Richie T talked to fellow hosts as well as several Patreon Saints about the top stories of 2023. (Become a Patreon Saint here.)
Robert Mortensen

* How to find your 3rd cousin once removed at the grocery store
* Nate Eaton Ep. 738, 697, and  416
*  East Idaho News coverage of Lori and Chad Daybell case
*  Kenneth Rooks advances to steeplechase world championship finals
* How did Bro. Rooks do at the finals?
* Sarah Jane Weaver interview with Kenneth Rooks
*  Church announces uniform standard for ward and stake boundaries

Aaron Ryan

*  How the SEC believes the Church has billions of dollars
* Church’s statement on SEC scandal
*  Church introduces background checks for leaders in the UK
*  Push to require clergy to report abuse stalls in Utah

Meghan the Mitch

*  Ruby Franke arrested for child abuse
* Ruby Franke to testify against Jodi Hildebrandt
*  What Ashley Hatch learns from not being included in World Cup roster
* Ashley Hatch named 2021 Golden Boot winner
* In Memoriam:

* <a href="https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/mary-crandall-hales-obituary?fbclid=IwAR0y5Klza0Duj_FtNoP7mth7ZaqIjU1LVCn0dVVKoIHWfFlIzg00MmU2...

755 Top Whatever of 2023

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Ken Williams
Ken is the author of several books, including 21 Days to Success through Networking, 21 Days to Success with LinkedIn, Marriage Advice to my Daughter, It’s a Conspiracy, his less-than-helpful grammar book, Irregardless, and Surviving the Boss from Hell. He is especially proud of his short book, The Chocolate Cake Phenomenon, which teaches that chocolate cake is spiritual.


Ken currently works coaching motivated new managers who struggle with their relationship with their boss. He is also an elders quorum instructor, which he thinks is the best calling in the Church.

Ken is married father of five children (who were conveniently born in alphabetical order: Allison, Brendan, Carissa, Dallton, and Eddison) and a lifelong member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He met his wife, Marcene, in their BYU freshman ward, and they married only four months after Ken returned from his mission to Lisbon, Portugal.

Click on a title or cover image to check out his books.
It’s a Conspiracy!: Create your Own Conspiracy Theory for Social Media
Marriage Advice to my Daughter: Everything I’ve Learned Since You Were Born
21 Days to Success Through Networking: The Life and Times of Gnik Rowten
21 Days to Success With LinkedIn: Business Social Networking the Gnik Rowten Way
Surviving the Boss from Hell: Taming Tyrants, Soothing Screamers, and Outsmarting Control Freaks
Irregardless: And Other Grammar Error’s Too Irritate And Annoy
The Chocolate Cake Phenomenon: A More Delicious Way to Minister



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802 Ken Williams


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* Dunder Mifflin: Limitless paper for a paperless world
* Explosives used in Henderson church because suspect ‘thought it would be fun’
* Member tools app launches version 5.0
* Why did this Mormon drive 10 hours to buy whiskey?
* Brian and Laura Hales Ep. 176
* New scholarship for history students at ASU
* Alyssa Grenfell claims there is a ‘cult voice’
* David Archuletta on leaving the church and on American Idol
* Rebroadcast in memorial Melissa Inouye Ep. 326
* 5 days before Melissa Inouye died, she shared her dreams for the church
* Worldwide devotional for Young Adults on May 5, 2024 with Elder Godoy
* Why former star of Where the Red Fern Grows joined the church
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801 AoN Cult Voice Isn’t a Thing


Temple Dedications 

Red Cliffs Utah Temple – #189 (#17 in Utah)

Dedicated on March 24th by Henry B Erying

His Great-grandfather, Henry Eyring settled in the region


Dedicatory Prayer 
Open house was visited by 200,000 people (population of the county)
20 Stakes assigned to the Temple District (east of I-15)
City with the oldest and newest temple (for 5 weeks)

St George the 4th city with 2 dedicated temple 


Did Elder Holland Choose the name of the Temple?


Manti Utah Temple Rededication 

Elder Rasband Announced as the presiding authority on April 9th
Psych: President Nelson rededicates the Temple on April 21st.
All four grandparents lived in the Sanpete Valley
New press release about preserving the murals
230,000 visitors toured the temple in 3 weeks. 

Sanpete County population is 30,000


Church News: Lamb of God video
Dedicatory Prayer 




Temple Open Houses Begin

Puebla Mexico Temple

Media day on March 25th 
Open House ran through April 20th 
Interior Photos

colonialist baroque aesthetic – blue talavera everywhere (azulejos)




Taylorsville Utah Temple

Media day on April 9th 
Open House runs through May 18th 
Utah Jewish Leaders sing Psalm 113 in a sealing room
Interior Photos 

Pioneer Victorian style – Provo City Center Vibes
Utah wildflowers — bird’s foot trefoil, “Red Beauty” Bergenia cordifolia and broad-leaved gilia — burgundy, lavender and gold.

800 Temple Ticker Backlog

If you would like to donate to her family with costs associated with her illness and passing, visit their GO FUNDME.

With her unique mix of humor and candor, empathy and idealism, Inouye draws upon her academic training in Chinese history and religious studies, her rich cultural heritage, her experiences raising a family in an international setting, her tangle with cancer, and her resilient faith in the gospel of Jesus Christ to unfurl vibrant reflections on the enduring question of what it means to be a Latter-day Saint today.
She passed away from cancer on April 23, 2024.
Read The Church Newsroom article about her passing.
Read the Salt Lake Tribune piece about her dreams for the Church, which she gave five days before her death.
Read her obituary.

Here are some of her remarkable writings. CROSSINGS is the book she talked about on her visit to The Hall. Click a cover to learn more, or visit her AMAZON AUTHOR PAGE to see them all.

 
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***Rebroadcast*** In Memoriam Episode 326 Melissa Inouye

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755 Top Whatever of 2023

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