Conservative Former-Mormons
The church used to sing “do what is right, let the consequence follow.” Now they ask us to be “civil” “global citizens”. We haven’t left, they left us
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LIVE UPDATES FROM THE CHAD DAYBELL TRIAL Excuse the typos – these are live updates from the courtroom CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE TRIAL LIVE 2:30 p.m. Prior says, “This is an unusual case because there’s a lot of talk about religion.” Duncan says, “I agree.” Prior asks Duncan if Chad was reading off something […]
Content warning: mentions of child ab*se, assault, suicid*lality Four former Mormon Bishops - Beau, Nick, Jedd, and Rob - have an intimate discussion about the oft-hidden realities of serving in Mormon leadership, including the lack of training on handling abuse cases, near-suicidal stress levels, the painful contradictions between doctrine and human needs, and the ways bureaucratic priorities seem to trump pastoral care. With empathy and nuance, they peel back the curtain on issues like LGBTQ exclusion, leader worship, doubted spiritual 'gifts', unhealthy perfectionism, and the people left wounded when conference talks supersede mental health expertise - all while recognizing the very real human desire to do good amidst institutions not structured to support it. Episode Show Notes:
https://www.mormonstories.org/portfolio-items/mormon-bishop-panel/Nick's interview:
https://youtube.com/live/juI-FVmU4OUBeau Ostler on Saane Siale's interview:
https://www.mormonstories.org/portfolio-items/tongan-mormon-story-saane-siale/ Chapters: 00:00:00 Panel Intro 00:14:00 How a bishop is called 00:21:35 The process of selecting a bishop 00:26:23 Beau called as bishop after tragic death 00:33:25 Starting out as a bishop 00:35:25 List of experiences as bishops 00:39:00 Asking questions 00:50:57 Rewarding experiences as a bishop 00:56:43 Being a counselor vs being a bishop 00:58:25 Would they turn down being a bishop? 01:17:38 The church behaves EXACTLY like a corporation 01:21:50 Official rules vs tradition 01:35:35 An application for Stake President 01:46:10 Resources for believing members and bishops 01:51:45 Why DOESN’T the Church supply training for leaders? 02:00:00 Why are they talking about all of this as ex-bishops? 02:15:15 Seeing the world in full color outside of Mormonism 02:22:20 Biggest regrets as Mormon Bishop 02:50:35 Lightning Round 03:13:00 User comments/superchats Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard:
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