WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:02.799 - Hey, everyone. You may not realize this, but 2 00:00:02.799 --> 00:00:05.839 - it's important that you do realize this, is 3 00:00:05.839 --> 00:00:06.740 - that we have, 4 00:00:07.440 --> 00:00:09.759 - a summit going on, a virtual summit. Yeah. 5 00:00:09.759 --> 00:00:11.859 - That's right. We did the liberating saints 6 00:00:12.320 --> 00:00:13.219 - virtual summit 7 00:00:13.775 --> 00:00:15.455 - last month, or I guess it was this 8 00:00:15.455 --> 00:00:18.355 - month, last couple weeks. And now we've transitioned 9 00:00:18.494 --> 00:00:21.394 - to a relaunch of the Meetings with Saints 10 00:00:21.774 --> 00:00:25.074 - virtual summit. Now this is all about turning 11 00:00:25.454 --> 00:00:25.954 - routine 12 00:00:26.489 --> 00:00:26.989 - ordinary 13 00:00:27.690 --> 00:00:28.910 - meetings into revelatory 14 00:00:29.449 --> 00:00:29.949 - experiences. 15 00:00:30.329 --> 00:00:32.250 - How do we do that? What's the science 16 00:00:32.250 --> 00:00:33.070 - behind meetings? 17 00:00:33.450 --> 00:00:35.369 - You know, how can we improve meetings? And 18 00:00:35.369 --> 00:00:37.450 - and we're talking meetings both, you know, or 19 00:00:37.450 --> 00:00:41.125 - or including council meetings. We're talking sacrament meetings. 20 00:00:41.344 --> 00:00:44.945 - We're talking, like, just gatherings and even family 21 00:00:44.945 --> 00:00:47.505 - councils. There's a session on family councils, which 22 00:00:47.505 --> 00:00:48.164 - is great. 23 00:00:48.704 --> 00:00:51.585 - And the funny story about this virtual summit 24 00:00:51.585 --> 00:00:55.582 - is that I originally released this in March 25 00:00:55.582 --> 00:00:57.020 - 2020 26 00:00:57.159 --> 00:00:59.799 - when the world was turning upside down. And 27 00:00:59.799 --> 00:01:01.179 - so not too many people 28 00:01:01.560 --> 00:01:02.939 - enjoyed this summit because, 29 00:01:04.280 --> 00:01:06.700 - the future was uncertain to say the least. 30 00:01:06.855 --> 00:01:09.275 - And, actually, if you watch my recorded session 31 00:01:09.734 --> 00:01:11.355 - in this virtual summit, 32 00:01:11.734 --> 00:01:13.814 - it it was recorded on March 12 when, 33 00:01:13.814 --> 00:01:16.055 - like, the church announced that we're going fully 34 00:01:16.055 --> 00:01:16.555 - online. 35 00:01:16.935 --> 00:01:19.094 - Everything was shutting down. And so I rented 36 00:01:19.094 --> 00:01:21.700 - out this room to do a live presentation, 37 00:01:21.920 --> 00:01:23.760 - and nobody wanted to come. And so it 38 00:01:23.760 --> 00:01:24.900 - was literally me 39 00:01:25.200 --> 00:01:28.100 - and, like, 200 empty chairs and, 40 00:01:29.040 --> 00:01:29.540 - cameraman, 41 00:01:30.159 --> 00:01:32.980 - and Lillian was there, my assistant. And, so 42 00:01:33.200 --> 00:01:34.820 - it was a rough go. But nonetheless, 43 00:01:35.605 --> 00:01:38.004 - this is worth relaunching and getting back into 44 00:01:38.004 --> 00:01:39.704 - it, and we are going 45 00:01:40.325 --> 00:01:43.525 - full throttle into virtual summits because after this 46 00:01:43.525 --> 00:01:44.665 - one, we have the 47 00:01:45.525 --> 00:01:48.644 - AI Saints virtual summit coming up, which is 48 00:01:48.644 --> 00:01:51.659 - all about how to be an effective disciple 49 00:01:51.659 --> 00:01:53.920 - of Jesus Christ in a world of AI. 50 00:01:54.299 --> 00:01:57.180 - Man, I've already recorded some episodes there, and 51 00:01:57.180 --> 00:01:58.079 - they're really good. 52 00:01:58.379 --> 00:01:59.759 - Now I digress. 