Reporter Rachel Sterzer Gibson on how her experience at the Church News has helped her see the Lord’s hand in her life

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🗓️ 13 June 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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For the past 13 years, Rachel Sterzer Gibson has worked for the Church News, helping to create a “Living Record of the Restoration” through her writing, editing, web publication and support. She joins this episode of the Church News podcast to discuss her most compelling assignments, her current beat writing about Church education, her role as a wife and mother, the years she navigated as a single adult, and the tender time she and her family cared for her aging father. These experiences magnifying others' stories of faith have helped her see the Lord's ever-present hand in her life.

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	In my own experiences at church news, I'm really grateful for the privilege we have of amplifying the stories, the testimonies, the experiences of not only church leaders, but of individual members.
0:24.3	It feels to me like the spirit of gathering. We're taking these individual stories and
0:31.3	testimonies and faith of individual members and we're sharing them so that all may be edified
0:37.2	together. And I consider that may be edified together.
0:38.4	And I consider that to be a huge privilege. I'm honored.
0:43.2	I've also felt many times that the Lord is mindful of me.
0:50.5	And that's been amazing to see through the stories that I've covered.
1:00.7	I'm Sarah Jane Weaver, editor of the church news.
1:03.6	Welcome to the church news podcast.
1:05.7	We are taking you on a journey of connection as we discuss news and events of the Church of Jesus Christ of
1:11.1	Latter-day Saints.
1:18.4	For the past 13 years, Rachel Sturzer Gibson has worked for the Church News, helping to create
1:24.2	a living record of the restoration through her writing, editing, web publication, and support.
1:29.6	She joins this episode of the Church News podcast to talk about her most compelling assignments,
1:35.1	covering stories of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,
1:38.8	her current B, writing about church education, her role as a wife and mother,
1:43.6	and the tender year she and her siblings
1:45.3	supported her mother as she cared for their aging father. Rachel graduated from BYU, Idaho, with a
1:51.2	degree in communications in English. Welcome, Rachel, to the Church News podcast. Thank you.
1:57.4	It's great to have you here. Everyone who works for the church news has moments that they
2:02.9	experience while creating a record of the restoration that defines something important for them.
2:08.3	And so as we start today, can you share some of those moments that have defined your time at
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