Today on the show, an error of epic proportions shows up in an official LDS Church manual (with the absolute worst timing), a few good news stories about Mormons doing good, updates on temples, and Brandt discusses the impact of Clayton Christensen on him as a business student. All that, plus we discuss Come Follow Me on today's show!
Finally Statehood! Utah's Struggles 1849 - 1896 by Edward Leo Lyman
HEADLINES
* Error in printed LDS Church manual could revive racial criticisms (Salt Lake Tribune)
* Temple Square demolition begins a 4-year renovation project (KSL)
* Crews start demolition of section of St. George Temple building (The Spectrum of St. George)
* Groundbreaking for LDS Church’s Layton Temple is set for May 30 (The Salt Lake Tribune)
* Construction on first Virginia Mormon temple set for spring (WTKR Virginia)
* New leaders take helm at Salvation Army (The Brunswick News, Georgia)
* Aid for Friends shelter closer to meeting fundraising goal after LDS Church donates $50,000 (KPVI Pocatello)
* Sundance doc ‘Church and the Fourth Estate’ takes Boy Scouts, LDS Church to task over child sex abuse (Park Record, Park City UT)
* Mormon school to allow same-sex partners in ballroom event (Associated Press, Washington Post)
* Clayton Christensen, creator of ‘disruptive innovation’ theory and prominent LDS leader, dies at 67 (Salt Lake Tribune)
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