Sarah Sun Kanell: Creating True Belonging and Inclusion
Sarah Sun Kanell began attending a Salt Lake City residential ward as a high schooler. In that ward, she experienced what she describes as true belonging. This was only the beginning of Sarah’s conversion to the gospel of Jesus Christ but the people she met exemplified the person and disciple of Jesus Christ she wanted to be. On this week’s episode, Sarah shares what she has learned about the contribution we all have the ability to make to the Church of Jesus Christ.
If I’m willing to choose Him then I think He can turn me into something better than what I can even imagine right now, and what better thing is there to be than His?
Show Notes
3:25- Honoring Sacrifice of Others
9:27- High Expectations and Gentle Parenting?
17:20- An Unconventional Living Situation
19:31- Gathered In
30:17- Barbara and Gaining a Testimony
33:13- Chosen
40:05- Unhistoric Acts
46:34- What Does It Mean To Be All In the Gospel of Jesus Christ?
LINKS & REFERENCES
Quote - “In the middle of the story, Eve ruined everything. In the middle of the story, Joseph was rotting in prison. In the middle of the story, Noah built a boat for a storm that wasn’t coming. Moses wandered for forty years. Hannah was infertile. Isaac was not coming back from that hike. Jonah got stuck in a whale. Mary was going to get broken up with. Bethesda was too far. The Egyptians were too close. It was just mud. Lazarus was dead. And Jesus Christ underwhelmed the Jewish nation, was hung on a cross, and dashed all hopes of the revolution that had been hoped for for thousands of years. Everybody was ready to close the book on these stories. Joseph became second-in-command. The entire earth flooded. Milk and honey were everywhere. Hannah rejoiced. Isaac was spared. Ninevah repented. Mary became the mother of the Messiah. The paralytic leapt. The Red Sea parted. The blind man washed his face and could see. Lazarus was just kidding. And Jesus Christ pulled off the resurrection, defeating sin and death. And the earth that Eve thought she ruined was restored for all eternity.”
BYU Hawaii talk - https://speeches.byuh.edu/trusting-god-with-the-rest-of-your-story
Lean in with Lizzy episode - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lean-in-with-lizzy/id1768159695?i=1000688795426
Kate Holbrook All In episode - https://www.ldsliving.com/all-in/samuel-brown-and-kate-holbrook-the-evolving-story-of-a-marriage
Unhistoric Acts painting - https://www.thecompassgallery.com/product-page/unhistoric-acts-barton
View transcript here.