In this Season 2 conversation of New & Everlasting, Amy Beck is joined by Jerald Simon to explore what it really means to get back up—after failure, fear, and life-altering setbacks.

Jerald is a composer, author, poet, and lifelong musician whose work centers on peace, positivity, and healing through faith. Together, Amy and Jerald discuss opposition, resilience, covenant identity, and how joy is often forged in the very experiences we wish we could avoid.

This episode reflects on the reality that covenant faith doesn’t eliminate hardship—but it does transform it. Through Christ, even our weakest moments can become places of growth, compassion, and deeper joy.

Intro music: “Cloud Nine” by Jerald Simon, used with permission.

🔗 Connect with Jerald Simon:

• Website: https://musicmotivation.com

• YouTube: https://youtube.com/JeraldSimon

• Podcast: Music, Motivation, and More: The Positivity Podcast

• Music & books available on Spotify, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other major platforms

If this conversation resonated with you, consider sharing it with someone who may need the reminder that getting back up is always possible through covenant faith.

Welcome to Season 2 of New & Everlasting: Finding Covenant Joy in Everyday Living.

In this season opener, Amy Beck shares how this year will unfold a little differently—and why. As the Church begins a year of Old Testament study through Come, Follow Me, this season will weave personal reflection, scripture study, and guest conversations into a shared covenant journey.

This episode introduces the three themes that will anchor Season 2: promises, patience, and preparedness—patterns that appear again and again in covenant living and throughout the Old Testament. Amy reflects on how covenants are not a checklist or a destination, but a relationship—one we walk with Christ over time.

If you’ve ever felt like covenant joy was something you were striving toward rather than living inside of, this season is an invitation to slow down, notice God’s hand, and trust the long work He is doing in you.

✨ New episodes throughout the season will alternate between Come, Follow Me reflections and guest conversations.

In this final episode of Season One of New & Everlasting: Finding Covenant Joy in Everyday Living, host Amy Beck is joined by Sharla Goettl, author of Covenant Power and Spiritual Resilience.

Together, they explore how temple covenants replace fear with spiritual confidence and why covenant power is essential for building spiritual resilience over time. Sharla shares insights on the laws taught in the temple, including obedience, sacrifice, the gospel, chastity, and consecration, and how these divine covenants help us become more capable, purposeful, and confident disciples of Jesus Christ.

This conversation also includes a powerful discussion on enmity and the role of the Savior in standing between us and the adversary, creating space for growth, repentance, and learning. Sharla reframes pride, fear, and agency through a covenant lens and offers a hopeful perspective on how God patiently teaches us according to our individual needs.

This episode closes out Season One by reflecting on covenant joy as a process of becoming—learning to trust the Savior and rely on His power in everyday life.

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• Amazon
• Cedar Fort

This is a brief, personal Christmas witness.

In December 2007, during a season that held both joy and unexpected loss, I experienced a clear and immediate awareness of God’s involvement in our lives. I share this story as a testimony of His love, His perfect timing, and His intimate knowledge of our needs.

My prayer is that wherever this Christmas season finds you, you’ll feel the nearness of the Savior and know that He is aware of you.

Music:“O Holy Night – Gentle Christmas Piano Melodie” by Clavier-Music, via Pixabay (royalty-free)

In this episode of New and Everlasting: The Podcast Finding Covenant Joy in Everyday Living, Amy Beck sits down with Tiffany Thomas—author, blogger, homeschooling mom, and creator of Saving Talents—to talk about living faithfully with Crohn’s disease, chronic pain, and the daily uncertainty that comes with long-term illness.

Tiffany shares what it’s like to grieve the life you expected, to learn grace on days when your body won’t cooperate, and to choose peace rooted in covenants rather than circumstances. She reflects on hospital rooms, creative work done in the margins of life, and the quiet but powerful question at the heart of this episode: Do we really believe our covenants are real—and that God is bound by them?

This is a thoughtful, faith-filled conversation about discipleship, chronic illness, creativity, and the steady peace that comes from walking the covenant path.

Resources & Links

• Come, Follow Me devotionals & family resources: https://savingtalents.com/

• Lamb Books & Pride and Prejudice variations: https://authortiffanythomas.com/

• Tiffany’s personal essay on living with Crohn’s disease:
  https://authortiffanythomas.com/my-journey-with-crohns-part-1-how-it-all-began/

Follow Tiffany on Instagram: @savingtalents | @authortiffanythomas

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

Connect with Paul:

pulsipherproductions.com

Paul's Spotify Channel

Paul's YouTube Channel

Connect with Amy:
@newandeverlastingpodcast

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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
📘 To Have and To Hold (Dearly Beloved Book 1) — available now

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