Linda Burton | Becoming Spiritual Leaders

Latter-day Saint Women Podcast

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

5 • 670 Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

“Priesthood power with a woman looks a lot like influence, and we access that through our personal righteousness, our humility, and our diligence.” In this episode, Sister Linda Burton, former Relief Society general president and current matron of the Jordan River Utah Temple, encourages women to see themselves as spiritual leaders, drawing upon priesthood power through their covenants to teach, lead, and bless others as the Savior would. Sister Burton also shares unique insights and experiences from serving as a temple matron during the pandemic, and how women can grow in their understanding and appreciation for the temple. Resources: • Sister Linda K. Burton Biography https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/callings/relief-society/relief-society-presidents/linda-k-burton?lang=eng • Elder David A. Bednar, April 2019 General Conference talk, “Prepared to Obtain Every Needful Thing” https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2019/04/54bednar?lang=eng • Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, October 2019 General Conference talk, “The Message, the Meaning, and the Multitude” https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2019/10/11holland?lang=eng • Sister Jean B. Bingham, Sister Sharon Eubank, Sister Reyna I. Aburto, May 2019 BYU Women’s Conference talk, “Endowed with Priesthood Power” https://womensconference.byu.edu/sites/womensconference.ce.byu.edu/files/relief_society_general_presidency_-_2019.05.02_-_endowed_with_priesthood_power.pdf Transcript: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/inspiration/latter-day-saints-channel/bc/mormon-channel/images/audio/lds-women/pdf/Linda-Burton.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.
0:11.7	On the podcast, you'll get to know the faithful women who shaped our past and hear from inspiring women of faith today.
0:17.5	I'm Carly Geiman.
0:18.7	And I'm Shailen Back. We're your co-hosts. Today we're so excited to
0:22.3	welcome Sister Linda Kay Burton to the podcast. Sister Burton, welcome. Thank you so much.
0:27.7	We're so excited to have you. And our listeners will be most familiar with you as a previous
0:32.3	General Relief Society president. And now you are serving in the Jordan River Temple with your husband. You're the
0:39.2	temple matron. And so we're so excited to get to know your experiences and things that you've been doing
0:45.1	as far as that goes. But we'd also love to introduce you a little bit more. So you were born and
0:49.6	raised in Salt Lake City, Utah. And this is really neat. So when you were a teenager, you lived in New Zealand
0:54.8	for a few years while your dad was serving as a mission president. In our conversation just before we
0:59.4	started recording, Carly said that her grandpa lived there, and he was your math teacher.
1:04.0	He was. We nickname him Bones, but of course never call that to him to his face.
1:09.9	A very tall and gangly man,
1:12.2	but he was wonderful, a fabulous teacher. That's so fun. Fun connection. Yeah. Sister Burton
1:18.5	attended the University of Utah where she studied elementary education, and that's where she met
1:23.4	her husband. And you served together with your husband in the Korea Soul West Mission about 10 years ago.
1:30.1	And you also served on the primary and Relief Society General boards. And now here you are with all
1:35.8	your experience. And we are just so excited to have this conversation with you. Well, it's a delight to be
1:40.5	with you. Thank you for inviting me. It's fun to see you and hear from you again,
1:45.3	and we know listeners will be excited to hear from you again as well. We were also talking before
1:49.8	the recording how unusual your time has been serving as a temple matron. You said you were called
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