Send us Fan Mail What if God actually wants your honest, messy, Amazon-delivery-is-late prayer instead of your polished one? This week Cydni and Sher dig into the Book of Psalms, Israel's hymn book. They talk about the shift in Psalm 23 from "he" to "thou" when things get dark, why Christ quoted Psalm 22 from the cross, and what the word "selah" actually means. There is also Cydni's very own modern psalm about gray hair, caffeine, and the weariness of being weary. This week's episode is...
Aug 25
23 min
Send us Fan Mail Most of us are not going to get a dramatic, unmistakable moment of revelation, and that is actually completely normal. This week Cydni and Sher dig into how to recognize your moment through personal revelation, why Esther's three days of fasting and prayer is actually a pattern we can follow, and what Elder Bednar says about the small, incremental nudges that in totality become the answer we've been looking for. There is also a story about a classroom emoji that was just a fl...
Aug 18
26 min
Send us Fan Mail Turns out courage isn't something you either have or don't have — it's something you practice. This week Cydni and Sher break down the basics of courage, why fear is actually just information, and why it's sometimes easier to throw yourself in front of a bus than to invite someone to book club. They also cover why Sunday school answers are actually the real answers. This week's episode is "Courage Is Not the Absence of Fear — It Is Faith Outweighing It" and we are so glad you...
Aug 11
31 min
Send us Fan Mail What if you were placed exactly where you are, at exactly this moment, on purpose? This week Cydni and Sher come back to the gospel basics with the story of Esther, a woman who didn't ask for any of it and ended up exactly where God needed her. They talk about what it really means to be a chosen generation and why Rudy the dog might actually have his whole purpose figured out better than most of us. You were not placed in your life by accident you were prepared fo...
Aug 4
22 min
Send us Fan Mail They worked. They suffered. They prayed. And then they watched God do what they could not do alone. This week Cydni and Sher wrap up their summer series with two of the most remarkable miracles of the American Revolution — the night Washington moved an entire army and cannons up a hill in complete silence, and the wind and tide that handed the French a victory at Chesapeake Bay. The founding parents knew exactly where their blessings came from, and they showed gratitude every...
Jul 28
27 min
Send us Fan Mail We talk a lot about winning the American Revolution. This week Cydni and Sher slow down and talk about what it actually cost. From the prisoners crammed into the HMS Jersey to a war widow named Elizabeth Burgin and other ordinary civilians who had their homes seized, their mail read, and their blankets stolen. These people endured because they truly believed that God gave them the right to be free, and nothing could shake that. Also, Cydni studied pirate ships instead and it ...
Jul 21
36 min
Send us Fan Mail Nobody wanted to be a spy. It was dishonorable, unglamorous, and if you got caught, there was no trial, no mercy, and no prisoner of war status — just a rope. This week Cydni and Sher dig into the spies of the American Revolution, from Nathan Hale, who volunteered when no one else would and paid for it with his life, to the more sophisticated Culper Ring. Nobody knew their names for over 150 years, and that was exactly the point. This week's episode is "Sometimes the Most Imp...
Jul 14
32 min
Send us Fan Mail They were enslaved. They were teenagers. They were farm boys with rifles off the fireplace mantel fighting the most powerful military in the world. This week Sher takes us through the stories of four men you probably never learned about in school: Peter Salem, Jordan Freeman, Lambo Latham, and Joseph Plumb Martin. These men had every reason to walk away, but instead they fought for us and our God-given gift of freedom. This week's episode is "Ordinary People, Extraordin...
Jul 7
22 min
Send us Fan Mail They were told their brains were too small to make moral choices. Then the Revolution happened, and women boycotted British goods, ran farms alone, dressed as men to fight, manned cannons after their husbands fell, and demanded an education in return for raising the next generation of patriots. This week Cydni takes the teaching reins for the first time ever and walks Sher through the incredible and largely forgotten history of women in the American Revolution. There ma...
Jun 30
30 min
Send us Fan Mail Did a 16-year-old girl really ride 40 miles through the rain in one night to warn the militia that the British were coming? Historians are still divided. This week Cydni and Sher dig into the story of Sybil Ludington, the so-called "female Paul Revere," and ask a much bigger question — how do we know what is actually true, especially about things we weren't there to see for ourselves? They also cover the brutal economic and human cost of the American Revolution, and why Washi...
Jun 23
28 min
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