Lessons from Loving/Hating Running | David A. Bednar, "All Who Have Endured Valiantly"

About this episode

The episode discusses insights from Elder David A. Bednar's talk on enduring valiantly, using running as a metaphor for charity and support within the church.

05/21/2026 S7E4, Episode #237, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Elder David A. Bednar ⁠ of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠April 2026 General Conference talk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠"⁠ All Who Have Endured Valiantly ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠." Mitch and Clay were joined by Matt Polifka, who, unlike Elder Bednar, has no love/hate relationship with running. Matt has run 16 marathons and shares many analogies to the gospel that help us better understand Elder Bednar's teachings on enduring to the end and charity, the pure love of Christ. This episode touches on charity, endurance, running, families, supporting each other in the church, the plan of salvation, and much more! General Conference Applied is dedicated to helping fellow ordinary Latter-day Saints become "Doers of the Word" by taking action on inspired invitations to become more like Christ. Since 2023, we've been a resource for you and are excited for more goodness to come. Follow along and please share with others! We love you! - Clay and Mitch Subscribe to the free GCA newsletter for additional show notes on our guests, conference invitations, application…

People in this episode

Hosts: Mitch Peterson, Clay Soelberg

Guest: Matt Polifka

Topics covered

• charity
• endurance
• running
• families
• supporting each other
• plan of salvation

Keywords

• David A. Bednar
• running
• charity
• endurance
• Latter-day Saints
• General Conference
• gospel analogies

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

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