Why We Believe
by Nathan Gwilliam
Latest episode
The Story Behind The New Temple Square Statues (with Ben Hammond)
The Story Behind The New Temple Square Statues (with Ben Hammond)
About this podcast
Why do we believe? What inspires faith, testimony, and conversion in members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints? Dive into the personal conversion stories behind faithful members of the church.
Join Nathan Gwilliam, host and life-long member of the church, as he sits down with guests with unique backgrounds and perspectives to discuss the deeply personal and spiritual journeys that led them to embrace the teachings of Jesus Christ and why they believe.
Through one-on-one interviews, hear firsthand accounts of the life-changing conversion stories and events that ignited and solidified these members' beliefs and personal testimonies. Gain powerful insights into the many unique paths that lead to faith and discover what continues to feed their dedication year after year.
Join us each week for inspiring stories from faithful Latter-Day Saints and discuss Why We Believe.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 110 episodes
- The Story Behind The New Temple Square Statues (with Ben Hammond) · 1 h 2 min · Season 1 Episode 110The plans had the Five Wise Virgins facing south. In the quiet of his studio, sculptor Ben Hammond felt one of the few promptings of his career and anchored the bronze aimed at…
- After Losing His Wife and Kids to a Drunk Driver, Chris Williams Chose Forgiveness · 50 min · Season 1 Episode 109On February 9, 2007, Chris Williams was driving his family home when a teenage drunk driver crossed the median at freeway speeds. In an instant, he lost his wife Michelle, who…
- How Pickles Cartoonist's Wife Sparked His Journey of Faith (with Brian Crane) · 38 min · Season 1 Episode 108Brian Crane spent 17 years in advertising, sure he did not have the talent to draw a comic strip. His wife kept asking him to try, so at 40 he mailed in the strip he expected to…
- NFL Lineman Mark Asper Shares Why the Gospel Is the Greatest Team Sport Ever · 1 h 21 min · Season 1 Episode 107Mark Asper was one of the most recruited high school linemen in Idaho, a six foot seven athlete with a scholarship to Oregon and an NFL future taking shape. Before he played a…
- How Playing Cosette on Broadway Helped Sandra Turley See Jesus Christ in a Whole New Way · 50 min · Season 1 Episode 106Night after night on the Broadway stage, Sandra Turley sang the part of a rescued child. As Cosette in Les Miserables, the final one of the original Broadway company, she lived…
- Former Governor Gary Herbert Refused Wine at the White House. What Obama Did Next Surprised Him. · 48 min · Season 1 Episode 105At a White House dinner, Gary Herbert rose to toast President Obama, and his goblet held water. As a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Utah's 17th…
- How the Word of Wisdom Sparked Ali Essig's Beautiful Journey of Faith · 47 min · Season 1 Episode 104Ali Essig walked into the emergency room and found her husband slumped in a wheelchair, mid-stroke at 37, staring back at the very promise she could not shake. His patriarchal…
- BYU Basketball Star Jonathan Tavernari Shares His Miracle at a Snowy Train Station · 1 h 21 min · Season 1 Episode 103Jonathan Tavernari grew up a Catholic altar boy in São Paulo, coached by his own mother, one of the most decorated youth basketball coaches in Brazilian history. At 16 he boarded…
- How Inviting the Savior Into Your Daily Routine Brings Unexpected Peace (with Ross Nielson) · 42 min · Season 1 Episode 102For twenty-one years, Ross Nielson felt like God had passed him by. His parents divorced when he was seven, and the promise he kept hearing in The Church of Jesus Christ of…
- Why Former BYU Football Head Coach Bronco Mendenhall Prioritized Faith Over Football · 1 h 4 min · Season 1 Episode 101Bronco Mendenhall picked his college for one reason. BYU was on the schedule, and he wanted to beat them. He got his win in Provo and lay spread-eagle on the Y. Years later…
- BYU Business School Dean Brigette Madrian Shares Five Gospel Truths from Harry Potter · 1 h 12 min · Season 1 Episode 100What does a behavioral economist studying retirement savings have in common with a wizard battling darkness? More than you might think. Bridget Madrian spent 25 years at Harvard…
- This Former NFL Linebacker Prioritizes His Covenants Over the Glory of the League (with Vince Biegel) · 46 min · Season 1 Episode 99Vince Biegel had every reason to believe football would define him. Named after Vince Lombardi and raised on a hundred-year-old family cranberry marsh in Wisconsin, he earned…
- How Reading the First Vision Sparked Chris Crowe's Beautiful Journey of Faith · 44 min · Season 1 Episode 98Chris Crowe got a book as a breakup gift. The girl he loved wanted a temple marriage he could not give her, so she said goodbye and handed him a black paperback on her way out…
- This Famous Comedian Prioritizes Covenants and Motherhood (with Jenna Kim Jones) · 1 h 13 min · Season 1 Episode 97Most comedy earns its laughs by tearing something down. Jenna Kim Jones built her career doing the opposite. She left Utah for New York University, landed on the staff of The…
- I Was Afraid to Paint the Savior. He Means Everything to Me. (with Justin Kunz) · 58 min · Season 1 Episode 96Justin Kunz's art lives in the nation's permanent record. He has designed gold coins and Congressional medals for the United States Mint, including the $100 American Liberty Gold…
- Corey Lindley: Why $2 Billion CEO Says Jesus Christ Is His North Star · 1 h 3 min · Season 1 Episode 95Corey Lindley became a CFO at 32, took a company public, ran Greater China from Hong Kong, and served as CEO of doTERRA, a company doing well over $2 billion a year. Then he…
- Kirby Heyborne: Star of Best Two Years, Singles Ward & RM Shares His Real Story · 56 min · Season 1 Episode 94Kirby Heyborne is the face of a generation of Latter-day Saint film. The RM, The Best Two Years, Singles Ward, Saints and Soldiers. He has narrated more than two thousand…
- "I Watched $11 Million Vanish in a Day. Then Someone Reached for Me." (with Nathan Gwilliam) · Season 1 Episode 93Decades ago, Nathan Gwilliam was the CEO of a publicly traded dot-com company when the bubble burst and he watched $11 million disappear in a single day. The company was gone. A…
- Bestselling Author Patrick Mason Shares the True Miracle of Belief and Belonging in an Age of Doubt · 44 min · Season 1 Episode 92Patrick Mason has spent his career inside the hardest questions of Latter-day Saint history, the ones that shake other people's faith. He holds the Leonard J. Arrington Chair of…
- A Prodigal Son Who Wandered 20 Years & Found The Savior Waiting for Him (with Jeremiah Cronin) · 1 h 2 min · Season 1 Episode 91Jeremiah Cronin was born in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, served a two-year mission in Monterrey, Mexico, and came home with a testimony he had earned on his…
