Morgan May Treuil [00:00:00]:
Hey, Am I Doing this Right Family? Morgan here, and we are so excited to bring back an episode that is actually over a year old now. So if you're new to the Am I Doing this right Family, you're gonna love this episode. And if you've heard this episode before, you're going to love re listening to this episode. We had Candace Cameron Bure on the Am I Doing this Right Podcast. You know her and you love her because she was DJ from Full House. She has graced your TV Hallmark Channel during Christmas time. She's been in so many great things that we love. But more importantly, she is an incredible woman of faith, and she has fought for her faith in all of these public spaces.
Morgan May Treuil [00:00:38]:
We learned so much from her on this podcast. We know that you will, too. And so please enjoy this throwback episode from Am I Doing this Right With Candace Cameron Bure. Welcome back to Am I Doing this Right? And my name is Morgan. I'm here with my other host, Leslie.
Leslie [00:00:54]:
My name is Leslie.
Morgan May Treuil [00:00:55]:
And we are so excited for today's episode of this podcast.
Leslie [00:00:58]:
I honestly can't believe this.
Morgan May Treuil [00:00:59]:
I can't believe this is happening. This is a dream come true for us because we have the one, the only Candace Cameron Bure on our podcast.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:01:08]:
I know you are doing it right. Oh, are doing it right.
Leslie [00:01:14]:
Say that when the podcast is over, she might be like, you guys, we got to think. A couple of things to work on, but we will get there.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:01:19]:
I'm here for the encouragement, man. Yeah, positivity, right?
Morgan May Treuil [00:01:23]:
You know Candace and you love her from so many things. From My gosh, Full House. From Fuller House. She is an actress, a producer, a wife, a mom, has worked on so many amazing projects.
Leslie [00:01:34]:
Yes. Most recently Unsung Hero.
Morgan May Treuil [00:01:37]:
Yes.
Leslie [00:01:38]:
The movie that just came out. Amazing film you guys have to see. If you haven't seen it, go get your ticket right now.
Morgan May Treuil [00:01:43]:
Yes, exactly. And not only that, but you are an incredible woman of faith, and the way that you lead your life and all of the things that you do is an inspiration to so many people. I believe that you mix really well together the purpose that God has given you, and you shine a light in a dark world, and I think it's just beautiful. And we are so excited to learn from you. I believe you're doing a lot of things right, so we are really excited to have you here.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:02:07]:
Appreciate that. Thanks.
Morgan May Treuil [00:02:08]:
Okay, we're gonna let you introduce yourself here in a second before we get into and tell us a little bit about your family and life and all those things. But before we get into that, we always start this podcast with an unpopular opinion.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:02:20]:
Okay.
Morgan May Treuil [00:02:21]:
And we asked you to bring one, and we brought one.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:02:23]:
Okay, so who do you want to be?
Leslie [00:02:25]:
Neither. None of us know whose each other's are.
Morgan May Treuil [00:02:27]:
Yes.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:02:28]:
So.
Morgan May Treuil [00:02:29]:
Yes. So.
Leslie [00:02:29]:
So I'm really excited.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:02:30]:
I want to hear yours first, because this is your podcast.
Morgan May Treuil [00:02:33]:
Okay. But you're a producer, which means that you know more about what's happening than we do right now.
Leslie [00:02:38]:
That is so true. That's so true.
Morgan May Treuil [00:02:40]:
Okay, we'll do ours first.
Leslie [00:02:41]:
Okay, you go first. All right. We think that it's fine to talk. Oh, wait, do you want to do.
Morgan May Treuil [00:02:48]:
Yeah, do that one.
Leslie [00:02:49]:
Yeah, we think it's fine to talk during a movie in the movie theaters.
Morgan May Treuil [00:02:55]:
What do you think about that?
Leslie [00:02:58]:
In your face, as we said it.
Morgan May Treuil [00:03:01]:
So, okay.
Leslie [00:03:02]:
Multiple reasons.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:03:02]:
You are also asking a filmmaker.
Morgan May Treuil [00:03:06]:
I know.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:03:06]:
Producer and actress.
Leslie [00:03:08]:
I'm instantly taking this back.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:03:10]:
It's like. It's like someone doing a whole million different things while your podcast is on, and they're not actually listening to it.
Leslie [00:03:17]:
We know because they're doing that.
Morgan May Treuil [00:03:19]:
So here's the argument for it, though, because we're not, like, talking about random things. We're, like, commenting. But you're right. It's still a distraction.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:03:27]:
Yeah. I feel like, I mean, rude in a theater because there's other people around. Right. I mean, maybe if you really need to whisper something, you can. Yes. But if you're watching something on television, just wait till the commercial break.
Morgan May Treuil [00:03:40]:
Right. So, okay, so if you're in your home, in your living room, you're saying, even then, no talking.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:03:45]:
Well, listen, it's your home. You can do it.
Morgan May Treuil [00:03:48]:
I want you to tell me what I should do.
Leslie [00:03:50]:
Margot's like, am I doing this right?
Candace Cameron Bure [00:03:51]:
It's your home, so if you want.
Morgan May Treuil [00:03:53]:
To talk, you talk. Talk. That's fair. Okay. What's your opinion on this, then? Okay, what about bringing your own food into the theater?
Candace Cameron Bure [00:04:02]:
Oh, I'm so about it.
Morgan May Treuil [00:04:03]:
Yes. So I've seen Leslie and her family bring in a full Thanksgiving feast in their purses, and they just lay it out in front of all of us, and. And we just eat. It's amazing.
Leslie [00:04:15]:
My dad's always like, bring a big purse. We're going to the movies. And when I tell you we brought in a large pizza before, like, shoved into. And he's like, do not let the cheese slide off the pizza. It does a whole art to it.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:04:27]:
Wow.
Leslie [00:04:28]:
So we are. Yeah, because you're gonna spend, like, what we said $75 on popcorn anyways, so you might as well just bring in your own food.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:04:34]:
I always just want a different option, so A lot of times. And my daughter would crack up at me all the time. But during the summertime, kumquats are in season.
Morgan May Treuil [00:04:44]:
Ooh.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:04:45]:
They're like. They kind of are the size of a grape, but they look like little mini baby oranges. And I just pop them in my mouth like popcorn. And I love it. So I bring a little bag of kumquat.
Leslie [00:04:58]:
Movie theater. I love that.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:04:59]:
That is my sweet treat in a theater.
Morgan May Treuil [00:05:01]:
That is the best movie snack. That is the best and most unique movie snack.
Leslie [00:05:04]:
Yeah. I've never heard that before, but I'm going to try it.
