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Michelle Kaufusi: Mother of 2 NFL Sons Shares Play-by-Play Recap of Her Faith

July 16, 2026

On an early morning run, with her heart praying the way it always did, Michelle Kaufusi heard a voice tell her she would be the mayor of Provo and that she would not do it alone. No woman had held that seat in the city's 166-year history. She had been raised by a single mother as what felt like the only divorced family in the whole county, working as a young girl to help put money on the table. The faith that carried her into that office was not handed to her. She built it herself, one hard q...

This Broadway Tenor Chose the Prophet Joseph Over Phantom of the Opera (with Dallyn Vail Bayles)

July 13, 2026

Dallyn Vail Bayles has one of the most recognized tenor voices in Latter-day Saint music. He has sung the Phantom on a national tour of Phantom of the Opera, led Les Mis as Enjolras, made his Carnegie Hall debut, performed at the Kennedy Center, and stood beside the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square. Then a call came from New York offering him the Phantom tour again, right as rehearsals began for a small pageant in Nauvoo, Illinois. Any performer would take the tour. Dallyn turned it down to ...

The 'Unshaken': What to Do When Your Faith is Shaken (with Jared Halverson)

July 10, 2026

Jared Halverson spent his doctoral years at Vanderbilt reading the sharpest attacks ever aimed at religious belief, and he walked out with a stronger testimony than he carried in. Today he teaches ancient scripture at BYU and leads Unshaken, a ministry reaching people in faith crisis worldwide. But the test that mattered most was waiting inside his own home.In this episode of Why We Believe, host Nathan Gwilliam sits down with Jared to trace where that conviction was forged. Jared shares the ...