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Sep 16, 2026
Barbara Morgan GardnerHOST
You are professor and author.
Barbara Morgan GardnerHOST
You're a distinguished fellow at the, at the Wheatley Institute, and you are also an attorney, right, by profession-
Shima BaughmanGUEST
Mm-hmm
Barbara Morgan GardnerHOST
... by education and by profession at BYU.
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Shima BaughmanGUEST
And we've seen that in our own lives.
Shima BaughmanGUEST
Like, the most difficult times end up being the most learning times, the things that we're, we're grateful for.
Shima BaughmanGUEST
And so the research that we see at Wheatley Institute is that women that are committed to a family, that are married, that take those opportunities, I know it's tricky to decide, like, to mar- marry Dustin-
Barbara Morgan GardnerHOST
Sure
Maria ShilaosHOST
The event will explore the relationship between religious faith and American democracy.
Maria ShilaosHOST
Paul Edwards, director of the Wheatley Institute at BYU, tells Inside Sources about how faith and the Constitution are woven together.
Paul EdwardsGUEST
It's pretty extraordinary in human history that we see...
Paul EdwardsGUEST
this kind of thing come together right the the um it wasn't a foregone conclusion that we would end up being independent from the most powerful empire in human history at that time and that we'd be able to form our own kind of self-government that could continue to give us uh the agency to make choices and so on so i mean there's something pretty extraordinary going on there and um the idea of gathering together in a sacred space like the National Cathedral to talk about that relationship, right, between our self-governance that we have through things like the Constitution, our moral agency, and how this all fits together with a constitutional system that's endured for over 200 years.
TimmerieHOST
More on that in just a little bit.
TimmerieHOST
I wanted to look at a study by the Institute for Family Studies, the Wheatley Institute and Brigham Young University.
TimmerieHOST
This year, they released a state of our union, 2026, a dating recession.
TimmerieHOST
And in it, there's telling conversation surrounding marriage.
TimmerieHOST
If you're women, it's one out of four.
TimmerieHOST
So here's the deal.
TimmerieHOST
The study coming out of Wheatley Institute, BYU, and the Institute for Family Studies showed that the obstacles as to why people aren't dating, number one, can you guess it? Did you guess money? The number one reported obstacle is over half say that not having enough money gets in the way of dating.
TimmerieHOST
Not having enough money to go on dates, to support a relationship.
Mary RichardsHOST
Researchers looked at the dating recession, what is happening, and what can be done about it.
Mary RichardsHOST
And joining me on this episode of the Church News Podcast is Jason Carroll, the Family Initiative Director at the Wheatley Institute of Brigham Young University, and also a marriage preparation teacher for about 20 years.
Mary RichardsHOST
Welcome, Jason, to the Church News Podcast.
Jason S. CarrollGUEST
Thanks, Mary.
Jason S. CarrollGUEST
And we just wanted to get a sense of what the dating landscape was.
Jason S. CarrollGUEST
What were the opportunities? What were the challenges? Just to get a better sense of what was happening.
Jason S. CarrollGUEST
We published a report in February of 2026 that we released through the Wheatley Institute that was entitled Dating Recession, as you use that term, right? Because one of the overall findings that we found was that only about one in three of young adults today are active daters, which was defined as going on at least a date at least once a month.
Jason S. CarrollGUEST
And so that's where I think a lot of the tension is, is that it's called some conversation to a bit of this eroded dating culture.
speaker_0HOST
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speaker_1NARRATOR
This devotional address entitled, Giving All Our Heart to Christ, was given on October 1st of 2024 by Shema Bauman, then Woodruff J. Deem Professor of Law at the BYU Law School and a distinguished fellow at the Wheatley Institute.
Shima BaughmanSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I'm so humbled to be speaking to you all today, and I pray for the spirit that was so strongly brought by Kylie, Molly, and Luke to remain with us and to imprint on your hearts the message that you need to feel.
Shima BaughmanSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I've had the honor of being back at BYU this year after 10 years at the University of Utah, and I frequently get emotional when I come to this building to watch a devotional.
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Shima BaughmanSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I experience to my core what the prophet has lovingly taught—that my most important identity is as a child of God, a child of the covenant, and a disciple of Jesus Christ.
Shima BaughmanSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Elder Dale G. Renlund teaches that every day we should plead with God with all the energy of heart that we may be filled with this love.
Shima BaughmanSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Eight years later, as I think about the dramatic changes in my life, including joining the Wheatley Institute at BYU, getting on social media to talk about Jesus, and even being blessed with a miracle baby in my 40s, I know that these changes have come because of my time in His house.
Shima BaughmanSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Indeed, President Nelson has taught that making a covenant with God will change our relationship with Him forever.