Morgan May Treuil [00:05:07]:
Yes. Okay, now we want to hear your unpopular opinion.
Leslie [00:05:09]:
Yes.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:05:10]:
Okay.
Morgan May Treuil [00:05:11]:
I'm excited. It can't be worse than our first one. So you'll be good.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:05:14]:
It's pretty bad. Ketchup is acceptable on tacos instead of salsa.
Leslie [00:05:25]:
Wow. Instead of, like, it's an even switch out.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:05:30]:
Yeah. Could be ketchup. Could be salsa.
Morgan May Treuil [00:05:32]:
So in your mind, those two things taste the same. They add the same thing to the taco.
Leslie [00:05:38]:
Well, what do you prefer?
Candace Cameron Bure [00:05:42]:
I know the reality of that. And the answer is no, they don't taste the same.
Morgan May Treuil [00:05:45]:
Right. Right.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:05:46]:
I think we never. My parents never bought salsa. So on, like, Taco Tuesday, I think we had tacos. We had tacos at least three nights a week growing up. And they never bought salsa or, I don't know, we didn't have fresh cilantro or something to make our own salsa. I don't really know what the deal was. So my dad would always grab the ketchup, and he's like, here, kids just put ketchup on it. And so we grew up eating ketchup on our tacos.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:06:12]:
But when you think about it, if it's ground meat, it's just in a tortilla. It's the same ingredients. If you're making an American taco, right, you're doing some cheddar cheese, a little lettuce, maybe some tomatoes. It's ground meat.
Morgan May Treuil [00:06:23]:
Yes.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:06:23]:
So it's kind of like a burger. It's like a burger taco. So I'm like, but I didn't know for so long that that wasn't normal. So when you go for have tacos or go to a friend's house, I'd be like, where's the ketchup?
Morgan May Treuil [00:06:36]:
Where's your ketchup?
Leslie [00:06:36]:
And they're like, I'm sorry, what?
Candace Cameron Bure [00:06:38]:
And I feel like it's acceptable.
Leslie [00:06:40]:
Yes.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:06:40]:
And it kind of isn't, but I'm okay with it.
Morgan May Treuil [00:06:43]:
I think I agree with you, actually.
Leslie [00:06:45]:
You know what? I just started my ketchup journey this last year. I've never, like. Honestly, I couldn't even, like, stand if someone else had ketchup on their plate. I was, like, such a no ketchup person. My dad was like, no condiments, so I just started liking ketchup. But that's such a dad move to be like, they're both tomatoes.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:07:04]:
Exactly.
Morgan May Treuil [00:07:06]:
I kind of support this. I'm a big sauce person, and I'm like, if it. If it kind of satisfies the same type of flavor that you're looking for and the ingredients are burger like, then ketchup belongs there. So I agree with you.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:07:18]:
All right, well, I get it.
Morgan May Treuil [00:07:20]:
The unpopular opinion. You crushed it. It was, too. We're glad that you spent time working on that, because it's so good.
Leslie [00:07:26]:
Yes.
Morgan May Treuil [00:07:27]:
Okay, so we gave you a little bit of an introduction to all the things that people probably already know about you. But tell us a little bit about your life and your family.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:07:38]:
Sure. So I've been married next month. It's going to be 28 years.
Leslie [00:07:43]:
Congratulations.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:07:44]:
Thank you. Yeah, I'm proud of that one.
Morgan May Treuil [00:07:47]:
Yes.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:07:48]:
And we have three pretty awesome kids that are all in their 20s, and we just won our first one. Not our first child, but the middle one. He got married in January, so congratulations. A really exciting chapter in our life. And so that's the season we're in. We still have. Our youngest is still at home, but, you know, two of our kids have been out for a while, and so it's a different season of life. And then, you know, as far as work goes, I mean, you mentioned a lot of things, but currently where I sit is I'm the CCO of Great American Family Channel, the chief creative officer there, and I have a company, and I produce all kinds of content, more than films, television, theatrical films, podcasts, and all kinds of other content that you can find on various platforms.
Leslie [00:08:44]:
I love that. That's awesome. Okay, so you mentioned your husband, Val. So our podcast listeners, they love to hear about relationships, and we love to talk about it.
Morgan May Treuil [00:08:53]:
Yes.
Leslie [00:08:54]:
I want to know, go back 28 years ago.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:08:57]:
Okay.
Leslie [00:09:00]:
How did you decide, like, when you were dating Val and you were trying to figure out you were gonna get married?
Candace Cameron Bure [00:09:06]:
What?
Leslie [00:09:06]:
Walk us through. Like, how did you know it was he was the right person for you? I'm gonna start you with an easy question.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:09:13]:
The why? I think because he proposed. He proposed and asked me to marry him. I was shocked. This was not. I feel like it's depending on how you were raised. The culture can be very different. And so I feel like almost 30 years ago, I wasn't looking for a husband. I wasn't dating with an expectation of marriage.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:09:36]:
I mean, all the things that I'm teaching my kids today to do. I was just an 18 year old, and I'm like, this guy's cute. I'm gonna go out on a date. You were 18? I was 18 when we met.
Leslie [00:09:46]:
Okay.
Morgan May Treuil [00:09:47]:
Oh, wow.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:09:48]:
And by 19 years old, he proposed, like, had a ring. We didn't talk about marriage, like, nothing. And so I was like, wow. Yes. Yes. Like, I knew. I really liked him. Yeah, he was great.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:10:03]:
He made me laugh. We talked. We. I mean, all the things. And he was really cute, and he had a great job. And it. Like, those kind of things that I think about, like, they. But I'm not a list person in that way, so it wasn't like I was just checking boxes.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:10:18]:
I really liked him, but it was just like, will you marry me? And it was like, yes. So that is. I didn't really know.
Leslie [00:10:25]:
Yeah.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:10:26]:
I was 19 years old.
Morgan May Treuil [00:10:28]:
How long had you guys dated before he proposed?
Candace Cameron Bure [00:10:31]:
Just under a year.
Morgan May Treuil [00:10:32]:
Okay.
Leslie [00:10:33]:
And you had not talked about marriage at all?
Candace Cameron Bure [00:10:36]:
No.
Morgan May Treuil [00:10:36]:
That's like a full blown proposal surprise.
Leslie [00:10:39]:
That is.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:10:40]:
It genuinely was. And I had asked him, like, when. When did you decide you wanted to marry me? Like, when did you even get the ring? I didn't even know. And he said six months ago. So, like, he knew within the first six months he was gonna ask me to marry him. I mean, he was gonna ask me to marry him, so. And then he hung onto the ring for six months until he did.
