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MNRU Joke of the week - Jared

Follow ups
Utah area Young Single Adult conference kicks off with Delta Center concert
Video
Twitter take

Articles
In one of its largest-ever donations, LDS Church gives an additional $44M to help fight world hunger
Twitter Reaction

WHAT happens when you cross a Mormon with a vegan and an erectile dysfunction supplement?

Utah anti-pornography camp accused of 'abusing' teens

Cody Wyoming temple saga going to cost the taxpayers there
LDS representatives also said potential litigation would be costly for the city and its citizens, who would likely lose in the courts, and cited a federal law protecting religious rights.
Mormons Behaving Badly
Bigoted and Hateful?
Approved!?
Winning hearts and minds….
TWIM
Lawsuits and persistent threats lead to victory?
Meme

Heber City Council weighs in on LDS temple project, considers lighting

Utah man Craig Robertson shot dead during FBI raid of his residence after he posted messages threatening the lives of President Biden and NY DA Alvin Bragg
Craig Robertson
FBI kills Mormon man in Provo
Twitter Reaction
Ward clerk!?
A Good and Decent Man
How the church needs to do better
Brutal Take

Mormon Church Must Face Fraud Lawsuit Over Tithe Spending
SL Trib coverage
Twitter reaction
Full case file
Meme
Reditt reaction
Church Responds
High-level church officials could be called to testify (is there any chance of getting Brad Wilcox on the stand?)
TWIM buries Huntsman lawsuit

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Aug 6, 2023
Greetings brothers and sisters! Welcome to the weekly MormonNewsRoundup where Rebecca and Dives ruminate on the great and spacious beehive!

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EP 71 - Lori Daybell sentenced, Patricia Holland laid to rest, Church Mags now free, LDS Church files 2nd lawsuit in Cody Wyoming, and Mormon missionary dies opening his call

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MNRU Joke of the week
Rebecca

Follow ups
Lori Vallow Daybell sentenced to life in prison for murders of her 2 children and conspiring in the murder of her husband’s first wife
Lori Vallow gives GREAT testimony
‘Perspective in life’
Twitter take
Twitter reaction
Mugshot
Mugshot meme

Articles
BYU Football season approaches

“First Thought When I Heard About The Twitter Rebrand” —r/exmormon

Mormon 'youth minister' accused of raping Leesburg children
Floodlight

Patricia Holland
Family members gathered for the graveside service of Sister Holland — the wife of Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and a former general officer of The Church of Jesus Chriist of Latter-day Saints — on Saturday morning, July 29, in the St. George Cemetery.
Reaction 1
Reaction 2
Reaction 3
A Hymn to Honor Jeff’s Wife
Would it go well with the new hymnal revision?

Elder Holland a serious stud muffin
who wore it better
Church Security Department Officer
Flaming Sword

Holland in Hospital
He has specifically asked that absolutely no taffy be sent to him
I just have one piece of advice for Jeff, don’t you dare go home early…
Start a go fund me page?
He might pass away soon.. but not before marrying his next wife!
It’s not insensitive to wish him a speedy passing, because we just want him to be with his wife
Yeah, he’s already been looking at the BYU faculty directory, just single gals though, perhaps a nice 50 something?
Twitter reaction
Twitter reaction 2
Holland’s percent chance to become the sole mouthpiece of God on earth falling

Church magazine subscriptions now available at no cost
Ensign peak returns finally being put to good use?
Finally joining the watchtower in providing free tracts
Anecdote of my wife wanting to cancel BYU magazine (which is free)
Now your relatives can bombard more people with church magazines for free
meme

Trump Indicted: LDS Connection!?
John Eastman indicted
you guys did a whole episode on Mormonish about indictments
Elder oaks strange bedfellows
birds of a feather?
FairLDS responds: the spirit of discernment is hit and miss
one co-conspirator (insurrection) meets another (SEC fine)
can we just talk for a moment about how studly Oaks looks here?

