Welcome to the weekly MormonNewsRoundup where Al & Dives ruminate on the great and spacious Beehive!

EP 83 - Dr. Patrick Mason co-hosts, the LDS church and climate change, Mitt Romney in the spotlight, Faith matters conference controversies, and temple updates


Listen Later

Show Information 

Oct 29, 2023

Greetings brothers and sisters! Welcome to the weekly MormonNewsRoundup. I am your humble host Dives, talent on loan from Kolob, bringing you this podcast with half the Kinderhook Plates tied behind my back. 

My crew and I ruminate weekly on the great and spacious beehive! Thanks so much for joining us to discuss the latest current events in Mormondom. 

Full Title

EP 83 - Dr. Patrick Mason co-hosts, the LDS church and climate change, Mitt Romney in the spotlight, Faith matters conference controversies, and temple updates

Welcome to the MormonNewsRoundup!

Get to know Patrick (5 minutes)

What’s your one minute Mormon story?

You have considerable experience in LDS related news including:

Latter-day Landscape (Mormonism Magnified)

A forgotten gem 

mormon news weekly

Mormon News Weekly discussion

What was the goal? 

Why did it end? 

Do you have plans to get back into the LDS news sphere?

Patrick’s X reaction to the canceled MNW endeavor 

You have made the rounds on many LDS affiliated podcasts including those with tiny followings and even quasi-conspiratorial shows.


MNRU Joke of the week

Patrick


Articles

Seems to be a bit of a departure from the Church’s neutrality on this issue in times past

I didn’t realize the church had a sustainability manager: Jenica Sedgewick

KUER poll - only 10% of latter-day Saints believe climate change is a crisis

Church donated Great Salt Lake water shares last year 

Church’s mostly failed attempt last year to go brown (Axios)

Mormon environmentalism stewardship alliance

Romney, currently an active LDS senator from Utah, has announced he won't seek reelection in 2024.

As Romney saw it, Coppins writes, the most pressing challenges in the global church of 17 million members came not from without, but from within — namely in “retaining young people, promoting faith in a secular world, and addressing prickly issues in the church’s history.”

is Mitt Romney correct about the modern day Threats to the church?

Right leaning church member weighs in

Who is right? Romney or Packer?

A tough take, but accurate?

Romney’s own public service and his views on the dysfunction of American politics

Most people look at Latter-day Saints and good secret keepers

Gordon Monson on Faith Matters

Meme

Temples

Cody Wyoming internal documents related to the Church’s planned temple show the angst this building brings to this small community

LDS donor of temple site plot offers job to city employee

New Orem temple paves way for longtime Provo temple to be demolished, rebuilt

Should the Provo temple be torn down and remodeled?

Should the SL Temple have been gutted?

Church donates nearly $1 million to Florida food bank

Short from Morgan from my spiritual life

Conclusion

You latest book is Proclaim Peace: The Restoration Answer to an Age of Conflict

What projects do you have planned in the future either at USU, additional books, or in other ventures?

Connect with Dives!

www.MormonNewsRoundup.org

Voicemail

Twitter

YouTube

Instagram

TikToc

Facebook 

Support this Podcast

Patreon

New MNRU episodes live on YouTube Sundays at 9:30pm EST

Shoutout to Weird Alma on bandcamp.com for this episode's music. Thanks so much for ruminating with us on the great and spacious beehive! 

And remember, remember: No unhallowed hand can stop this podcast from progressing! 

#lds, #mormon, #exmormon, #postmormon,#religion, #news, #ldschurch, #comeuntochrist, #churchofjesuschrist, #churchofjesuschristoflatterdaysaints, #byu, #byui, #josephsmith, #comefollowme, #polygamy, #bookofmormon, #becauseofhim, #hearhim

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Welcome to the weekly MormonNewsRoundup where Al & Dives ruminate on the great and spacious Beehive!By Mormon News Roundup

  • 3.8
  • 3.8
  • 3.8
  • 3.8
  • 3.8

3.8

52 ratings


More shows like Welcome to the weekly MormonNewsRoundup where Al & Dives ruminate on the great and spacious Beehive!

View all
RadioWest by KUER

RadioWest

780 Listeners

Mormon Stories Podcast by Dr. John Dehlin

Mormon Stories Podcast

5,485 Listeners

Mormon Discussions Podcasts – Full Lineup by Bill Reel

Mormon Discussions Podcasts – Full Lineup

628 Listeners

Mormon Land by The Salt Lake Tribune

Mormon Land

325 Listeners

Radio Free Mormon by Mormon Discussion Inc

Radio Free Mormon

1,316 Listeners

Sunstone Mormon History Podcast by Sunstone

Sunstone Mormon History Podcast

511 Listeners

All Out in the Open by All Out in the Open, Questions from the Closet

All Out in the Open

1,200 Listeners

At Last She Said It by Cynthia Winward, Susan Hinckley

At Last She Said It

1,034 Listeners

Mormonism LIVE ! by Bill Reel and Radio Free Mormon

Mormonism LIVE !

340 Listeners

Breaking Down Patriarchy by Amy McPhie Allebest

Breaking Down Patriarchy

592 Listeners

Latter Day Struggles by Valerie Hamaker

Latter Day Struggles

826 Listeners

Cults to Consciousness by Shelise Ann Sola

Cults to Consciousness

464 Listeners

LDS Discussions - Mormon Truth Claims Examined by Mormon Stories Podcast

LDS Discussions - Mormon Truth Claims Examined

443 Listeners

Mormon.ish by Rebecca Bibliotheca and Landon Brophy

Mormon.ish

176 Listeners

Architecture of Abuse by Architecture of Abuse

Architecture of Abuse

86 Listeners