53 00:02:00.219 --> 00:02:02.060 - Back to a clip I wanna share with 54 00:02:02.060 --> 00:02:03.899 - you today to give you a little flavor 55 00:02:03.899 --> 00:02:06.594 - of this meetings with Saints virtual summit, and 56 00:02:06.594 --> 00:02:08.454 - it comes from the one and only 57 00:02:08.995 --> 00:02:11.794 - Deanna Murphy. If you aren't familiar with Deanna 58 00:02:11.794 --> 00:02:12.294 - Murphy's, 59 00:02:13.314 --> 00:02:15.794 - episodes and her time with leading saints, it 60 00:02:15.794 --> 00:02:18.194 - would be worth your time to go to 61 00:02:18.194 --> 00:02:19.175 - Zion Lab 62 00:02:20.030 --> 00:02:22.370 - and search her name, find all the episodes, 63 00:02:22.669 --> 00:02:24.689 - and watch them because she is 64 00:02:25.310 --> 00:02:28.209 - full of fire when it comes to leadership 65 00:02:28.590 --> 00:02:29.409 - and inspiration, 66 00:02:29.870 --> 00:02:31.789 - and you'll tell from this clip. Now she 67 00:02:31.789 --> 00:02:33.009 - talks about this 68 00:02:33.375 --> 00:02:35.134 - concept of when she was a stake relief 69 00:02:35.134 --> 00:02:37.394 - society president, how she often disagreed, 70 00:02:38.254 --> 00:02:39.935 - or I wouldn't say that, but just how 71 00:02:39.935 --> 00:02:42.094 - her and her stake president were were different 72 00:02:42.094 --> 00:02:44.014 - people. They saw a different let's say they 73 00:02:44.014 --> 00:02:45.534 - saw the world differently. I don't know if 74 00:02:45.534 --> 00:02:46.514 - you can relate. 75 00:02:47.330 --> 00:02:49.569 - And she talked about just how she processed 76 00:02:49.569 --> 00:02:51.729 - that and why that was okay and how 77 00:02:51.729 --> 00:02:53.729 - they found unity and were able to really 78 00:02:53.729 --> 00:02:54.789 - work well together 79 00:02:55.090 --> 00:02:57.189 - even though that was the case. So, 80 00:02:57.569 --> 00:02:58.930 - this is a clip. Now you gotta go 81 00:02:58.930 --> 00:02:59.430 - to 82 00:02:59.810 --> 00:03:02.469 - leadingsaints.org/meetings 83 00:03:03.194 --> 00:03:05.354 - and the links in this show notes of 84 00:03:05.354 --> 00:03:06.094 - this episode 85 00:03:06.395 --> 00:03:08.814 - and to register. Now here's how the registration 86 00:03:08.955 --> 00:03:09.455 - works. 87 00:03:09.835 --> 00:03:12.155 - All the episodes are available for the next 88 00:03:12.155 --> 00:03:15.034 - several weeks until August 3. So the clock 89 00:03:15.034 --> 00:03:17.375 - is ticking for you to actually watch these 90 00:03:17.560 --> 00:03:19.419 - before they go back into the archive. 91 00:03:20.039 --> 00:03:21.259 - And to register, 92 00:03:21.560 --> 00:03:23.560 - you just need to become a Zion builder, 93 00:03:23.560 --> 00:03:24.680 - which is $15 94 00:03:24.680 --> 00:03:26.539 - a month. Now we have sponsorship 95 00:03:26.919 --> 00:03:29.400 - opportunities. So if you can't afford $15 a 96 00:03:29.400 --> 00:03:32.664 - month, get a sponsorship. It's fine. They're there. 