Jennifer Brinkerhoff Platt

Jennifer Brinkerhoff Platt is a wife and mother. A sister, daughter, friend, and teacher. Above all, she is a follower of Jesus Christ. Currently, she and her family live in Rexburg, Idaho where she is a religious educator at Brigham Young University-Idaho. When she has a few spare minutes, you might find her reading a good book, cooking, stretching, or running.

Latter-day Saint Life

The Unexpectedly Beautiful Gospel Lesson I Learned from Being Too Lazy to Run a Marathon

By Jennifer Brinkerhoff Platt

September 03, 2018 12:25 PM MDT

After several successful half-marathons, I decided to run a full marathon. When I registered—actually paying money to run 26.2 miles—I felt motivated and excited. However, I got busy and my training suffered. My lack of preparation became evident when I took a short three-mile run a few days prior to the race. I decided to switch to the half-marathon. By then, however, it had been closed to new runners. My only option was to run in the 10K (6.2-mile) race. What had been motivation and excitement turned to laziness and indifference. The prospect of getting up early to run 6.2 miles didn’t appeal to me. I decided I’d run another time.

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Latter-day Saint Life

How General Conference Led Me to the Man of My Dreams

By Jennifer Brinkerhoff Platt

August 20, 2018 12:02 PM MDT

On the day that I defended my doctoral dissertation, I went to the Mesa Arizona Temple to express gratitude for the divine help I had felt throughout my academic journey. I was also interested in mapping out what would be next for my life. I had accepted a position to teach at Brigham Young University and was anticipating a move to Utah. I felt like it was a new beginning. I sensed that my life had a clean slate of sorts. Further, I had the words of the previous general conference resonating in my mind and heart. In particular, the teachings of Elder Dallin H. Oaks were profoundly penetrating my heart:

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