Donny Osmond is notable for dozens of reasons, but one is his willingness to share his testimony of Jesus Christ, which he has done throughout his 63-year career as a world-famous singer.

He openly spoke about his beliefs in the opening session of the 2025 BYU Women’s Conference last week in remarkable ways, even sharing for the first time publicly some pieces of his patriarchal blessing. He did it all in the same robe he wore for 2,000 performances of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” and sang “Any Dream Will Do” to the delight of all of the 8,254 people at the Marriott Center.

Osmond did all that to amplify a message about Joseph given by his boyhood friend, Brother Brad Wilcox of the Young Men general presidency.

One of the things that stood out but did not make it into my coverage that night was an answer he gave when Brother Wilcox asked him what he’d learned about trusting God from playing Joseph again and again. Osmond talked about the way his mother, Olive Osmond, raised her nine children.

“My mother taught all nine of us to not just read the scriptures, but love the scriptures and memorize the scriptures,” Donny Osmond said. “The first scripture I ever memorized — I must have been 7 — was Proverbs 3:5-6 — ‘Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.’"

The noteworthy fact that Osmond has been willing to share this testimony throughout his performing life was still bouncing around in my head two nights later, when Elder Quentin L. Cook stood up at the Marriott Center to give the final remarks of Women’s Conference.

“Clearly, a dividing line between those who hear the music of faith and those who are tone deaf or off key is the active study of the scriptures,” Elder Cook said. “Regardless of the challenges you face, do not become discouraged.”

It was an unmistakable through line from one talk to another.

Elder Cook also made a comment about a specific scripture that was noteworthy.

“The message, ministry and Atonement of Jesus Christ our Savior is our essential curriculum,” he said. “No scripture characterizes our faith better than 2 Nephi 25:26:

“‘And we talk of Christ, we rejoice in Christ, we preach of Christ, we prophesy of Christ and we write according to our prophecies, that our children may know to what source they may look for a remission of their sins.’”