Top 10 poll
New Segment! Church lawsuit ticker!
LDS CHURCH FILES A SECOND LAWSUIT AGAINST THE CITY OF CODY
In the mouth of two or three lawsuits shall every temple be established

Group asks to intervene in LDS lawsuit
Whenever I encounter a tough moral or ethical Gospel question, I just read my scriptures, say a prayer and ask “Who would Jesus sue?”
Change.org

The Newest House of the Lord in Washington State Is Opening Its Doors to the Public

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July 30, 2023
Greetings brothers and sisters! Welcome to the weekly MormonNewsRoundup where Al and Dives ruminate on the great and spacious beehive!

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MNRU Joke of the week
Mitch McConnell channels Lorenzo Snow!?

Follow ups
How you can watch Lori Vallow Daybell’s sentencing, and what we can expect to happen at the hearing
DeseretNews
LDS Royalty
Everyone associated with the Q16 who ever dies was the best ever?
Sis. Hollands Funeral
optics
President Veazey Medical Issue

Articles
My parents were more Mormon than I was”: Barbie Star Ryan Gosling Was Raised by a “Religious Zealot”, Hated His Childhood

LDS missionary is killed in the South Pacific, becomes the fifth to die this year
12 died last year
Several deaths were car accidents that can happen to anyone, one was a 20 year old kid in the Layton mission trying to jump over an electric scooter (being a typical young man doing stupid stunts. It’s certainly tragic, but statistically insignificant.

Mormon missionary who nearly DIED while preaching scripture in Argentina reveals how church leaders simply told her they'd 'say a PRAYER for her' when she begged them for medical help

Far-right activist Ammon Bundy loses Idaho hospital defamation case, must pay millions

LDS Church sues insurance providers over sex abuse settlement costs

Irish Mormons face dwindling numbers, but researcher finds their community inspirational
When you look at the church’s official statistics, LDS membership growth in Ireland looks healthy over the last decade; there were 3,013 members in 2013 and 3,980 in 2022, a 32% increase in just under 10 years. On the other hand, no new congregations have been created in Ireland over that period, which suggests poor retention of new converts and other members.
What’s more, according to the recently released 2022 census, only 1,111 people in Ireland said they were Mormon, a figure that includes both adults and children. This means that 72% of those the church claims as members do not declare themselves as such.

Monstrous' Mormon children's entertainer Paul McKee jailed for 30 years after he was extradited from Thailand to answer for a string of sexual offenses against young girls
He told the victims in court that he forgave them for bringing their accusations against him.
When were church buildings created?

Featured News Article
DMBA filings raise questions about another church entity
How many more hidden entities are we going to find out about?
Same church insurance company which finally allowed birth control last year! in 2022!

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July 23, 2023

Greetings brothers and sisters! Welcome to the weekly MormonNewsRoundup where Rene and Dives ruminate on the great and spacious beehive!

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EP 69 - Rene Steelman co-hosts, Sister Patricia Holland dies at age 81, LDS Church files lawsuit over Cody Wyoming Temple, Utah Area Presidency makes bizarre endorsement, and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is on the way to becoming a trillion dollar church!

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Get to know the Rene Steelman

Who are you? 

You started a YouTube channel and podcast that is called She Became Visible. When did you start that and What is it all about?

I helped you make shorts, edit content, and do some other behind the scenes work on your channel? What has been the result of those efforts?

Working on your channel really forced me to consume a great deal of your Content (every episode!), and during that process, I have never wished to swap my Y chromosome out more.

Your videos are so heartfelt, emotional, raw, and powerful. In contrast, I run a rather analytical and sometimes cold hearted podcast. I need to repent!

It has been incredibly satisfying to me to help you and the women of your channel become more visible, and I’m proud that I was able to elevate their voices in a small way.

Your Tik Tok 

Is there anything else about your personal life or religious beliefs that you would like to share?

