“Sometimes things don’t turn out the way we think they should, but that’s ok because we can rework things, we can be flexible, we can walk through the mud a little bit, we can cross a frozen river, we can do anything that the Lord asks us to do because we know that He is with us and we too can cleave unto our covenants...This is what Emma would have done, and what she did, and what she would want us to do.” On this episode, we welcome back Church historian and author Jenny Reeder, who helps us better understand Emma Smith’s life and her character. Through her extensive research, Jenny shares with us the insights she’s gained into Emma’s partnership with Joseph Smith, her great responsibility in compiling the first hymn book to unify the early Saints, and how she may have been able to process her tragedies and move forward. Together, we learn about Emma’s significant role in the restoration, and how her contributions can inspire us to fulfill our roles in the ongoing restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Transcript: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/inspiration/latter-day-saints-channel/bc/mormon-channel/images/audio/lds-women/pdf/Jenny-Reeder.pdf

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Latter-day Saint Women podcast, where we share the legacy of women of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
0:11.5	You'll get to know the faithful women who shaped our past and hear from inspiring women of faith today.
0:16.3	I'm Carly Geiman.
0:17.5	And I'm Shalen Back. We're your co-hosts.
0:19.5	Today we're excited to welcome Jennifer Reader as our guest.
0:22.6	Jenny, welcome back.
0:23.6	We always love having you.
0:24.6	Thank you.
0:25.6	I'm so happy to be here.
0:26.6	And today we're really excited because we're going to be talking about Emma.
0:30.6	Jenny recently authored a book called First, The Life and faith of Emma Smith. And before we get into some of the questions that
0:38.9	we have, we will give a brief introduction about Jenny. She is a 19th century women's history
0:44.8	specialist in the church history department. And she has a PhD in American history from
0:49.6	George Mason University and an MA in history, documentary editing, and archival management from New York
0:55.9	University with a BA in humanities and English teaching from BYU. She's originally from
1:01.5	Provo, Utah, and served a mission to Katanya, Italy. And she's co-edited two books at the
1:06.6	pulpit, which we've talked so much about on this podcast, and also the witness of women
1:11.3	firsthand experiences and testimonies from the restoration. And we're just so excited to hear
1:16.3	from your personal experiences as well as your expertise. So thanks again for being here with us.
1:21.8	Well, thank you. It's a privilege. And it feels so right to finally be dedicating an entire
1:27.2	episode to Emma.
1:28.4	Yeah.
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