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Ben Bernards, LDS Father of Two Transgender Daughters | Listen Learn and Love: Embracing LGBTQ Latter-day Saints

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15 September 2024
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The story of the watch | Effective teaching doesn’t involve shaming

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Come Follow Me | John 14 to 17 -“Continue Ye in My Love” | BYU Studies

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Adam Miller on Love | Deseret Book’s “Questions Worth Exploring” | LDS Living

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10 February 2024

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It can be a little bit intimidating to show up at church. I look around and it seems like everyone else is perfect. But really, we're all facing struggles and working through sin. We're all messed up. We're all human. We all need Jesus. And that's why we come here. This is where I become more than I ever could on my own. This is where I find Jesus's help, where I learn, grow, repent and evolve. This is where I hear God. I hear him when I close my eyes during the sacrament. I think about my week about the mistakes I've made and how I can be better with his help. I think reflecting like this helps open my heart to the messages he has for me. I hear him when I tried to be a little bit better each week and I was the week before it realigns my perspective and shifts my gaze back to Jesus. I hear him when we sing the hymn that says, Let me not forget Oh, Savior, thou didst bleed and die for me. When I meditate on those words, of worship, it makes me feel how grateful I am for what he did for me. I need to hear him because I desperately need His love, His mercy and His forgiveness. I don't have it all figured out. I'm guilty of pride. I can be impatient and dishonest. Sometimes I'm hypocritical and pretend to be better than I am. And I struggle with feeling like I'm not enough. I've had to learn sometimes the hard way how to deal with these things. And yet, I hear him rooting for me, cheering me on and walking with me every step of the way. His wounds heal mine. I go to church because I need Jesus. We all need Jesus and all of us the sinner the addicts, the person who has struggles and doubts, baggage and sin. We all have a place. We have a place to become more than we ever could on our own. We have a place to find Jesus's help to connect with others who are trying even though we're imperfect. We have a place to hear God. The church is a hospital. So no matter how imperfect you feel, there is a place for you here. His wounds will heal us too. And you will hear him

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Nick Sales | His Wounds Heal Mine

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26 February 2023

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Josh Coates, a Utah tech mogul, takes his love of data and faith online | Mormonr

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15 June 2022

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Which U.S. states have the most members?

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1 September 2021

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President Oaks: how the church has been changing to increase the presence of women in councils and to make sure they are empowered to speak and be heard

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17 August 2021

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VIDEO — Inspiring Short: The Parable of the Bicycle | Stephen E. Robinson

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22 June 2021

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davidarchie Verified I like to keep to myself but also thought this was important to share because I know so many other people from religious upbringings feel the same way. I’ve been open to myself and my close family for some years now that I am not sure about my own sexuality. I came out in 2014 as gay to my family. But then I had similar feelings for both genders so maybe a spectrum of bisexual. Then I also have learned I don’t have too much sexual desires and urges as most people 💀which works I guess because I have a commitment to save myself until marriage 🤣. Which people call asexual when they don’t experience sexual urges. There are people experiencing the same feelings of being LGBTQIA+, (i know that’s a lot of letters that a lot of people don’t understand, but there are a lot of unique experiences people feel and live that make them feel isolated and alone that are represented) who are wrestling to follow their beliefs that are so important to them, just as I have. Idk what to make of it and I don’t have all the answers. I just invite you to please consider making room to be more understanding and compassionate to those who are LGBTQIA+, and those who are a part of that community and trying to find that balance with their faith which also is a huge part of their identity like myself. I think we can do better as people of faith and Christians, including Latter-day Saints, to listen more to the wrestle between being LGBTQIA+ and a person of faith. There are more than you may realize going through that wrestle after all the misunderstandings that come with it. I don’t think it should come down to feeling you have to accept one or the other. For me to find peace the reality has been to accept both are real things I experience and make who I am. I’ve yet to figure out what that means but I appreciate you listening to this personal matter. Again I don’t feel comfortable sharing it, but felt I needed to to bring more awareness to people in my same situation and let you know you’re not alone. You can be part of the LGBTQIA+ community and still believe in God and His gospel plan...

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David Archuleta | “I’ve been open to myself and my close family for some years now that I am not sure about my own sexuality.” 🌈

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12 June 2021

I like to keep to myself but also thought this was important to share because I know so many other people from religious upbringings feel the same way.

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VIDEO: Elder Dale G. Renlund: The True Power of Temple Work

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9 August 2020

Elder Renlund discusses the hunger members of the Church feel to return to temples worldwide following their temporary closure due to COVID-19.

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VIDEO: God Delivers Us in Our Trials | Hope Works (Charan’s story)

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26 June 2020

Sometimes our prayers are answered the way we want (not to hit the pole), and sometimes the Lord sends His Spirit to comfort us (when we hit the pole). The Lord delivers us from our trials, but more often He delivers us in our trials. During times of uncertainty, often God’s answer is comfort and peace, giving us the strength to face whatever comes our way.

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VIDEO: Yahosh Bonner — Finding Strength in Jesus Christ | Hope Works

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11 November 2019

Yahosh learned about his ancestors’ strength from the African American spirituals composed by those who were enslaved. Those songs were passed down from generation to generation.

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