This week brought a historic announcement from the Church: young women can now serve full-time missions beginning at age 18. My daughters were the first to break the news to me, and the ripple of that moment stayed with me all day.

But the Lord didn’t stop there.

In this episode, I share how that announcement connected beautifully with something He’s been teaching me through my Friday-night temple service. For years I’ve longed to be a temple worker, but my season of life didn’t allow for a traditional shift. A simple Sunday School clipboard changed everything—and opened the door to a new kind of temple service that fits exactly where I am.

As I cleaned the temple this week, conversations with temple staff and a recent discussion with my bishop wove together into a clear theme:
the Lord is making room for His daughters, His servants, and anyone with a willing heart.

We’ll talk about:
• The new mission age announcement and what it means for young women
• Why temple service—including cleaning—is a powerful way to answer President Nelson’s call to “be in the temple”
• How the Lord prepares individual paths of discipleship in every season
• Why focusing our youth on temple covenants aligns with the hastening of the work
• How God honors small, quiet offerings—even a widow’s mite on a Friday night

The Lord is accelerating His work in bold, global ways and also in very personal ways. Sometimes that looks like an eighteen-year-old young woman preparing for a mission. Sometimes it looks like showing up with a mop and a willing heart.

Referenced Media:
Includes an excerpt from the Church’s official announcement video released on November 2025.
(Video courtesy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, used reverently and noncommercially.)

If this episode resonates, I’d love to hear how the Lord is making room in your life to serve Him in your season.

Unexpected miracles. Quiet faith. Covenant joy.

In this episode, Amy Beck catches up with Paul Pulsipher as he shares the remarkable and completely unexpected journey that took him from Utah to Nashville through promptings, miracles, and a whole lot of trust in the Lord.

Paul opens up about the anonymous blessing that made their cross-country move possible, the last-minute answers that carried them through moments of uncertainty, and the peace he and his wife have found as temple workers in Tennessee.

He also talks about the inspiration behind his newest Christmas song, rooted in Elder Jeffrey R. Holland’s recent general conference message, and how the Lord works through unconventional and deeply personal means to bring healing and direction.

This conversation is a powerful reminder that when we act in faith, the Savior meets us with guidance, opportunities, and covenant joy in the most unexpected ways.

Episode Highlights:
– Promptings that led Paul and his wife to Nashville
– Miracles and last-minute answers during their move
– Growth and peace through temple service
– Creative inspiration behind Paul’s new Christmas song
– How God works in unexpected ways to bless His children

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Author Deb L. Brown shares how God transformed her path from business failure to faith-filled fiction—writing stories that explore marriage, perseverance, and covenant joy in real life.

In this heartfelt conversation, Deb and host Amy Beck discuss what it means to “think celestial,” how to find peace after disappointment, and why covenant relationships—both with God and with others—are the foundation of lasting joy.

Together, they talk about:
• Turning failure into faith-filled redirection
• Finding courage to start something new in midlife
• Writing about real marriage beyond “happily ever after”
• Healing family relationships through forgiveness and grace
• Discovering covenant joy when life doesn’t look like you expected

✨ Guest: Deb L. Brown – Author Website | Instagram @deblbrownauthor
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🎙️ New & Everlasting: The Podcast Finding Covenant Joy in Everyday Living
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In this moving episode of New & Everlasting: The Podcast Finding Covenant Joy in Everyday Living, host Amy Beck sits down with Ginger Fairbanks and Tim McMurray, the gifted musicians behind Saints Road—a piano-and-violin duo whose sacred arrangements capture both the ache and the hope of discipleship.

🎶 Together, they share how friendship, faith, and inspiration turned two ward musicians into a source of light for thousands. From Reverently and Meekly Now to There Is a Green Hill Far Away, I Need Thee Every Hour, Angels We Have Heard on High, and Redeemer of Israel, their music invites us to feel Christ’s love more personally and powerfully.

