Today's episode is a conversation with someone whose life quite literally revolves around the temple. You'll meet Brother Kenny Barney, a lifelong farmer, Chandler High grad, husband, father of nine, and grandpa to 19. These days, his favorite titles might be Grandpa and Wednesday Morning Temple Worker. Every week he pulls into the temple parking lot at 4 a.m., watches the lights come on, and spends the morning serving as an ordinance worker and initiatory coordinator.

In our conversation, Kenny shares how he went from viewing the temple as a monthly checkbox to structuring his entire life around it. You'll hear the simple but piercing counsel from two incredibly busy friends that changed everything for him. You make time for the things that are important in your life and how that line pushed him to stop postponing temple service. Kenny tells powerful stories from his years in the baptistry, initiatory and at the veil like the moment he realized that the men he ordains in initiatory are now part of his own priesthood line of authority, or a sacred experience helping a deaf sister through the veil and filling the Lord's personal love for all his daughters, or what he learned from a young service missionary whose ordinances were almost unintelligible, but whose spirit carried every word. He's also had unexpected reunions with friends, youth, and former leaders that have strengthened his faith week after week.

He'll also talk about the brotherhood that forms among temple workers, how the Lord quietly answers prayers in the temple through other people, and why Kenny now says he's almost afraid to imagine where his life would be without these last four years of service. If you've ever felt intimidated by the temple, wondered whether you belong there, or thought you were too busy to serve, Kenny's perspective will challenge you, comfort you, and invite you to come closer to the Savior. Stay with us. You won't want to miss this conversation.