Even when life seems full of surprises, God has only the best in store for us. If we choose Him, all things will work together for our good. Jennifer Kearon, wife of Elder Patrick Kearon, delivered this devotional address on September 17, 2024. You can access the talk here.

Even when life seems full of surprises, God has only the best in store for us. If we choose Him, all things will work together for our good. Jennifer Kearon, wife of Elder Patrick Kearon, delivered this devotional address on September 17, 2024. You can access the talk <a href="https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/jennifer-kearon/surprise/">here.</a>

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Surprise! | Jennifer Kearon | September 2024

We may not always know how to navigate the refiner’s fire, but as we endure it with presence, God grants us opportunities to learn and grow. Rebekka Matheson, associate director of the BYU Neuroscience Center, delivered this devotional address on October 13, 2026. You can access the full talk here.

We may not always know how to navigate the refiner&rsquo;s fire, but as we endure it with presence, God grants us opportunities to learn and grow. Rebekka Matheson, associate director of the BYU Neuroscience Center, delivered this devotional address on October 13, 2026. You can access the full talk <a href="https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/rebekka-matheson/presence-in-the-refiners-fire/">here</a>.

Presence in the Refiner’s Fire | Rebekka Matheson | October 2026

Even at the heights of scientific materialism, there has always been a strong argument contained within the work of science and what science has revealed for believing that the universe is not accidental—that the universe was fashioned, was made, was intended to exist. Ross G. Douthat, a columnist and author, delivered this forum address on September 29, 2026. You can access the full talk here.

Even at the heights of scientific materialism, there has always been a strong argument contained within the work of science and what science has revealed for believing that the universe is not accidental&mdash;that the universe was fashioned, was made, was intended to exist. Ross G. Douthat, a columnist and author, delivered this forum address on September 29, 2026. You can access the full talk <a href="https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/ross-g-douthat/why-everyone-should-be-religious/">here</a>.

Why Everyone Should Be Religious | Ross G. Douthat | September 2026

Why choose Christ? Because He is real! He is the most real thing in this world. He is “in all and through all things”—the “light and life” of the whole world, and of your individual world and mine. Alexander Dushku, a General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, delivered this devotional address on September 22, 2026. You can access the full talk here.

Why choose Christ? Because He is real! He is the most real thing in this world. He is &ldquo;in all and through all things&rdquo;&mdash;the &ldquo;light and life&rdquo; of the whole world, and of your individual world and mine. Alexander Dushku, a General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, delivered this devotional address on September 22, 2026. You can access the full talk <a href="https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/alexander-dushku/choose-christ/">here</a>.

Surprise! | Jennifer Kearon | September 2024

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