What happens when the loudest message God ever sends you is a last name on a piece of paper? In this powerful episode of Temple Bound, host Will Humphreys sits down with Richie Steadman, the veteran host of The Cultural Hall podcast, for one of the most honest and faith affirming conversations this show has ever had.

Richie shares his full faith journey, from navigating his parents' divorce as a teenager and wrestling with a black and white view of the gospel, to receiving a mission call to Cleveland, Ohio that changed everything. He opens up about serving near the Kirtland Temple, the sacred covenant he made at the Newell K. Whitney Store, and a spiritual experience while running near the temple that gave him a glimpse of the early Latter day Saints in their time. These experiences became the foundation of his testimony.

Topics Covered in This Episode:

• Growing up in the LDS Church through a family divorce and the cultural pressures of youth
• Why Richie started The Cultural Hall podcast in 2011 and what keeps it going
• Receiving a mission call to Cleveland, Ohio and overcoming disappointment about a stateside assignment
• Serving near the Kirtland Temple and what it meant to walk the same ground as Joseph Smith
• Making covenants at the Newell K. Whitney Store at the start and end of a mission
• A sacred and personal vision of the early Saints during a morning run near the Kirtland Temple
• The unique spiritual weight of serving in Church history sites
• Coming home from a mission and being excommunicated within a year
• What excommunication actually feels like from the inside and what the Church can do better
• Why Richie kept coming to church every week for nearly a decade
• The moment at the Jordan River Temple when a last name on an endowment card said everything
• How unconditional love is the only right response to someone navigating excommunication
• Richie's definition of perfection: the only thing you can truly be perfect in is never giving up

Whether you are navigating a faith crisis, supporting a loved one who feels on the outside, or simply trying to show up better for the people around you, this episode will meet you exactly where you are.

Find Richie: 

Podcast: The Cultural Hall (available everywhere) 

• Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3VBCeQ9B2iG7ODniikObTG?si=b3fbf7e2a7954131
• Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-cultural-hall-podcast/id459622595
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheCulturalHall

Instagram/Socials: 

• @TheCulturalHall - https://www.instagram.com/theculturalhall/
• @RichieTSteadman - https://www.instagram.com/richietsteadman/

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