MNRU Joke of the week

Rene

Follow ups

Church Issues Statement on Reports about LDS Charities Australia

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (“Church”) issued the following statement in response to reports of LDS Charities Australia’s (“LDSCA”) spend on humanitarian aid having fallen in 2022.

Laughably short

Does confirm that LDSCA will continue operations 

matter closed 

The LDS Church Files Lawsuit Against Cody’s Planning, Zoning and Adjustment Board

Church lawsuit also threatened in Heber Valley. Church is not taking no for an answer 

Articles

Sis Holland dies

She battled the long term effects of COVID

Her name is not mentioned?

Her Identity is wrapped up in her husband 

Utah Area Presidency endorses David Barton: Why I Love America 

Anti-Islamic Charlatan!?

Niche affiliation syndrome 

Bombed LDS Church in Ukraine 

One out of 7 US Latter-day Saints attend “weekly” church 

What Can Make Our Prophets, Our Scriptures, and Our Temples Useless?

this is asking the wrong question in my opinion

The four things we can do as members of the church

Joke poll

Featured News Article 

LDS Church on its way to becoming a trillion-dollar faith

The Widow’s Mite Report offers detailed analysis of the faith’s holdings well beyond the public stock filings from its investment arm.

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July 16, 2023
Greetings brothers and sisters! Welcome to the weekly MormonNewsRoundup where Jacob and Dives ruminate on the great and spacious beehive!
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EP 68 - Jacob Hansen co-hosts, LDS Australian Tithing stokes controversy, BYU steeplechase wins first place, Moms for Liberty in the spotlight, Cosmo the Cougar engagement update, fascinating analysis of LDS sunday attendance in the US, and much more!

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What is the ⁠thoughtful saint⁠ all about?

MNRU Joke of the week
⁠Disney Tries To Appeal To Angel Studios' Mormon Audience With 'Indiana Jones And The Plates of Nephi'⁠
or
⁠Hugh Nibley and the White Horse Prophecy⁠

Articles
⁠After made-for-Hollywood finish, what’s next for BYU’s Kenneth Rooks?⁠
Largely symbolic
⁠Another⁠ mostly symbolic Mormon judgment
and ⁠another⁠
⁠Moms for liberty⁠
got its start in Florida in 2019 the fight against Covid safety measures - strange bedfellows
Labeled a hate and extremist ⁠here⁠ and ⁠here⁠
⁠List⁠ of SPLC hate groups
⁠Cell phone data reveals long sought for Mormon activity rates for Sunday church attendance in the United States⁠
20% any given sunday
⁠30-35% activity rate ⁠quarterly

⁠April Despain starts a go fund me⁠
The last I heard there was only a threat of a lawsuit, not an actual lawsuit itself
Wait, ⁠April is the stalker ⁠and not the other way around?
⁠This keeps getting weirder ⁠

⁠Cosmo the cougar is now gay married. Will there be a membership council? ⁠

⁠The Book of Mormon warns against division, Elder Corbitt says at Braver Angels conference⁠
Does your twitter profile and YouTube channel encourage unity, or breed division?
Race can be divisive and a potential barrier to unity.
⁠Mormon leaders – whose church is often associated with the GOP – push back against one-party politics⁠
⁠Mormons walk away from major multinational tax evasion scheme⁠
takeaways: Whether in ⁠Canada⁠ (BYU tithing dust up, US (EPA fine), Australia (LDSCA), or Israel ⁠Marshfield advisors⁠ controversy) the church goes to great lengths to avoid paying taxes.
Should we follow the church’s same ethically questionable tax avoidance approach in our individual or small business tax burdens?

Conclusion
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July 9, 2023

Greetings brothers and sisters! Welcome to the weekly MormonNewsRoundup where Kerry and Dives ruminate on the great and spacious beehive!

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EP 67 - Kerry Shirts co-hosts, LDS Missionary stats analysis, GOP’s ‘Mormon problem’, LDS-C Australia activities, and MASSIVE class action lawsuit against the COJCOLDS!

