Kirby Heyborne: When God Opens a Window

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Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 7 April 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Latter-day Saints will best recognize Kirby Heyborne for his starring roles in “The R.M.” and “The Best Two Years.” But in the years since those films, Heyborne’s career has had its ups and downs. Although he initially began in finance, Heyborne loved to entertain. His big breaks in the Latter-day Saint film world would suggest he found an opportunity to make a living by following his passion—but the media industry can be brutal, and it wasn't until Heyborne landed a gig as an audiobook narrator that he found a way to provide for his family while also doing something he loves. On this week’s episode, Heyborne explains how embracing the opportunities God has given him has allowed him to find true happiness.

“When you realize that this is a divine opportunity and you look at every moment—every interaction—with every person as a beautiful divine opportunity to lift that person, I think that helps you be happy now.”

Show Notes

2:06- Golden Age of Latter-day Saint Comedies
6:14- The Impact of Elder Calhoun
8:45- Unanticipated Opportunities
13:29- Narrating “Saints"
15:58- Empty Promises, and Authoring Your Own Joy
24:02- Criticism and Personal Revelation
28:32- “Making Good” on an Opportunity
36:01- One Person’s Ability To Make a Difference
39:16- Seeing the Divinity in a Human Being
42:31- What Does It Mean To Be All In the Gospel of Jesus Christ?

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0:00.0	Are you ready to hear something that will make you feel pretty old?
0:03.7	Next January marks 20 years since the movie The Singles Ward was released.
0:09.3	The movie was Kirby Hayborn's first big break and it led to starring roles in the R.M. and Best 2 years.
0:16.8	And while he has had a few movie roles since then, including a dream role in the movie The Three Stooges,
0:23.8	Hayborn's life hasn't turned out exactly like he may have thought it would 20 years ago.
0:29.2	And yet, if you talk to him, it's clear he is totally okay with that.
0:34.6	Kirby Hayborn is known as an actor, comedian, and a musician, but did you know he is also an award-winning audiobook narrator?
0:44.1	He has narrated over 1,000 audiobooks.
0:47.7	Most recently, Hayborn is the host of BYU TV's Making Good.
0:53.0	This is All-In, an LDS living podcast where we ask the question, what does it really mean to be All-In, the Gospel of Jesus Christ?
1:03.4	I'm Morgan Jones and I am so excited to have Kirby Hayborn on the line with me today, Kirby Welcome.
1:09.2	Woohoo Morgan, we did it!
1:11.2	We made it through the intro at least.
1:14.6	I know, we made it through the intro.
1:16.3	I've been such a huge fan of this podcast for a long time and I never thought there would be a day
1:22.6	that I'd get a phone call from you saying, hey, do you want to do it?
1:27.4	I mean, you've had some insane people on this podcast, amazing testimonies, beautiful people.
1:34.0	I don't know how people into doing this.
1:37.4	You do? So when I heard I was like, no way, I'll bring the level down a little bit.
1:43.3	No, that's not true.
1:44.8	Out of the parks and then...
1:47.5	Yeah.
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