The Importance of Agency in Understanding Goodness

Have you ever found yourself walking through a door you never expected—but somehow knew God opened for you? On this week’s episode, Camille Fronk Olson shares her own personal experience with the subheading of her new book, “But If Not”—this is her story of “Finding God in Unmet Expectations and Unwanted Detours.”

1:45- Our Stories in Hindsight 7:36- Why Now? 10:31- Prosperity Gospel Fallacy 20:03- Leaving to God the Management of Blessings 26:07- Physical Bodies 34:16- Mandatory Vs. Voluntary Obedience 39:08- Because of Jesus Christ 42:15- What Does It Mean to Be All In the Gospel of Jesus Christ?

“If going down that detour that He has sent us down leads us to trust more in Him, it is a glorious life.”

Links: But If Not- https://www.deseretbook.com/product/PR00001364.html

Elder Vargas’s general conference talk- https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2025/04/34vargas?lang=eng