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Get to know the BackYard Professor

Who is the backyard professor?

https://backyardprofessor.org/about/ 

You started a podcast, what’s that all about?

https://backyardprofessor.org/ 

Is there anything else about your personal life or religious beliefs that you would like to share?

Chess Match on Lichess!

Bullet 1

MNRU Joke of the week

Kerry

Articles

Young people have responded to Pres. Nelson’s call to serve missions. See the inspiring statistics

Analysis of the article above 

Surge?

Opinion  The GOP has a glaring Mormon problem

This is a stunning level of decline. 

First ever MASSIVE Utah young single adults conference in Provo

For the first time, all young single adult members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints living in the Utah area are invited to the same conference.

Church starts running summer Bible camps for kids!?

Youth, single adults and others volunteer at stake day camp for Primary kids to model how other wards and stakes could integrate Children and Youth

Church appears to respond to last year’s Sydney Morning Herald bombshell

LDSC Australia folds up shop?

LDS Church shells out big to help the poor…play pickleball?

Rumor has it the church donated not only the basketball, but a used volleyball net from the DI

Wait, we are helping the whore of all the earth now?

One mega billion dollar church helping another mega billion dollar get in shape

Child molesters unite!

Fascinating new analysis of temple accessibility 

Have you ever tried to get to your temple without a car? What other ideas might make it easier to get to the temple without a car?

Featured News Article

What the Wall Street Journal would have learned about temples from a Latter-day Saint like me

what’s amusing about the claim is the fact that a number of the early so-called Hinckley temples had to be almost completely reconstructed due to poor design/construction, some within only a couple of years of their initial build 

Speaking of accessibility Los Angeles Temple at on July 5th, 2023 at 8:30

Consider that temples are not only magnificent, they are the only church buildings that are magnificent.

depends on what you define church buildings

Wembley, England industrial complex $100 million

The Kent washington Amazon industrial complex $300 million

The SL conference center $250 million

Polynesian cultural Center $300 million

BYU Provo campus $1 billion 

City creek mall $1.5 billion+

Deseret Ranch in Florida is $2+ Billion

and the MNRU patreons kick in about $5/month

Seeger Law Firm Class Action against COJCOLDS

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July 2, 2023
Greetings brothers and sisters! Welcome to the weekly MormonNewsRoundup where Rebecca and Dives ruminate on the great and spacious beehive!

EP 66 - Rebecca Biblioteca co-hosts, LDS Parents sue Utah school cause their son had premarital sex!, TabCats cancel Mexico tour, JS Paper Project comes to a close, and the WSJ details LDS church real estate

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How’s the Mormonish shorts doing?
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How's your son doing on his LDS mission?

MNRU Joke of the week
Rebecca

Articles
⁠Lawsuit: Utah High School's Failure to Prevent LDS student from having sex with his girlfriend Did Not Violate Parents' Free Exercise Rights⁠
⁠Tabernacle Choir cancels live broadcast due to multiple cases of COVID following Mexico tour⁠
⁠Top 10 Tab Cat Songs⁠
⁠The Principle Wife centers around the love story of Rebecca and Benjamin as they embark on a journey of living “the principle” known as plural marriage.⁠
⁠Shot or Not Shot?: The age old debate about John Taylor’s watch refuses to die⁠
⁠The FamilySearch Library Can Digitize Your Old Photos and Videos—for Free⁠
⁠Drag shows are a big part of Utah’s history⁠
⁠Final volume of JS papers released⁠
⁠What Elder Renlund learned from a stethoscope about seeking and relying on the Holy Ghost⁠
an inspiring story! Well, sort of, I guess, wait what happened with his wife again?
⁠So beautiful⁠
⁠Inside the Mormon Church’s Globe-Spanning Real-Estate Empire⁠

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June 25, 2023

Greetings brothers and sisters! Welcome to the weekly MormonNewsRoundup where Ian and Dives ruminate on the great and spacious beehive!

