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Robert MacFarlane has written that language does not just register experience, it produces it. Our religious language in particular informs and shapes our understanding of God, our sense of self, and the way we make sense of our challenging path back to loving Heavenly Parents. Unfortunately, to an extent we may not realize, our religious vocabulary has been shaped by prior generations whose creeds, in Joseph Smith s words, have filled the world with confusion.

I make all things new, proclaimed the Lord. Regrettably, many are still mired in the past, in ways we have not recognized. In this book, Fiona and Terryl Givens trace the roots of our religious vocabulary, explore how a flawed inheritance compounds the wounds and challenges of a life devoted to discipleship, and suggest ways of reformulating our language in more healthy ways all in the hope that, as B. H. Roberts urged, we may all cooperate in the works of the Spirit to find a truer expression  of a gospel restored.

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21:56 Church Leaders Congratulate President-Elect Joe Biden

28:48 Masks a sign of ‘Christlike love’ during pandemic, apostle says

30:10 Truck driver in crash that killed 5 cyclists near Las Vegas had meth in his system, DA says

34:02 The Most American Religion

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39:06 Arizona Appellate Court Warns On Ruling ‘Mormons are Christians’

48:19 Part 2 With Papa Ostler

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2:36 What’s in your names

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8:15 I told God I wouldn’t marry an Indian

17:45 How a Bethany meets a McArthur

18:44 Where are the stories of girls

22:44 It’s always been about Heavenly Mother

30:27 Truly understanding the nature of God

33:23 Why do we THINK there is nothing about Heavenly Mother

37:05 Are we alone in Heavenly Mother doctrine?

41:46 We are allowed to talk about her

45:50 Now More Than EVER!

49:59 The different sexes approach the topic differently

54:03 Why a boys guide and girls guide?

57:07 Three Questions

Girl’s Guide to Heavenly Mother

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McArthur Krishna believes deep in her bones that life is a gift from Heavenly Parents–-a grand, demanding, insane adventure. Along the way, McArthur has worked as a window washer, a construction crew member, an archeological aid, a Bollywood extra, a graduate student, a river rafting guide, a business owner, and an artist. Those adventures led to publishing seventeen children’s books and new job titles–Holy Harasser and Hogwash Eradicator. Her most recent books focus on building a relationship with our Heavenly Parents and showcase 54 pieces of art from around the world. McArthur feels that art is a powerful tool to express truths and shape the world we want to live in. Now, McArthur travels the world with her family and dreams of West Virginia rivers, zydeco dancing, and bottomless guacamole.

 

 

 

Bethany Brady Spalding likes to stir things up in the kitchen and in the community. She has founded programs to promote health and nutrition in the USA, South Africa, and India. Bethany currently leads a regional coalition in Richmond, Virginia to create a healthier food environment for at-risk children. She finds joy eating spicy dishes and exploring wild places with her husband, Andy, and her three fiery girls–Simone, Phoebe, and Bronte.

 

 

0:00- Winning silver in the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games

6:55- The journey leading up to the Olympics

15:39- Choosing to try again after receiving 4th place in 2010 Olympics

21:55- Faith in troubling times

25:35- Life after skeleton

30:42- Living life on purpose

38:05- Being a parent

48:50- Adapting to life after the Olympics

1:01:01- Ending questions

 

Noelle Pikus Pace graduated from Mountain View High School in Orem, Utah in 2001. In high school she competed in soccer, basketball, softball, track and field, bobsled and skeleton. She went on to run track and field at Utah Valley University and graduated in 2005 1st team All-American with a bachelor’s degree in community health. During that time, she also broke the UVU high jump record, was the NJCAA National Discus Champion and became the first American woman to ever win the Overall World Cup Title in skeleton. She was favored to win the gold medal going into the 2006 winter Olympics. At the U.S. Olympic trials in October of 2005 an unfortunate accident kept her from competing at the Olympic Games. A bobsled unexpectedly came out of the track and hit her. She sustained a compound fracture to her lower right leg and was unable to compete in the Olympics. One year later, she came back to win the World Championships by the largest margin the history of the sport. She continued on with her education and received a master’s degree in business administration in 2007. In 2008 Noelle decided to take a year off from competition and she and her husband Janson had a little girl, Lacee Lynne Pace. Noelle competed in the 2010 Winter Olympics, on a sled that her husband built, and was the top U.S finisher finishing 4th, just one-tenth of a second out of the medals. She retired after the Olympics to spend more time with her family and Noelle and Janson had a baby boy named Traycen in 2011. The summer of 2012, Noelle and Janson decided that she would give it one last try to earn an Olympic medal, but only if their family could all travel together. Their dream became a reality February 14, 2014 as Noelle crossed the finish line, winning the silver medal at the Sochi, Russia Olympic Winter Games. The incredible moment was solidified as Noelle jumped into the stands to embrace her family while shouting, “We did it!”.  In 2015, they added twin boys to their family. Noelle is the author of “Focused: Keeping Your Life on Track One Choice at a Time”. She and Janson currently manage their company, Inspire Higher, where they strive to help individuals live on purpose through elite online courses, masterclasses, programs and consulting.

