Alissa Parker: Finding Emilie

06/22/22 • 52 min

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December 14, 2012, is remembered by many as the day of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. But Alissa Parker remembers it as the day she lost her daughter, Emilie. In the nine and a half years since, Alissa has found solace in the kindness of others and in the goodness of a God who has allowed her to feel her daughter's presence time and time again. While the trauma of her loss still causes Alissa to feel anxiety, she continues to find comfort in the confidence that she will be reunited with Emilie again.

2:03- Emilie

12:44- The Aftermath

17:58- Where Was God?

22:59- The Many Ways We Mourn With Those Who Mourn

31:36- “What Her Life Had Now Become”

36:03- Avoiding Pointing Fingers

40:12- Safe and Sound Schools

44:15- Everything Is Connected

49:39- What Does It Mean To Be All In the Gospel of Jesus Christ?

I think there's a lot of heartache, beauty, trial, and error that occurs in our lives, and to be all in is to keep going and to keep having faith that those pieces will eventually make sense.

Links- Book- https://deseretbook.com/p/unseen-angel-mothers-story-of-faith-hope-and-healing-after-sandy-hook?variant_id=146369-paperback

Church video- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2BtFWBCVYw

Safe and Sound Schools- https://safeandsoundschools.org/

Timeout For Women Talks-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RjrH5F9eKU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtqJbcGL5WU Faith Counts video- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7S9piBHUv8

Terri Turley’s son- https://www.deseret.com/2006/4/25/19950108/car-strikes-kills-lds-missionary-in-argentina

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2:03- Emilie

12:44- The Aftermath

17:58- Where Was God?

22:59- The Many Ways We Mourn With Those Who Mourn

31:36- “What Her Life Had Now Become”

36:03- Avoiding Pointing Fingers

40:12- Safe and Sound Schools

44:15- Everything Is Connected

49:39- What Does It Mean To Be All In the Gospel of Jesus Christ?

I think there's a lot of heartache, beauty, trial, and error that occurs in our lives, and to be all in is to keep going and to keep having faith that those pieces will eventually make sense.

Links- Book- https://deseretbook.com/p/unseen-angel-mothers-story-of-faith-hope-and-healing-after-sandy-hook?variant_id=146369-paperback

Church video- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2BtFWBCVYw

Safe and Sound Schools- https://safeandsoundschools.org/

Timeout For Women Talks-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RjrH5F9eKU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtqJbcGL5WU Faith Counts video- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7S9piBHUv8

Terri Turley’s son- https://www.deseret.com/2006/4/25/19950108/car-strikes-kills-lds-missionary-in-argentina

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Previous Episode

Kenneth Hartvigsen: Experiencing Art in an Intimate Way

Kenneth Hartvigsen has thought a lot about the power art possesses. He is a believer that it has the ability to help us unite, understand one another, and feel a greater connection to the Creator. On this week’s episode, Kenneth, an art curator at Brigham Young University, takes us inside his thought process surrounding art so we can “experience” one of Carl Bloch’s most famous paintings, “Christ Healing the Sick at the Pool of Bethesda.” 1:56- “Something To Feel”

5:06- The Great Unifier

8:11- An Embodied Experience

14:43- The Church’s Commitment To Art

18:29- Seeking To Understand

26:56- Back To Bethesda

37:07- Art and Empathy

42:39- Sacred Even When Not Religious

46:29- What Does It Mean To Be All In the Gospel of Jesus Christ? “Looking at art of any subject can be sacred in the sense that what I am looking at is somebody else’s deep desire to better understand what they’re doing here and to respond to things they’ve experienced—things that have been exciting for them, things that have been sad for them, things that they’re confused about or things they deeply believe but in any of those cases I feel like it’s an opportunity to sort of look into the eyes of a fellow traveler here in this complicated part of our existence and to try to see their spiritual progress." Learn More about Christ Healing the Sick at the Pool of Bethesda” and "Monumental Matters and other BYU exhibits- https://moa.byu.edu/exhibitions-2/current-exhibitions/

Bethesda-https://moa.byu.edu/past-exhibitions-archive/past-exhibitions-2001/carl-bloch-chirst-healing-the-sick-at-bethesda/

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Next Episode

Steven Harper: Is Consecration Still A Thing?

Most of us have the same perception of consecration that Steven Harper had when he went to the temple for the first time: The Lord “revealed the law of consecration to the early Saints. They couldn’t live it, so the Lord revoked the higher law, gave the lower law of tithing, and would someday give the higher law again.” But if someone had asked him how he knew that, he says he wouldn't have had an answer. Now after studying the topic for years, Harper has a different understanding of what consecration is and on this week’s episode he shares the answers he's found with us.

2:18- “A Foreign Place"

6:10- Preparing For The Temple

11:14- A Three-Legged Stool

20:15- The Oversimplification of History

23:50- Edward Partridge

30:30- Caring for the Poor

38:52- Consecration In All Seasons

45:08- Membership Mindset Vs. Consecration Approach

50:40- What Does It Mean To Be All In the Gospel of Jesus Christ?

“The Lord does not care about the amount of money that we consecrate. That is not the measurement but He does ask for all—all their heart, all their might, all their mind, all their strength, all their soul. But in return for that, remember that He gives all."

Let's Talk About Consecration- https://deseretbook.com/p/let-s-talk-about-the-law-of-consecration?queryID=edc5bcd61621e9345ff455a6ca2d16d0&variant_id=199275-paperback

Doctrine and Covenants- https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament?lang=eng

Making Sense of the Doctrine and Covenants- https://deseretbook.com/p/making-sense-of-the-doctrine-and-covenants-guided-tour-through-modern-revelation-ppr?queryID=d64020db1b71f9177259029c1df8e2fc&variant_id=188208-paperback

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