EP 65 - Ian Wilks co-hosts, LDS Church abuse rates, Temple Updates, UK Background Checks, and Ian Wilks breaks news! Church considers calling female Sunday school axillaries, stake and ward secretaries, and the role of technology in advancing and accelerating the church. 

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Get to know Ian (10 minutes)

So who are you?

What is inside out podcast?

Why did you start it and what’s it all about?

Why do you continue to come onto podcasts?

Is there anything else about your personal life or religious beliefs that you would like to share? More spiritual, less religious, less judgemental, more universal. 

MNRU Joke of the week

Ian

Follow ups

I KNOW HOW TO LOWER CHURCH ABUSE RATES BY 75%

Jennifer Roach outlines 7 suggested ways to reduce abuse, many of which have merit: but she FAILS to cover the single biggest reduction any organization could make to reduce child sex abuse: mandatory background checks 

Why didn’t Roach mention the obvious? 

Reflections on Abuse, Reporting, and the Church - FAIR (fairlatterdaysaints.org)

https://latterdaysaintmag.com/i-know-how-to-lower-church-abuse-rates-by-75/ 

Temple Stuff

Cody Mormon Temple Gets OK, But Not The Enormous 77-Foot Steeple

Although the town of Cody approved a new Mormon temple on Thursday, it tabled the decision on whether to allow a towering 77-foot steeple to go with it.

Would fasting and prayer help get the towering steeple approved?

UK Background Checks - Disclosure Scotland Act.

First Presidency: Temple cornerstone ceremonies discontinued

Good Take

Ian: Why it is building so many temples when it can’t operate them

Measuring temple activity. 

Temple recommend questions go back underground

31.2.5

LCR

Articles

Legislators look at new Utah law aimed at removing inappropriate material from schools

Funny Take

Bible is back!

LDS Church celebrates Juneteenth with gift to NAACP branch

Ian: Elder Matthew S. Holland of the Seventy (second from right) joins Vickie Terry,, executive director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Memphis Branch, and others at branch headquarters on the Monday, June 19, 2023. The Church is giving $500,000 to help renovate the branch building. This renovation will create an inviting community gathering spot for MyBaby4Me meetings and other NAACP and community functions. Workers will also install a commercial kitchen to feed program participants.

Current state of LDS podcasting 

Here’s a snapshot of what online Mormon content people are consuming. 

What LDS related YouTube channels do you most enjoy?

Breaking News

Ian: Stake Sunday School auxiliaries’ leadership should include women stake Sunday school and ward executive secretary. No reason not to call women into these callings. They don’t require priesthood functional authority.  Some of my best councilors have been RS Presidencies. Same for stake executive secretaries.

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June 18, 2023

Greetings brothers and sisters! Welcome to the weekly MormonNewsRoundup where Ron and Dives ruminate on the great and spacious beehive!

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EP 63 - Ron Yorgason co-hosts, Book of Mormon banned in Utah!?, Donald Trump indicted and LDS Church responds!?, Mormon transgender attitudes revealed, fascinating analysis of LDS Boy Scout abuse rates, and BYU-I professor leads hate group!?

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Ron

Follow ups

Davis School District releases details on complaint against The Book of Mormon

The petitioner, whose name was redacted, said he or she doesn't want children reading about "murder, rape and torture, or learning that it is OK to murder somebody if God tells them to (Nephi)."

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is running a provocative full-page ad picturing a bible and the Book of Mormon with a headline saying “BAN THESE BOOKS” in Sunday’s Salt Lake City Tribune.

Should there be separation of Church and State in Utah? Or does freedom of religion reign supreme?

https://tinyurl.com/4pcynyen

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Articles

'Are you listening, Donald Trump?': Mormon church tells members to vote for 'integrity' regardless of party

Latter-day Saints and Transgender Attitudes

Figures 1,3,8

Church Growth

TikToc

Arkansas is the Hottest Place in the US for LDS Growth

4.5% growth used to be the NORM

Why?