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Patrick Q. Mason holds the Leonard J. Arrington Chair of Mormon History and Culture at USU.  He has written or edited several books, including Mormonism and Violence: The Battles of Zion (Cambridge University Press, 2019); What Is Mormonism? A Student’s Introduction (Routledge, 2017); Out of Obscurity: Mormonism since 1945, co-edited with John Turner (Oxford University Press, 2016); Directions for Mormon Studies in the Twenty-First Century (University of Utah Press, 2016); and The Mormon Menace: Violence and Anti-Mormonism in the Postbellum South (Oxford University Press, 2011).  He was a Fulbright Scholar in Romania in 2015 and is a past president of the Mormon History Association.  Professor Mason is frequently consulted by the national and international media on stories related to Mormon culture and history.  He teaches courses on Mormonism, American religious history, the history of Christianity, and religion, violence, and peacebuilding.

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David Archuleta became a star when he was just 16 years old. In 2008, more than 30 million television viewers fell in love with his angelic voice and their 44 million votes made him runner-up in Season 7 of ‘American Idol.’

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12:25 – Learning Whitney Houston Song

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49:39 – Ending Questions

 

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50:18 – Genesis of the Christmas Organ Solo

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56:59 – Most Memorable Music Experience

59:13 – Three Questions

Transcript

Richie T. Steadman

Podcast Host:  The Cultural Hall

 

Interview:  Richard Elliott, Organist

Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Steadman:           It’s time for another episode of The Cultural Hall and you know Richard Elliott is here and by here I mean technologically here.  He is somewhere else, I’m keeping him safe he’s keeping me safe.  But I wonder if it is a move on your behalf, Richard Elliott organist for the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square, that you have those gold records in the background.  That is pretty intimidating to even start out with this whole thing.

Elliott:                  Yeah, no, this happens to be the conference room for the Tabernacle Choir which is about the quietest spot here right now with all the construction going on so it was not intentional but I’m glad you are a little bit intimidated.

Steadman:           And you probably have counted them and certainly someone has counted them but it is countless almost the number of gold records that the choir and subsequently your work has been a part of.

Elliott:                  There are so many that we can’t keep track of them all and almost every time they release a recording it goes to the top of the charts and we are just glad to have a following and I’m just glad to be along for the ride.

Steadman:           So we’ll get to know you a little bit but I am curious how that ride started. You have been with the choir almost 30 years so take us back to I’m assuming right around 30 years ago when they said hey, who don’t you come play this organ for us.

Elliott:                  Yeah, well at the time I was teaching organ at BYU.  I went there in 1988 when I was wrapping up my doctorate from Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York.  I had been there teaching there for two years at BYU working mainly with our group organ instruction program which was designed to crank out as many organists as we could, taking people who had piano skills and then giving them the tools become decent church organists and then also teach others how to do that.  It was really a fulfilling job and I enjoyed it thoroughly.  But after two years there I got a phone call from the Tabernacle Choir offices saying that Robert Cundick would be retiring in the next year or so and asking if I would be interested in being considered for the job and of course I was just thrilled and honored by that.  It was a hard decision because I enjoyed teaching so much.  So it took a little while just to decide that I wanted to throw my hat in the ring and then the auditions came a few months after that.  And then I was interviewed by President Hinckley and he basically told me that I wouldn’t start working for over six months from the date of our interview. And so I had to keep it quiet from everybody except for my immediate family and then join the choir organization  in May of 1991 and I’ve been here ever since.

Steadman:           I have to wonder and maybe some of it is sacred and not to be shared, but I do have to wonder what does an interview for being the organist for the choir sound like?

Elliott:                  It was a great great experience talking...

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9:39 – On BYU and finding my mate

14:04 – The weighty eternal decision

16:12 – Always the character never the ingénue?

16:41 – Comedy from the passenger seat

23:22 – Choosing the artist path

30:12 – Being funny…and a woman?

35:19 – Comedy is truth

43:56 – Partner exits the church stage left

50:11 – Commitment to teamwork makes our dream work

55:13 – Final Questions

Hailey graduated from BYU with a BFA in Acting. She has worked in numerous film, commercial and theatrical projects. Highlights include co-founding and performing with her long form theatrical improv troupe, The Thrillionaires, who currently can be seen in three seasons of “Show Offs” on byutv. Hailey co-wrote, co-produced, and starred in the successful independent film “Once I Was a Beehive,” and is currently working on the sequel, “Once I Was Engaged.” Other film work includes “Christmas Time,” the indie Christmas comedy that was shot in six days and can be seen on Amazon Prime, and “Love, Fall & Order,” on Hallmark. Hailey lives in Colorado with her husband, four kids, and Siberian husky.

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