Morgan May Treuil [00:11:08]:
Yeah. Oh, my gosh. That's amazing.
Leslie [00:11:10]:
I love that.
Morgan May Treuil [00:11:11]:
So when you think back to that younger version of Candace, what kinds of qualities were you looking for in your husband at that time?
Candace Cameron Bure [00:11:19]:
So I think what I'd like to explain is that I had a different upbringing in terms of. Than most people do in terms of childhood, because I had. I started working at five years old and then had a full time job at 10.
Morgan May Treuil [00:11:36]:
Wow.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:11:37]:
While doing school. So I was a child living in an adult world, but I was very capable of making adult decisions and was ahead of my years in maturity. And so I didn't really date before my husband. I had gone out on maybe a couple friend dates or group dates while I was in high school. Yeah. Because I wasn't Allowed to date till 16. And even my guy friends, they just, and listen, we know like the whole frontal lobe thing and guys mature later than girls and that's a scientific fact. So we understand that.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:12:16]:
However, all the guys my age just, I was like, you have, you have no idea how the world works because here I've helped.
Leslie [00:12:24]:
You're doing a full time job.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:12:28]:
And so the maturity level, I couldn't connect with guys at my age.
Morgan May Treuil [00:12:33]:
Yeah.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:12:34]:
So when I met my husband or when I met Val, he had been working at the same age. So he grew up in the Soviet Union and communist at the time, was put into hockey as to be a hockey player. And his dad was a professional athlete, his brother was a professional athlete. But talk about work ethic. Okay, so my husband grew up in a system that everything was about work ethic, hard work, and you, this is how you make it to survive. So when I met him, he was the first guy. I was 18, he was 20. But we fell into these conversations and it was the first guy I talked to that was almost my age that I'm like, oh my gosh, you get it.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:13:17]:
Like you get life. You get what hard work means, you know, what managing money means. You know, he just had so much life experience that even though we grew up on completely opposite ends of the world, he had an understanding than I did and it was very attractive to me. And then on top of it, he was super hot, really cute, he like really funny and you know, all the things I think that most of us look for, but it was the work ethic and the understanding and value of and hard work that was that difference maker for me.
Leslie [00:13:54]:
That's so good. What would you say, like being married 28 years, tell us like, what is. I know people always say, what's the secret? And I know there's probably a million secrets, but what is something like for you two specifically? Because you're, you're a busy woman, you've got, you're raising kids, your full time job, you've got all these different things. How do you like, what is your secret for 28 years? Especially living like in the Hollywood area. I imagine being in Hollywood's not easy, especially when it comes to relationships.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:14:22]:
Yeah, it's a little different being in the public eye. I feel like if you're married and you're in the public eye, you know, an actress, a professional athlete, being married for 28 years, I mean, it's almost like dog years. It's like we've been married for over 100 years. It's just like, you multiply it because usually those relationships don't work out very well. So I have a. I mean, there's a couple things. Anyone who tells you that marriage is wonderful all the time, a walk in the park and they're in love, like, every minute of the day is a total liar.
Leslie [00:14:58]:
Yes.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:14:59]:
So let's just scrap that. In 28 years, I probably wanted to divorce him a handful of times. And he wanted to me, you know, and yet we didn't. But it gets to that point where you're thinking, so the roller coaster of marriage is certainly there. And I think the secret one of them is that when you are plunging down into the depths, that it's the ability to hang on. It's the ability to walk another day in honor and respect, even if you're in disagreement. But to still treat each other with respect doesn't mean you have to agree, but to still be kind. And I think that's where so many of us can lose it.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:15:53]:
And we. Trust me, I've had so many days of that. But it's that ability, you know, I'm so grateful for my parents who've been married over 50 years, and both of my grandparents who have passed now, but they were both married over 65 years. So I've had really wonderful examples of people in my life. And my mom when I was. And my dad. You know, when you're kind of sitting in the pit of marriage to say, you can do this, like, and I've been there before, and I'm gonna hold your hand and I'm gonna support you, and I'm gonna encourage you, and I'll cry with you, and I'm gonna hug you through it, and I'm gonna help be a rational voice when maybe some of the other voices don't feel like it, or I'm gonna call you out or speak to you in truth and love, if I. If the decisions that you're speaking isn't the way that maybe you should be acting or, you know, vice versa, it's those people in your life that I think make a massive difference.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:16:53]:
And I. So we need those friends around or those parents or whoever that is that, you know, is the example that has been so beneficial to us. And then, you know, the other secret, which, depending on where you are in life and the stage of life, when you have kids, kids are awesome. Kids can easily become your whole life. And then you forget how to be a couple. You forget why you started dating. And so that's why they're always like, keep dating your spouse. Keep dating your spouse.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:17:25]:
And those things are true. And it's hard within different seasons, but if you can keep that going to whatever degree, it makes a huge difference. Because one day, remember, you're gonna be alone again together. That's kind of where we're. And you want to have fun together and you want to have an adventure together. And you can choose to grow with your spouse, or you can choose to have your life and he can have his life. But if you do that, you're going to grow normally, grow apart. You have to keep a couple commonalities so that when it's just the two of you again, you still got some fun things to do and make life fun.
Leslie [00:18:01]:
Yes.
Morgan May Treuil [00:18:01]:
I love it.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:18:02]:
I remember why you got back together.
Leslie [00:18:03]:
I'm going to say we were together.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:18:04]:
One more thing, please. I don't mean to keep talking.
Morgan May Treuil [00:18:06]:
No, no, no.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:18:07]:
My kids are going to hate that. I. I love this.
Morgan May Treuil [00:18:10]:
I'm ready.
Leslie [00:18:11]:
I'm excited for that.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:18:12]:
But you gotta keep up the sexy time. Okay? Yes. You gotta keep it up.
Morgan May Treuil [00:18:17]:
Yes.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:18:19]:
And again, different stages of life. I get it. You got a bunch of toddlers running around, and it's like you're tired and the last thing you wanna do. So maybe there's some seasons, but I'm not saying whole seasons, but I'm saying there's little moments in time. But it is such an important. It's such an important need for both people in the relationship to feel loved, to feel wanted, to feel desired, to be touched. And we've gotta remember that, you know, sometimes we want it and they don't. They want it and we don't.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:18:54]:
But even on the days that I gotta remember, like, hey, I'm not. I don't really feel like this right now. But he wants it because there's gonna be a day when I want it and he's not in the mood. And that's where the give and take is.
Morgan May Treuil [00:19:05]:
Yes.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:19:06]:
And I don't mean to be like, TMI right now. I'm just saying, like, be aware, there's.
