BYU Basketball Star Jonathan Tavernari Shares His Miracle at a Snowy Train Station
About podcast
Jonathan Tavernari grew up a Catholic altar boy in São Paulo, coached by his own mother, one of the most decorated youth basketball coaches in Brazilian history. At 16 he boarded a one-way flight to America with his mother's gold cross around his neck, and he left BYU as the program's winningest player and its all-time leader in three-pointers made. But the turning point of his life was not a championship. It was a lost necklace, a finished Book of Mormon, and a 17-year-old kneeling to ask God if it was all true. The vision that answered him led to his baptism into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
In this episode of Why We Believe, Jonathan shares the miracle behind the title: his wife stranded at a snowy Italian train station and the two missionaries who felt prompted to return to a locked chapel at exactly the right moment. He also shares the tithing test that met an impossible tax bill, the surgeon on a mission an hour away who answered a prayer by email, the priesthood blessing that preceded a halted spinal tap on his ten-day-old son, and the prayer he has carried for three years without an answer. Through it all, Jonathan testifies that he has seen the hand of God without ever seeing His hand, and that Jesus Christ, for him, is hope.
Loved this episode?Hit Follow and share it with someone who needs a reminder that God hears their prayers. Leave a review for Why We Believe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or YouTube. Your support helps us bring more inspiring conversations like this to listeners everywhere!
Visit WhyWeBelieve.com to download Your FREE guide on 13 Strategies to Increase Faith in Jesus Christ, to support you as you strengthen your own testimony of Jesus Christ.
Follow the Why We Believe Show:
Follow Nathan Gwilliam:
Follow Jonathan Tavernari:
Related Podcast
Music is composed and performed for many purposes, ranging from aesthetic pleasure, religious or ceremonial purposes, or as an product for the marketplace.
Comments