✨ In this episode:

• The divine beginnings of Saints Road’s collaboration

• Turning hymns into true duets—piano and violin in conversation

• Portraying both pain and peace through music

• Finding covenant joy through trust, creativity, and discipleship

• The story behind their Christmas album and what’s coming next

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In the video podcast, sacred imagery accompanies each musical selection, deepening the emotion and meaning behind Saints Road’s sound.
The Silent Night video is an official Saints Road production; all other music videos and visual compositions were created by Amy Beck.

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Instagram: @saints_roadFacebook: @SaintsRoad

💿 Christmas by Saints Road and Hymns by Saints Road albums are available on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, Amazon Music, and all major streaming platforms.
🎼 Sheet music can be found at DayMurrayMusic.com and SheetMusicPlus.com.

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Music by Saints Road – Hymns (2020) and Christmas by Saints Road (2024). Used with permission.

Podcast © 2025 New & Everlasting: The Podcast Finding Covenant Joy in Everyday Living.

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Episode: Two Missions, One Savior — Finding Covenant Joy in Brazil 🇧🇷 and South Korea 🇰🇷

Guests: Amelia Sommercorn (Curitiba, Brazil Mission) & Taylor Colman (Seoul South, Korea Mission)

Summary:
Two returned missionaries share powerful lessons from their service in Brazil and Korea—and how faith in Jesus Christ helped them find covenant joy that continues long after the nametag comes off. Host Amy Beck talks with them about humility, language miracles, overcoming perfectionism, and learning to depend completely on the Savior.

Highlights:

• Learning humility and trust through the gift of tongues
• Overcoming perfectionism and finding strength in weakness
• Teaching covenants in different cultures
• Discovering that covenant joy doesn’t end with the mission

Chapters:

• 00:00 Cold Open
• 00:21 Intro
• 02:13 Deciding to Serve
• 06:26 Language Miracles & Humility
• 18:08 Teaching Covenants Abroad
• 36:51 Covenant Joy Beyond the Mission

Scriptures: Ether 12:27 • Helaman 5:12 • Mosiah 18:9

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New & Everlasting: The Podcast Finding Covenant Joy in Everyday Living.

Dr. Mark T. Saunders joins Amy Beck to explore what it truly means to feast upon the words of Christ. Together they discuss how trusting in the Lord and learning through the Holy Ghost can deepen our relationship with the Savior.

Through his book Learning to Trust in the Lord: Who Is Still a God of Miracles, Dr. Saunders invites listeners to find joy in revelation, confidence in God’s timing, and peace in the process of spiritual growth.

✨ Subscribe to New & Everlasting: The Podcast Finding Covenant Joy in Everyday Living for weekly faith-centered conversations that inspire covenant connection and discipleship.

In Part 2 of my interview with Dr. Trina Boice, we continue exploring six Hebrew words that reveal the depth of covenant joy.
This episode focuses on Korban (to draw near), Hasidut (devotion), and Shema (to hear and obey)—three sacred patterns that help us come closer to God and live as His covenant people.

We also discuss how temple symbolism, joy, and daily devotion intertwine across the scriptures and our modern lives.

💛 Dr. Boice’s new book releases this November—details in the show notes.
🎟️ Don’t miss The Divine Worth Summit, October 20–24!
🕊️ Keep finding covenant joy in everyday living.

In Part 1 of this 2-part episode, Amy Beck is joined by Dr. Trina Boice to explore the Hebrew language of covenant faith.

Together they unpack three transformative words from the Old Testament:

• • Hineni (הִנֵּנִי) — “Here I am. I am ready.”
  • Hesed (חֶסֶד) — Covenant love, mercy, loyal kindness.
  • Kadosh (קָדוֹשׁ) — Holy, sacred, set apart.
• • And a special bonus word!

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  These words reveal how deeply the Lord’s covenants are rooted in love, holiness, and divine readiness.
  🎧 Tune in next week for Part 2, featuring three more Hebrew words that bring even greater insight into God’s eternal character.