Leslie [00:19:10]:
No TMI on this.
Morgan May Treuil [00:19:11]:
We actually love TMI on this. Well, I was actually gonna. I was gonna say, so I just got married, I guess, like eight months ago.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:19:16]:
Congratulations.
Morgan May Treuil [00:19:17]:
Thank you. And it's funny because, like, all leading up to marriage, you know, you're so excited for that part. And then it's interesting how after marriage, what I didn't expect was the fact that we wouldn't feel like it all the time. And it's almost like something that you have to actually prioritize into your. I always thought it was gonna be something that just started happening after we were married. And what I learned is it's like a value that you have to put in place in your relationship to prior. I was gonna say to do it really, but like quite literally. Quite literally to do it, but like to prioritize that and put that into the schedule, even if it's not like, do I really feel like it? You know, and obviously there's seasons, but yeah.
Morgan May Treuil [00:19:57]:
Okay, I have a question for you. So switching to the. To the topic of faith and your career. So I think I heard this right. You just said you started acting at five years old, is that right?
Candace Cameron Bure [00:20:09]:
Yeah.
Morgan May Treuil [00:20:09]:
Okay, so then you've been doing this for a very long time and your career has a few different offshoots to it. It's all amazing. We love your work.
Leslie [00:20:18]:
Like, literally, I. You are like Christmas time to me. It's Christmas.
Morgan May Treuil [00:20:23]:
This is better than Santa. Yes, totally.
Leslie [00:20:28]:
So awesome.
Morgan May Treuil [00:20:29]:
And I think one of the things that is so awesome about your experience is that you've merged your faith and your career together. You use your career as a way to shine light. And I'm curious about that process for you. So what is that like to bring your faith experience into a career path that is typically pretty void of that.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:20:50]:
Right. So I've been a Christian since I was 12 and that's really guided me along the way into the projects that I will do and won't do. But obviously when I was a kid and was on Full House, like you get chosen to do that, you audition, they choose you. So lucky that I was on a family television show, but that really set the tone for me. And then walking in faith. I have never wanted to compromise my faith. I've just. God has always spoken very clearly to me through the holy spirit.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:21:28]:
And I've just known, even as a teenager, it was like reading a script and saying, I don't even wanna audition for that. It doesn't make my soul feel good.
Leslie [00:21:38]:
Yeah.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:21:39]:
And so I've always had that discernment. But as I got older and I took a 10 year break to stay home and raise my kids. And when I came back into the entertainment industry in my 30s, then it was like, so God grew me so much in those 10 years that I stayed home full time because I was reading the Bible every day, kids were napping and I would just spend time in his word. So when I went back into the industry, I had a whole different view on it because it Wasn't just about, oh, I'm gonna choose good family projects. It was like, I wanna honor God with my choices. And so that really shaped me. And I've always been unapologetic about my faith, but that's like an easy, natural place for me to be. So I know sometimes people are scared to share their faith, but for me, it's the easiest thing to talk about.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:22:41]:
So 10 years ago, almost 10 years ago, I co hosted the View as a permanent co host for two years. And that was a really tough show because I was the lone conservative with four other, you know, it's supposed to be the View and have all different points of view, but it's really four liberal views and one conservative.
Leslie [00:23:00]:
Everyone's views against yours.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:23:03]:
But that, that was one of the easiest places for me to share my faith. I wasn't great at talking about politics, but I knew what the Bible said so I could come from my biblical worldview and share about what my opinion was from a faith perspective. And a lot of people felt like, oh, that's so bold of you. But I thought this is the easiest part for me. It's really the only thing I can because God's with me and I know God by reading his word and I know what it says. So here's my guide. Yeah, that's what I can talk about. And then again, as I continue to get older, you just realize how fast life goes.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:23:45]:
And everyone says, you know that don't, you know, don't forget to be in the moment. You blink and life goes by so fast. And it's true. It's absolutely true. So every day that goes by, I think to myself, well, this is another day I get to share my faith. I get to share Jesus with people. I get to share the gospel with people. And I don't want to look back and say, you know, man, I wish I had the guts to have done that.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:24:13]:
And there's days I miss out all the time. So I don't want anyone to think I'm this power warrior that's sharing my faith with every single person I run into. But the older I get, the more and more I'm aware of God is giving me opportunities to engage with people. And the most important thing I can do at the end of the day is not share about my new movie, not share about my podcast. It's to share the gospel with them. But the ways in which I get to do that are through those out outlets.
Leslie [00:24:40]:
Yeah, yeah.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:24:41]:
Unless I'm having a one on one conversation with someone yeah, that's incredible.
Leslie [00:24:44]:
You know what? I love that you say about that. I think a lot of us want. We want to be at that spot where we're like, hey, I want. I want the platform to be able to share my faith and do these things. But I love that you had 10 years of almost just like, you and God. You know, it's like, you were raising kids, you were busy, you're doing stuff. But, like, I love that that's 10 years of, like, preparation and just, like, deep. It's not.
Leslie [00:25:06]:
You're not reading your Bible, so the. The next day you can talk about it on the podcast. You're reading your Bible, and then it just overflows out of you. Now, I think that's so cool to look back, and it's just even sobering for me to be like, no, there's years that God prepares you and that. Then he's using that later, but you would have no idea. And so I love that. It's like, no, this is just what's filling me up. And what pours out.
Leslie [00:25:29]:
Out of you is just what God.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:25:30]:
Has put you to me. Exactly. You just. You're shoring up everything when you're reading the Bible, and you might not even realize it. You might be reading, going, I'm never gonna remember that. I don't know where it is in the Bible. I'm not gonna remember.
Leslie [00:25:44]:
Was that Paul?
Candace Cameron Bure [00:25:45]:
Was that Matthew? Was that Moses? I don't know. But I promise you, I mean, the word tells us it never goes. You know, it's never void. There's always a use and a purpose, like God and God. It's in your heart whether you remember the exact thing or not. And God will bring that up for you. He's done it so many times for me. But the way in which he does that is because you consistently read.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:26:11]:
It's repetition.
Leslie [00:26:12]:
Yeah.
Morgan May Treuil [00:26:13]:
I like how you said, too, that when you were on the View and you were faced with some conversations with people from different viewpoints, you're saying, like, I didn't. I didn't know. I didn't. I wasn't doing the political conversation thing. I was just doing what I knew, which was the word of God. And I feel like so many of us, our listeners included, who are, you know, they're struggling in their. In their sharing of their faith because they're. They're worried about, like, not having all of the right answers or not being able to, you know, like, show up.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:26:43]:
Well, yeah. And articulate those answers.
