RVVL : Like a Rock | Connor Checketts

Grace Freeman joins Connor Checketts for a conversation about choosing happiness, finding God in the ways that speak to you, and learning to see the good even when life gets difficult.

Grace shares how journaling has changed the way she sees her life, why the story of Esther has shaped her faith, and what she’s learned about consistency, spirituality, and connecting with heaven in your own way.

They also open up about pressure, imposter syndrome, insecurity, and the complicated experience of stepping into opportunities shaped by family expectations. Through it all, Grace shares a powerful reminder: you may not always get to choose what happens, but you can choose how you see it.

Listen to Like a Rock for conversations about faith, growth, identity, and becoming who God is calling you to be.

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Can you have true conviction while still feeling unsteady and unsure?
In this episode of Like a Rock, Connor opens up about uncertainty—within faith, family, the Church, and ourselves—and how having questions doesn’t mean we lack faith.
Drawing from the story of Moroni and David F. Holland’s description of him as “resolute and unsure,” Connor explores what it means to keep moving forward even when the path isn’t perfectly clear. Progress doesn’t always happen in a straight line, and our weaknesses, doubts, and imperfections don’t have to paralyze us. Through faith in Jesus Christ, they can actually become opportunities for growth.
God’s work can be accomplished despite human imperfection—and sometimes even through it.
You don’t have to have every answer. You don’t have to be perfectly confident. Keep moving forward, keep putting your faith in Jesus Christ, and remember to stay Like a Rock.
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Welcome to **Like a Rock**, hosted by Connor Checketts

In this episode, Connor sits down with his grandfather, **Dave Checketts** — one of the most influential sports executives of his generation and a man whose career has intersected with some of the biggest moments, teams, and names in American sports.

From becoming the youngest chief executive in NBA history as President and General Manager of the Utah Jazz, to leading Madison Square Garden and overseeing the New York Knicks and New York Rangers, Dave built a remarkable career in professional sports. He later returned home to Utah and founded Real Salt Lake, helping bring Major League Soccer to the state and eventually seeing the club capture the 2009 MLS Cup.

But this conversation goes beyond sports.

In 1998, while leading Madison Square Garden, Dave helped bring President Gordon B. Hinckley to the world's most famous arena, where more than 20,000 members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints gathered — the largest gathering of Saints in New York City to that point.

Years later, Dave and his wife Deb stepped away from the world of professional sports and business to serve as mission leaders in the England London Mission.

Through decades of leadership, success, pressure, and change, Dave has remained anchored by two things: **his faith and his family.**

And for Connor, this conversation is especially personal — because Dave Checketts isn't just his guest. He's his grandpa.

This is **Like a Rock**.

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