97 00:03:32.664 --> 00:03:34.284 - Donors are standing by to help. 98 00:03:34.584 --> 00:03:36.424 - And this makes it all possible for us 99 00:03:36.424 --> 00:03:39.245 - to continue these virtual summits, and 100 00:03:39.544 --> 00:03:41.944 - it will include your, you know, if you, 101 00:03:42.264 --> 00:03:45.164 - it'll include your your access to the the 102 00:03:45.224 --> 00:03:48.479 - AI Saints virtual summit as well. And so 103 00:03:48.479 --> 00:03:50.080 - jump in. We're gonna have a summit after 104 00:03:50.080 --> 00:03:52.479 - the AI summit. And so it's gonna it's 105 00:03:52.479 --> 00:03:54.180 - gonna be worth your time to jump in, 106 00:03:54.560 --> 00:03:57.219 - pay the $15 a month, and just benefit 107 00:03:57.280 --> 00:04:00.000 - from all this content. So here is this 108 00:04:00.000 --> 00:04:03.275 - fantastic quick clip with Deanna Murphy. 109 00:04:03.574 --> 00:04:05.734 - Recognize. I remember being a state police society 110 00:04:05.734 --> 00:04:07.254 - president when I would sit one on one 111 00:04:07.254 --> 00:04:08.314 - with my state president. 112 00:04:09.094 --> 00:04:09.594 - He 113 00:04:10.375 --> 00:04:12.614 - we were utterly back to back. Like, literally, 114 00:04:12.614 --> 00:04:14.375 - he was looking at the opposite side of 115 00:04:14.375 --> 00:04:16.615 - the equation, and sometimes I'd be listening to 116 00:04:16.615 --> 00:04:18.930 - him and I'm going, he's talking English, but 117 00:04:18.930 --> 00:04:20.310 - I don't even know what he means. 118 00:04:20.930 --> 00:04:23.270 - And I'd feel confused, and then I'd feel 119 00:04:23.410 --> 00:04:25.650 - scared or stupid or all the things that 120 00:04:25.650 --> 00:04:27.970 - we do when we're listening, but we don't 121 00:04:27.970 --> 00:04:30.210 - understand. And I didn't know how to communicate 122 00:04:30.210 --> 00:04:31.650 - to him sometimes. At the very beginning, we 123 00:04:31.650 --> 00:04:33.615 - were both called at the same time. And 124 00:04:33.615 --> 00:04:35.694 - so both of us are learning, and I'm 125 00:04:35.694 --> 00:04:37.134 - learning how to communicate with him, and he's 126 00:04:37.134 --> 00:04:38.574 - learning how to communicate with with me. It 127 00:04:38.574 --> 00:04:40.014 - took us about two years before we figured 128 00:04:40.014 --> 00:04:41.295 - it out. About that time, it was time 129 00:04:41.295 --> 00:04:42.495 - for me to be released, by the way. 130 00:04:42.495 --> 00:04:44.995 - But over time, we we had to learn 131 00:04:45.535 --> 00:04:47.555 - that we both saw different things. 132 00:04:47.879 --> 00:04:49.800 - His way wasn't right and my way wasn't 133 00:04:49.800 --> 00:04:52.780 - wrong. It was together we got more complete. 134 00:04:53.160 --> 00:04:54.920 - I think a lot of times when we 135 00:04:54.920 --> 00:04:56.060 - get into those roles, 136 00:04:56.439 --> 00:04:57.580 - and we feel misunderstood, 137 00:04:58.759 --> 00:05:00.840 - we get our feelings hurt and we might 138 00:05:00.840 --> 00:05:03.615 - make up stories about other people and they're 139 00:05:03.615 --> 00:05:05.314 - they're judging or not judging us. 140 00:05:05.694 --> 00:05:07.375 - And I just think there's something for us 141 00:05:07.375 --> 00:05:09.694 - about recognizing all of us see and we 142 00:05:09.694 --> 00:05:10.354 - don't see. 143 00:05:11.134 --> 00:05:13.935 - And when we start to grant ourselves first 144 00:05:13.935 --> 00:05:15.854 - grace, I had to give myself grace and 145 00:05:15.854 --> 00:05:17.720 - go, Diana, it's okay. You've never been a 146 00:05:17.720 --> 00:05:20.519 - sacred society president before. It's okay if you 147 00:05:20.519 --> 00:05:22.199 - don't understand what to ask or what to 148 00:05:22.199 --> 00:05:23.500 - share or what he needs. 149 00:05:24.040 --> 00:05:24.360 - And, 150 00:05:24.920 --> 00:05:27.399 - to grant myself grace allowed me to grant 151 00:05:27.399 --> 00:05:28.139 - him grace. 