Morgan May Treuil [00:26:45]:
Articulate the answers. And I love Your point of like, yeah, but I can know God's word. I can know the word of God, and I can show up and I can say that. And if that's all I know and that's all I say, then that's enough.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:26:58]:
And trust me, I am not the most articulate person on the planet. And I don't. I can't. I'm not gonna pull out a bunch of verses from memory. I'm not a Bible teacher, so I don't want that to intimidate anyone listening. I don't have all the answers, but I do continue to learn. I do soak it up. And I just wanna encourage you that if you don't know an answer, you can say, I actually don't know, but I'll get back to you.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:27:28]:
I'll go find the answer and come back.
Leslie [00:27:30]:
And they like that answer a little bit better because they're like, oh, you're single. You know, you don't have all the answers. And that's okay. So talking about your time on the View, all that kind of stuff, you've probably received, I mean, being a Christian in Hollywood is, I would imagine, very difficult. How do you. In, like, times in your life where maybe you've gotten some more public backlash for things, how do you stay encouraged during those times? Like, what are things, like, that someone could learn from? Like, when even if they may be in their area of their life, where they feel like I'm getting backlashed for either being a Christian, my faith, all of that. How do you stay encouraged during those times?
Candace Cameron Bure [00:28:06]:
Well, I'll first say is that sometimes it's really hard and it sucks. It feels bad. It feels like everyone hates you. And I feel like I'm in high school all over again, where you're like, I'm just not the cool one. I hate not being with the cool crowd or the popular crowd. And I don't want to be the loner. And so sometimes being the Christian, you're the unpopular kid in high school. You know, you're.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:28:33]:
And it stinks.
Morgan May Treuil [00:28:34]:
Yeah.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:28:34]:
What's. What's helped me most recently is my brother actually called me when I had a bit of controversy in the last couple years. And he was like, candace, he said, welcome to the James One Club. You made it. You've arrived. And I'm like, I love that. And James 1 says, Brothers and sisters, consider it great joy when you face trials of various kinds of. Because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance and let endurance have its full effect so that you may Be mature and complete, lacking nothing.
Morgan May Treuil [00:29:14]:
Yeah, it's good.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:29:16]:
Consider it great joy when you face trials in my name. And so I gotta hang onto that. I gotta go. God, help me find the joy in this trial. Help me find the joy that you are enough for me, that you surpass all the applause or the agreement from other people on this earth that you mean more to me than them. Help me see that, help me find that. Help me walk through this. And I pray and I pray.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:29:52]:
I love that in the Psalms, David just cries out his heart and so many others. There's such encouragement and going. I can pray for the really, really hard so stuff. And God's big enough to hear me and love me through it. There's nothing I can say to God that's if I'm so angry and hurt by him that he is going to dismiss me for it. And, and I can just cry out and say, why do you have me in this really hard season, God? And then having time, which is our friend, you can then start to see what God's teaching you. Yeah. And that's the biggest thing.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:30:29]:
So even in the last couple years, I can step back and go, man, God brought me through a lot. God taught me a lot. I don't really ever want to go back there. I don't want to have to experience that again if I. If I don't have to, because it really stunk. However, when you consider it, joy, it produces endurance. Yeah, Let endurance have its full effect so you may be mature and complete. So God has grown me.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:30:57]:
We know that endurance produces proven character. Proven character produces hope. God gives us that hope that never leaves us, gives it to us through the Holy Spirit. So we think of the trials and then we think of the character building and that just like keeps me moving, taking the next step.
Morgan May Treuil [00:31:17]:
So good. It's a great passage too. So when you look back on life, what were some of the moments, or maybe one moment in particular that felt like it was a faith builder for you? This is when things got real. Maybe it was a time of suffering or a hardship or just something pivotal. What was a faith building moment for you?
Candace Cameron Bure [00:31:39]:
One of them was I'd taken that 10 year break to stay home because my husband was also playing professional hockey at the time and then he retired from hockey. So we prayed about my going back to work and I did and we moved. We were living in Florida for 10 years and then we moved back to LA so that I could start working. And I did a few things and we were there for, I think A year or two. And then things kind of just dried up on the work front, and there wasn't really anything coming in. And my husband was like, I'd really like to move back to Florida. And the kids were like, yay, let's move back to Florida. Yay.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:32:25]:
I want to move back to Florida. And I didn't want to move back to Florida. And I kept praying and praying, and I have always, you know, I want my husband to lead our family. So if my husband and the kids are going, like, let's move back, I'm going to. You typically be in agreement with that, even if it's not my. My first choice or preference.
Morgan May Treuil [00:32:51]:
Yeah.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:32:52]:
And there was something that was so. I mean, Holy Spirit just kept, like, pounding into me and going, and I. And I kept praying about it, and I'm like, I. I don't want to go back. I don't want to go back. I really feel like I'm on. I'm on the verge of something. I feel like something's gonna happen, and I'm not ready to give up work, because once I moved back to Florida, it kind of meant work was over for me.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:33:19]:
And it was a big deal for me in my heart that I talked to my husband, and I just said, I really don't want to. And I feel like God's telling me to stay. And so I'm asking you, can we stay for one more year? And if nothing happens in one more year, then we can move back, and I will not have any bitterness or resentment or anything. Like, if God is shutting this door, then great, I'm okay with that. But can we stay for one more year? And my husband said, yeah, of course. And sure enough, I mean, that was the year. That was the year I had written a book. It got a ton of traction.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:34:08]:
And then very shortly after, because of that book, I got an offer to be on Dancing with the Stars, and that was major. And then within a few months, they asked me to co host the View, and it was like. And now here I am sitting on your podcast. It was just like, work has not ended. You know, I appreciate that this podcast.
Leslie [00:34:26]:
Was a part of that pinnacle.
Morgan May Treuil [00:34:28]:
She just, like, danced with the Stars, the View, and then our podcast, she's.
Leslie [00:34:31]:
Like, now I'm sitting with two random girls.
Morgan May Treuil [00:34:33]:
Kidding. That's so funny.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:34:34]:
That is so funny. But that was a. That was a faith builder, because I. I don't know that I would have stood up for myself as much in that moment, especially because my whole family wanted to go back I'm like, I don't want my whole family to hate me because I'm asking them to stay another year. But I was, you know, grateful that we, as a family, made the decision together. And. Yeah. So it also helped me trust when God is speaking to me.
Leslie [00:35:05]:
That is so cool. Wow. Yeah. I love you going, hey, I feel this. Like, the Holy Spirit is literally telling me and actually taking this step of faith to do that, because I think it's probably easy to go. Okay, yeah, let's go back to what we know instead of really kind of lean into this. I think that's really cool. Okay.
