Melaney Tagg: Kindness Begins With Me

There is an old Primary song that says, “I want to be kind to everyone, for that is right, you see. So I say to myself, ‘Remember this: Kindness begins with me.'” Melaney Tagg, our guest on this week’s episode, is a living example of what this Primary song looks like in action. When she observed the contention running rampant in her county’s school board meetings, Tagg knew she couldn't stand idly by—she had to, as President Oaks put it, "seek to moderate and unify," knowing that kindness needed to begin with her.

3:04- Loudoun County, Virginia

7:38- Credentials

9:06- Breaking the Ice

11:16- Two Commandments

15:50- Venn Diagrams

20:04- Common Pitfalls

25:04- Absolute Truth

29:11- Coming to the Table

33:53- Love Thy Neighbor

36:50- IRL

40:37- Spiritual Momentum

43:15- What Does It Mean To Be All In the Gospel of Jesus Christ?

Spiritual momentum talk- https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2022/04/47nelson?lang=eng

Public Square editorial- https://publicsquaremag.org/politics-law/freedom/collaboration-amid-controversy-a-hopeful-report-from-loudoun-county/Deseret News- https://www.deseret.com/2022/5/19/23068882/the-uniters-of-loudoun-county-virginia-school-board-transgender-rights

President Oaks issues call to “moderate and unify"- https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2021/04/51oaks?lang=eng

Elder Cook talk with story about General Kane-https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2020/10/15cook?lang=eng

Thomas Griffith episode- https://www.ldsliving.com/all-in/thomas-b-griffith-politics-religion-and-the-laboratory-of-christian-living

Note: In the episode, President Dallin H. Oaks is credited as having said “You can disagree without being disagreeable.” This quote should actually be attributed to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. However, President Oaks has been quoted as saying “Though we may disagree, we should not be disagreeable.” This quote is found in this talk: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2014/10/loving-others-and-living-with-differences?lang=eng See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.