Episodes
Elder Hans T. Boom was sustained as a General Authority Seventy on April 6, 2019, at age 55. At the time of his call, he had been serving as a temple ordinance worker for the Hague Netherlands Temple and as an institute teacher. He currently serves as president of the Europe North Area. Elder Boom has served in a number of Church callings, including full-time missionary in the England London East Mission, counselor in a branch presidency, branch president, stake Young Men president, counselor...
Published 11/12/24
Tom Waldron grew up in Garden Grove, California. He served in the Cebu Philippines mission. Tom attended Golden West college and BYU-Idaho Pathway Connect before he received a Bachelor of Science in Automotive Technology Management from BYU-Idaho and a Master of Science in Management and Leadership from Western Governors University. Tom was a technician for Coast Cadillac and a master diagnostic technician for Toyota. He currently is a faculty member for the Automotive Technology program here...
Published 11/05/24
Sister Michelle D. Craig received a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Brigham Young University. Sister Craig has served in many ward and stake positions in the Primary, Young Women, and Relief Society organizations. She has served as temple ordinance worker in the Provo Utah Temple and Gospel Doctrine teacher in Sunday school. Sister Craig served a mission in the Dominican Republic Santo Domingo Mission. She was serving as a member of the Primary general board at the time of her...
Published 10/29/24
Kevin J Worthen is the Hugh W. Colton Professor of Law and a Wheatley Institute Distinguished Fellow at Brigham Young University. Brother Worthen is a graduate of Carbon High School in Price, Utah. After serving a mission in Monterrey, Mexico, he earned an associate degree at the College of Eastern Utah (now USU-Eastern). He then received his B.A. in political science and his J.D. from BYU. After serving as a law clerk to Justice Byron R. White of the U.S. Supreme Court, Brother Worthen...
Published 10/23/24
Gabriel W. Reid was sustained as Second Counselor in the Sunday School General Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on April 6, 2024. He began serving on August 1, 2024. Prior to his calling in the Sunday School General Presidency, he served as a Mission Leader in the Australia Sydney Mission from 2021–2024. Brother Reid has served in several Church callings, including full-time missionary in the Chile Santiago South Mission, stake Young Men president, high councilor,...
Published 10/15/24
Dr. Jennie Pardoe grew up in Southlake, Texas. She served as a full-time missionary in the Russia-Samara mission. Jennie earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting from Brigham Young University, her Master of Arts in Theatre Education from Emerson College, and her PhD in Theatre and Performance Studies from the University of Missouri. She began working as a faculty member for the BYU-Idaho Department of Theatre and Dance in 2020. She teaches acting, voice, script analysis, and theatre history...
Published 10/08/24
Danny Ricks has been an educator in the Church Educational System for nearly two decades. He has taught on the Navajo and Hopi reservations in Northern Arizona as well as in Boise, Idaho. He currently teaches in the Religion Department at BYU-Idaho, where he has served for the past five years. He is a devoted husband and the proud father of five wonderful children. Danny is also the great-great-great-grandson of Thomas E. Ricks, founder of Rexburg and namesake of Ricks College. He is a...
Published 10/01/24