Leslie [00:35:26]:
The balance of authenticity and sharing, and you're in kind of the public eye all the. How do you balance. How do you balance. Kind of like, you're. I mean, you're a normal person. Like, we're sitting with you, and I'm.
Morgan May Treuil [00:35:40]:
Like, yeah, and normal, yes, totally.
Leslie [00:35:43]:
But how do you live in the public eye? You're kind of this iconic person, and. But you're also real. How do you balance sharing? Just. I'm just curious, like, how do you.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:35:52]:
Balance that sharing with people?
Morgan May Treuil [00:35:53]:
Like, how do you choose what to like? Are you fully open with people about. Would you consider yourself to be a pretty, like, open book kind of person?
Candace Cameron Bure [00:36:01]:
Yeah.
Morgan May Treuil [00:36:02]:
Okay.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:36:02]:
I would.
Morgan May Treuil [00:36:03]:
Yeah.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:36:03]:
Although definitely over the years, I've. I. I guard certain parts of my life, and because you have to, and everyone does. Sometimes you just. Sometimes you think a friend is a trusted friend, and you share something and then they go tell someone and you're like, well, that hurt. That was meant for you. And that happens to all of us. So being in the public eye, it's just the same.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:36:28]:
It's just kind of on a different scale. So I know that I'm also a pretty. I'm a pretty. I think it's Paul in the Bible. I think it's Paul tells us to live with a clear conscience. It's either Paul or James. See, this is what I'm talking about. I don't really know.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:36:46]:
It's one of those guys.
Morgan May Treuil [00:36:48]:
If I knew I was in the Bible.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:36:52]:
It is in the Bible somewhere in there. Look it up. Clear conscience. Yeah, I think it is Paul. But if I can live with that clear conscience, then I feel okay sharing. It's so hard to be a liar because it feels easy at the time. Right. This is good parenting tips right here.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:37:12]:
I know you guys don't have kids yet. This applies for everyone. It's so much harder to be a liar because you have to think of the lies that you told to who or to whom. And then you gotta cover em and track em and trace em. But if you're just honest, it's just so much easier to live because your conscience is clear and.
Leslie [00:37:34]:
Yeah, totally.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:37:35]:
That's it. So I'm trying to connect the dots here. So I feel like I enjoy being an open person because I do have a clear conscience and I just like to share from life and I feel comfortable doing that. But there's places in which I'm going to protect for myself and for my family. And you just learn that from experience or you talk about, you know, if it's a new friend, you give someone a little bit of something that might be personal, you just expose a little bit of vulnerability and then you see how that goes.
Morgan May Treuil [00:38:09]:
Yeah.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:38:09]:
And then if it goes well with that friend, well, then maybe next time you open up a little bit more.
Morgan May Treuil [00:38:14]:
Yeah.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:38:14]:
Yeah. But you don't have to give. You don't. You don't have to give everything to everyone on the first date.
Morgan May Treuil [00:38:19]:
Yeah.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:38:19]:
Don't give it up. Ladies.
Morgan May Treuil [00:38:22]:
Great advice.
Leslie [00:38:23]:
Yeah. That needs to apply that to a lot of things.
Morgan May Treuil [00:38:26]:
Candace tells you. Don't give it up on the.
Leslie [00:38:28]:
Don't give it up.
Morgan May Treuil [00:38:28]:
Please don't do that. No, I think that's a really good question. And I'm curious about that because of the, like, you being in the public eye. But then I. So I bet there is a. There's a set of boundaries that you employ to protect yourself, your family, and all of those things. And then also on your Instagram, like, I was following you. You're so open and relatable.
Morgan May Treuil [00:38:48]:
Like, you talk about things. I was a couple days ago. There's workouts. Yes. Literally, I followed the entire story of, like, braless workouts and sweaters. And I love that about you because I think that that gives people permission to see it. I think it. It enhances a witness when somebody is open about the real things of life and then they're ministering the gospel.
Morgan May Treuil [00:39:13]:
It makes you real because you are a real person, but it makes you seem like a real person who understands the human experience.
Leslie [00:39:20]:
Yeah.
Morgan May Treuil [00:39:21]:
And I think that's. I think the way that you model that is really beautiful for people.
Leslie [00:39:25]:
Yeah. Because not very kind for people who aren't Christians. They don't want to see somebody who's perfect, never has, you know, like a funny moment. And I love that you just even. Yeah. Even on Instagram, you, like, put it all out there and you're like, this is awesome. This is me, like, funny Goofy, Whatever. And I think that's so cool for people.
Leslie [00:39:43]:
The people want that. Yeah.
Morgan May Treuil [00:39:44]:
Non Christians are asking for the sweaty bra content. That's what they're. The sweaty workout. You're gonna. They really are requesting that.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:39:51]:
Yeah.
Morgan May Treuil [00:39:51]:
That's so. Okay. So the theme of our podcast, the title, Am I doing this right?
Candace Cameron Bure [00:39:55]:
Yeah.
Morgan May Treuil [00:39:56]:
Think of a time in your life when you. Or maybe it's current when you are asking yourself that question.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:40:02]:
I feel like I just had all my mascara flake. I'm like, wait, it looks really good.
Leslie [00:40:07]:
So it looks great.
Morgan May Treuil [00:40:09]:
Yes.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:40:09]:
Okay. No, I was like, I feel stuck. Okay. Sorry. Am I doing this right? I don't know if I applied my mascara right.
Leslie [00:40:17]:
There you go.
Morgan May Treuil [00:40:17]:
Explain this today.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:40:18]:
Okay. So sorry. Am I doing what right?
Morgan May Treuil [00:40:21]:
So, like in. Maybe it's career, maybe it's marriage, maybe it's parenting. What's the area of your life that you find yourself asking that question to yourself most? Am I doing this right?
Candace Cameron Bure [00:40:32]:
I think for me it's probably parenting and motherhood. Am I doing this right?
Leslie [00:40:38]:
And which probably all moms would agree with.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:40:40]:
I think all moms do. Yeah.
Leslie [00:40:42]:
Yeah, yeah.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:40:44]:
But I still ask myself that today because when you do have kids, you have different seasons with their ages, and we're in a new season of life with adult children. So I never stop asking, like, of course, when you're a parent, you want to be the best parent that you can be. You want to see your kids grow up to be healthy, amazing people and have a job and maybe have a family, if that's what they were. Like, all the things. And sometimes we can do the best job that we do, and sometimes we don't get that result. And sometimes we do. But like, in a new season, I'm always like, am I doing this? I mean, being a mother in law, now I'm a mother in law. So I'm like, am I doing this right?