152 00:05:28.600 --> 00:05:31.959 - When I was self conscious when fearful that 153 00:05:31.959 --> 00:05:35.055 - I was failing him, I became maybe more 154 00:05:35.055 --> 00:05:35.555 - defensive. 155 00:05:36.095 --> 00:05:38.574 - And I believe that's a very normal thing, 156 00:05:38.574 --> 00:05:39.475 - and I could 157 00:05:40.014 --> 00:05:42.194 - track my own defensiveness right back 158 00:05:42.814 --> 00:05:44.115 - to my own uncertainty. 159 00:05:45.389 --> 00:05:47.169 - Right? It's so easy to, 160 00:05:47.949 --> 00:05:50.509 - impose our negative feelings onto other people. And 161 00:05:50.509 --> 00:05:51.410 - re in reality, 162 00:05:52.509 --> 00:05:53.410 - I was scared 163 00:05:53.949 --> 00:05:56.110 - at times because I didn't know. And for 164 00:05:56.110 --> 00:05:58.669 - me to give myself grace and allow the 165 00:05:58.669 --> 00:05:59.810 - savior's mercy 166 00:06:00.574 --> 00:06:02.574 - to hold that I didn't know. I I 167 00:06:02.574 --> 00:06:04.754 - I really fell in love with ether 12, 168 00:06:04.895 --> 00:06:07.295 - which we often quote. We quote ether twelve 169 00:06:07.295 --> 00:06:09.455 - twenty seven all the time. You know, I 170 00:06:09.455 --> 00:06:11.134 - give unto men weakness that they may be 171 00:06:11.134 --> 00:06:13.535 - humble, as in heavenly father gives us weakness 172 00:06:13.535 --> 00:06:15.134 - just like he gives us strength, and it's 173 00:06:15.134 --> 00:06:16.970 - not bad. We often 174 00:06:17.349 --> 00:06:19.449 - don't quote either twelve thirty seven 175 00:06:19.990 --> 00:06:22.569 - that says because you've seen your weakness, 176 00:06:23.189 --> 00:06:24.410 - you'll be made strong. 177 00:06:25.189 --> 00:06:27.509 - Wow. And I don't know that it's that 178 00:06:27.509 --> 00:06:29.349 - I'll be made strong as in suddenly that 179 00:06:29.349 --> 00:06:31.269 - weakness becomes my strength. But you know what 180 00:06:31.269 --> 00:06:31.769 - happened? 181 00:06:32.204 --> 00:06:34.365 - I never became like my state president, but 182 00:06:34.365 --> 00:06:36.764 - I learned going into him. And I became 183 00:06:36.764 --> 00:06:39.165 - strong in him, and he became stronger in 184 00:06:39.165 --> 00:06:39.665 - me. 185 00:06:40.044 --> 00:06:42.044 - And we were more unified in the savior 186 00:06:42.044 --> 00:06:44.464 - when we learned to appreciate each other's differences 187 00:06:45.404 --> 00:06:45.904 - and 188 00:06:46.600 --> 00:06:48.840 - to hold each other with grace when we 189 00:06:48.840 --> 00:06:51.480 - didn't know. Alright, guys. Remember, go to the 190 00:06:51.480 --> 00:06:54.939 - link in the show notes, leadingsaints.org/meetings 191 00:06:55.400 --> 00:06:57.240 - to register for this. Or if you're already 192 00:06:57.240 --> 00:06:58.759 - a Zion builder, you can just head on 193 00:06:58.759 --> 00:06:59.500 - over to 194 00:06:59.800 --> 00:07:00.779 - Zion Lab, 195 00:07:01.175 --> 00:07:03.035 - leadingsaints.org/zion. 196 00:07:03.175 --> 00:07:05.415 - And there, you'll see in the spaces under 197 00:07:05.415 --> 00:07:07.814 - virtual summit, you'll see meetings with saints. Jump 198 00:07:07.814 --> 00:07:08.314 - in 199 00:07:08.775 --> 00:07:11.254 - and start watching. You'll benefit from these so 200 00:07:11.254 --> 00:07:14.134 - much, and Deanna Murphy's is awesome for sure. 201 00:07:14.134 --> 00:07:15.675 - So we'll see you in the lab.