Fascinating look at future LDS Church Growth 

"The best indicator of the future size of a religion is not the number of missionaries it sends, but how many children are in the pews."

Last year, the Lichfield England stake closed, marking the first time a stake in the UK had ever been closed (the first stake was organized in 1960).  Earlier this year, the Watford England stake closed and this past week the Maidstone and Wandsworth stakes closed.

During this joint conference, stake president says growth does not mean number of stakes 

https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/facts-and-statistics/country/united-kingdom

In the last 10 year, church activity in the UK declined over 13%

LATTER-DAY SAINT ENIGMA: THEIR UNEXPECTED TROOP ABUSE RATES

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Elder Rasband speaking at $250/plate dinner 

What is the definition of priestcraft?

Scripture central

Only discloses employee pay information upon receipt 

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American Heritage School dedicated by Elder Rasband in Salt Lake City

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Paul H. Dunn connection

Due diligence?

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BYU-Idaho professor leads an anti-gay hate group in Rexburg, ID

Ron Nate 

Mass Resistance 

If Dr. Nate belonged to the proud boys, fired. KKK fired. But if he bashes gays, no problem!

Brother Nate Family Reunion 

Mayor getting involved

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Church ramming Heber Valley Temple Through 

Hugh Grant to star in Heretic, a horror movie revolving “around two Mormon missionaries on a mission to convert a man. However, things take an unexpected

Swarm of Mormon Crickets Descends on Elko, Nevada

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June 11, 2023

Greetings brothers and sisters! Welcome to the weekly MormonNewsRoundup where Richie and Dives ruminate on the great and spacious beehive!

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EP 63 - Richie from the Cultural Hall podcast co-Hosts, Charlie Bird (Cosmo the Cougar) gets engaged to another man, Church announces background checks in the UK, LDS couple savagely mocked for anti-gay rights stance, and Elder Soares goes on Live Television!

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Welcome to the MormonNewsRoundup!

Who is Richie T. Steadman?

You founded a popular LDS related podcast called the cultural hall, when did you start that and what’s it all about?

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What makes the cultural hall podcast better than TWIM and the MNRU. 

Is there anything else about your personal life or religious beliefs that you would like to share?

MNRU Joke of the week

Richie

Follow ups

A Utah school district removed the Bible from some school libraries. Now it’s received a request to review the Book of Mormon

Church responds

Articles

Elder Holland Begins a Slow Return to Service in the Twelve

Hard to believe that the BofM hasn’t been fully translated into Navajo

Prior to this, the church had selections from the book of Mormon printed in Navajo, rather than the entire book. Seems like they have already translated most of it to Navajo. 

Bitter wind 27:37

‘Music and the Spoken Word’ to Premiere in Spanish

Mormon couple savagely mocked after flying ‘family values flag’ during Pride Month

Anti-Gay Pride LDS couple responds to the twitter mob

More reactions 

and more

Getting really ugly

She went on Midnight Mormons and came across as a mostly levelheaded person

Full disclosure, I went to high school with her husband, He was a nice guy, good LDS, good at basketball, and an all around good boy/student, 

Some really sick individuals out there sneaking into LDS Temples

Charlie Bird announces engagement

Who is Charlie Bird?

Deseret News op ed

His book NO for sale at Deseret Book, removed earlier this week

Will it get yanked? Answer: Yes, sort of

His Youtube channel (play first minute)

Charlie’s heartfelt IG

thoughtful Saint

Will he be subject to church discipline?

Idaho judge sets 2024 trial date for Chad Daybell

Church to perform background checks in UK for persons working with children 

21st century saints have been working on this project for years

Interview with Jane

Corbitt - ATC is wrong

Oaks - There is no loyal opposition 

YIgo Guam Temple Sustained Damage

Unprecedented Cody Wyoming Temple Dialog

Elder Soares is interviewed by International TV Network in Chile

He also visits the Pres. of Uruguay

What did Soares say?

Did he take any “real” questions? Wish I had transcript in English

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