Morgan May Treuil [00:41:25]:
Yeah.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:41:26]:
I don't know how to be a mother in law. I want to be a mother in love. Like, I just want to love on my, my daughter in law. But I'm always like asking my son, like, is this appropriate? Can I talk to her about this? Can I not? And I've gotten a few hard nos on certain things. I'm like, okay, I don't know. That's. Why am I doing this?
Leslie [00:41:47]:
I feel like people don't talk about that enough for mother in laws. Mother in laws get the most flack and I feel like they do.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:41:53]:
They get a bad rap. There's some mean mother in Laws out there. Yeah. They don't like their son's wife or whatever. Overprotective dads for their daughters, you know, totally things.
Morgan May Treuil [00:42:07]:
You're redeeming that. You're redeeming that stereotype.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:42:09]:
You've got it. Well, I've had again, some really good examples in my life that have beautiful relationships with their son and daughters in law.
Leslie [00:42:17]:
So that's awesome. Okay, I want to talk about what drew you to be in the movie Unsung Hero. I don't know why I have a hard time saying Unsung Hero.
Morgan May Treuil [00:42:27]:
You're a producer and you're in the movie. So you produce the movie and you're in the movie Unsung Hero. It's a brand new movie that just came out. Yeah.
Leslie [00:42:36]:
Like what, what drew you to that?
Morgan May Treuil [00:42:37]:
Yes, this project.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:42:39]:
So I've known this smallbone family and it's based on a true story about the small bones. And I've known them for about 10 years. And they brought the script to me and said we tell our family story on stage all the time and we finally feel like it's time to make it into a movie. And I have a production company again. So they came to me and asked, would you be willing to sign on in some capacity as a producer with your company and maybe even be in it? So I said, yeah, let me look at the script. Let me take a read. And I did. And I devoured it quickly, which means it's a really good script.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:43:18]:
I read a lot of scripts.
Morgan May Treuil [00:43:19]:
Right.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:43:19]:
I'm sure every week all I read are scripts or the Bible.
Morgan May Treuil [00:43:23]:
Yeah.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:43:24]:
Don't ask me any current books today. I have no time for them.
Leslie [00:43:28]:
After this podcast, I'd love to see, love to hear about the worst script.
Morgan May Treuil [00:43:31]:
You'Ve written or read. That's so funny.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:43:34]:
Oh, listen, it's not good within the first 15 pages. I don't finish. It's out. I can tell very quickly. But I devoured their script. It was so good. And so we signed on as a production company and then I said I would love to be in it too, and played Kay Albright in the movie, which is a real person in their life that helped them within the church and the community to just be an answer to prayer in their life. So it was an honor to be a part of bringing their story to the big screen.
Morgan May Treuil [00:44:07]:
Yes.
Leslie [00:44:07]:
That's cool.
Morgan May Treuil [00:44:08]:
And for those who haven't seen this movie yet, it's a fantastic movie. We were just laughing when we were talking about this on stage that we actually took a Staff meeting to take our whole team to the theaters. Went to Studio Movie Grill, which I don't know if you have those in la. It's basically dinner and a show.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:44:24]:
Oh, yes. So they have a different name, but yes.
Leslie [00:44:26]:
Yes.
Morgan May Treuil [00:44:27]:
So we watched the movie and we had lunch delivered to us and it was just the most fun staff meeting. But the story. I would love for you to give the overview to listeners of what this story captures.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:44:37]:
Yeah. So they. The family's from Australia. It's a family of nine people. There's seven kids.
Morgan May Treuil [00:44:44]:
Wow.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:44:44]:
Their dad was a very well known music producer in Australia and he had a show and a deal that went bad and they lost everything. So he moved his family to Nashville to try to produce with some other artists in Nashville. But that job fell through that they moved to the USA for. And the whole story is about them putting the pieces back together for their family. They had very little money to their name. Their mom made their beds out of their clothes and put a sheet over it, called them adventure beds. And they started mowing lawns in the neighborhood so that they could have food on the table. And the movie is so full of miracles and the way people showed up for their family and the prayer that this family had.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:45:39]:
And it also shows the struggle and the hardships. It doesn't gloss over it. It's not just like this shiny happy, oh, we had some trouble and now everything's fine. And God answered. It was like, no. We show the struggles and the real relationships that this family dynamic went through. And yet it is so full of hope and answered prayer and miracles. And that's what the movie.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:46:04]:
It honors moms out there. I mean, it's called Unsung Hero. And I think Helen Smallbone is the unsung hero of their family because she was the glue that kept it together. Wow.
Morgan May Treuil [00:46:13]:
It's really cool. Yeah. The Smallbone family, by the way, is the. The for king and country. The two Joel and. Yes, Joel and Luke Smallbone. Luke Smallbone.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:46:22]:
And then their sister is Rebecca St. James.
Morgan May Treuil [00:46:23]:
Rebecca St. James.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:46:24]:
And they. Their whole family works together. So you'll see this within the movie. You'll see it after the movie. You kind of get a synopsis of where they are today. But it's like their dad still is their manager and producer and their youngest brother. And one of them's the lighting director, does all their shows. And if you've ever been to a fricking and country concert, amazing.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:46:48]:
Fantastic. I mean, and it's like big light shows and drums and like they're amazing. So their whole family, they still work together as a unit. And it's incredible to me, that's like my dream.
Morgan May Treuil [00:47:03]:
That would be awesome.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:47:04]:
I know.
Leslie [00:47:04]:
I was like, if only I had a musical piece.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:47:07]:
I so tried to like get my sons, like, don't you like the camera? Do you want to be like a cinematographer? Do you want to be a director? And then we can make movies together. And my boys were like, no, mom, I don't like the entertainment industry.
Leslie [00:47:18]:
No, you're like, dang it. What would you say is something during the filming of this movie, whether it's on the producer side or whether when you're acting in it, what's something you learned? Maybe something new about God or learned about yourself with your relationship with God during the filming of this.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:47:36]:
I don't know if, if I learned this, but I'll, I'll tell you something that stood out to me on this movie because I do a lot of movies every year and I do those movies whether they've been for Hallmark Channel or the Great American Family Channel, which is where I'm at now.
Morgan May Treuil [00:47:51]:
Yeah.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:47:52]:
But I usually, I shoot those movies out of town. I'm usually in Canada somewhere. And I'm not with faith, faith based people. Whether the movie is faith based or not, there might be another Christian on there. Someone might whisper to me like, hey, I'm a Christian. Yes. And then we're like a secret handshake. Yeah, there's a secret handshake.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:48:15]:
You're like, that's so cool.
Leslie [00:48:16]:
Yeah.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:48:17]:
And then we have our own little club. But there's far and few that I work with on movies. And when we did Unsung Hero, so many of the people, not everyone, but the majority, I would say, I would say at least 50% of the people were believers. And I've never had that experience before to work on a production with more believers than unbelievers. And I work with great people in Canada and I love, I've loved the crews that I've had and I work with a lot of the same people over the year because they're wonderful, wonderful. But there's something different about working with people that are like minded and they, they see the goal to honor Jesus above all else. And I would say it might be similar working within a church or in a church. It's not to say the church doesn't have their problems and there's all that kind of stuff.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:49:17]:
However, at the end of the day, there's still kind of a common goal and purpose. And you at least hope. Most people are wanting to honor God with the decision making. And so that was an incredible experience on this movie. And even my assistant who was with me every day had such a noticeable difference. Having traveled with me on some of my other productions and then going to this movie, she was like, whoa. I had so many incredible God conversations with people because everyone was willing and open and wanting to talk.
Morgan May Treuil [00:49:50]:
Yeah, that's really cool. Those environments are special. So we're all gonna go see the Unsung Hero movie. If you haven't seen it yet, we need to see it in theaters, everybody.
Leslie [00:49:59]:
Yes, please do.
Morgan May Treuil [00:50:00]:
And so what we like to do to finish out our podcast, because this has been so good for us and we've learned so much already, is we just like to give you the last word to encourage or to share anything you want to with our audience and listeners.
Leslie [00:50:15]:
Yeah. So if you could kind of say one thing to kind of. We have guys and girls listening. I need to stop saying we only have girls listening, because I've had multiple guys, even at this conference. Like, I love your podcast. I'm like, I'm so sorry.
Morgan May Treuil [00:50:27]:
We always refer to it every morning.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:50:30]:
That's really cool.
Leslie [00:50:31]:
For girls in their, like, 20s, 30s.
Morgan May Treuil [00:50:34]:
Yeah.
Leslie [00:50:35]:
What would, like, an encouraging thing you would give to them right now? What would be some advice?
Candace Cameron Bure [00:50:41]:
Here it is. I'm gonna sound like your mom or maybe your grandma.
Leslie [00:50:47]:
We're ready for it.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:50:49]:
Read the Bible. Read the Bible. Read the Bible. I know it sounds really simple and you might be a Christian even listening. And you don't spend time in the Word. You don't read the Bible. You might know God. You might love God with all your heart.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:51:09]:
But I gotta tell you, when you spend time in the Word of God and you make it a daily practice in your life, it will change you so much. It will change the way you think. It will change the way you make decisions. It will change your relationships. It will get you through not just the good times to celebrate, but the difficult times. And one of the best things I've ever done was read through the Bible chronologically and I go to the Bible Recap. Bible Recap. You can do that.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:51:43]:
But it's also an app. The Bible Recap with Tara Leigh Cobble.
Morgan May Treuil [00:51:46]:
Yep.
Leslie [00:51:46]:
Love her.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:51:47]:
She has changed my love for reading the Word of God. And having read the Bible chronologically, Guys, I did not even know till three years ago that the Bible was not laid out chronologically. I had no idea. I just thought, oh, okay. Read it front to back like Old Testament. New Testament, except that it's not quite laid out that way. And even when you go through the Psalms and all of that, you're being applied to different books of the Bible, whether it's in Genesis or Exodus or Samuel or Chronicles and all that stuff. So when you're flipping back and forth into the actual timeline of events, it rocks your world.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:52:35]:
And then I love the perspective that Tara Lee shares with everyone, and her tagline is, he's where the joy is. So she reads through the Bible chronologically with you, and you're always looking for where God is in the story, not looking for yourself in the story. So you're finding, like, where is the joy in God and seeing God's character and who God is. Oh, my gosh, I am so in love with God. I never knew how amazing the Old Testament was, and it made the New Testament that much better. Like, if you don't quite realize the junk that they had to go through to then receive the gift, it doesn't make the gift as amazing. But once you realize what happened and how gracious and merciful and amazing, amazing God is that he was so patient and loving and just wants us to love him so much, the good news became, like, great news.
Morgan May Treuil [00:53:42]:
Yes. It's so good.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:53:43]:
And I love that. I'm so in love with scripture. So my best advice to you that I could ever give anyone, guy, girl, young, old, read your Bible.
Morgan May Treuil [00:53:53]:
So good.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:53:54]:
Read the Holy Bible.
Morgan May Treuil [00:53:55]:
That's amazing.
Leslie [00:53:56]:
I'm down. I'm going back to the Bible recap. I started it. I haven't finished it, but I'm going back and I'm doing it.
Morgan May Treuil [00:54:02]:
That's a great piece.
Leslie [00:54:03]:
That's amazing. That is.
Morgan May Treuil [00:54:05]:
I so appreciate your faithfulness for following Jesus in the midst of all that you do and making Christ the center of some of the movies that you're making and just your career choices and your family. Yes. And it's cool to know, like, the fact that that's your piece of advice is to read your Bible. You are so solid.
Leslie [00:54:25]:
Yes.
Morgan May Treuil [00:54:25]:
And you are. You have, like, a pastoral nature to you and a shepherd nature. And I just, just. We're so thankful that we got the chance to talk to you.
Leslie [00:54:34]:
Everybody always says, like, oh, be a Proverbs 31 woman, but I'm like, be a James 1 woman. You are the James 1 woman.
Morgan May Treuil [00:54:44]:
I like that.
Leslie [00:54:45]:
So thank you for pushing through the hard times and the backlash and all of that, because you really have been such an inspiration and just to a bunch of women and men growing up being like, I can be a Christian. I can do this, and I can. I can stand up for what I believe in and that it matters.
Morgan May Treuil [00:55:02]:
Yeah.
Leslie [00:55:03]:
So thank you. Yeah. Thank you.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:55:07]:
Way fun.
Morgan May Treuil [00:55:08]:
I'm glad. Are we doing it right?
Candace Cameron Bure [00:55:10]:
You are so doing it right. You guys are really doing it right.
Morgan May Treuil [00:55:13]:
We have all the validation we need now. No. Thank you guys for tuning in to the Am I doing this Right? Podcast. Thank you to Candice for coming on, and we will see you guys next time on the podcast on Monday. More fun things. So thanks for watching, thanks for listening, and we'll see you guys soon.
Candace Cameron Bure [00:55:28]:
Ciao.