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Nov 17, 2023

Greetings brothers and sisters! Welcome to the weekly MormonNewsRoundup. I am your humble host Dives, talent on loan from Kolob, bringing you this podcast with half the Kinderhook Plates tied behind my back. 

My crew and I ruminate weekly on the great and spacious beehive! Thanks so much for joining us to discuss the latest current events in Mormondom. 

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EP 85 - Ballard and Ballard zaniness continues, Mormon Church AP Sex abuse case conclusion, Elder Soares interview, Pres. Nelson gives us an inspired update on his health, and the Jesus Legacy Park in Heber sparks concerns  

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MNRU Joke of the week

Al

Articles

Heber Park

https://www.kpcw.org/heber-city/2023-11-07/planned-heber-city-park-honoring-book-of-mormon-u-s-founding-raises-talk-of-christian-nationalism 

Poll of the Week

Soares

Brazilian YouTuber interviews Elder Soares, who talks about his apostolic calling

AP Sex Abuse Case Finally Concludes

https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2023/11/08/judge-tosses-out-bid-by-family-sexual-abuse-survivors-to-sue-church-for-failing-to-report-to-police/ 

https://youtu.be/JsnRA11c7pY?si=XzezBOB3QPRZgwUy 

https://x.com/therandymormon/status/1722640657808756774?s=46&t=Kn3MLSjDGf_9v6exU2J_Gg 

https://x.com/therandymormon/status/1722529119529754875?s=46&t=Kn3MLSjDGf_9v6exU2J_Gg 

https://x.com/olivercowd/status/1722638663069417718?s=46&t=Kn3MLSjDGf_9v6exU2J_Gg 

Tucson attorney speaks out about dismissed child sexual abuse case

https://www.kvoa.com/news/local/tucson-attorney-speaks-out-about-dismissed-child-sexual-abuse-case/article_8e27ff12-7eb5-11ee-a374-eb1588d576b4.html 

https://x.com/jenn_nextdoor/status/1722653559454568654?s=46&t=Kn3MLSjDGf_9v6exU2J_Gg 

https://x.com/aureliawelde/status/1722778038973391234?s=46&t=Kn3MLSjDGf_9v6exU2J_Gg 

https://x.com/jenn_nextdoor/status/1722677307381530931?s=46&t=Kn3MLSjDGf_9v6exU2J_Gg 

Gaza

https://www.abc4.com/news/the-church-of-jesus-christ-of-latter-day-saints-offers-relief-in-gaza-israel/ 

BYU

https://universe.byu.edu/2023/11/07/the-integrity-and-compliance-office-offers-a-safe-way-for-students-to-report-noncompliance/

Heber Temple

https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/wasatch-county-council-approves-construction-of-lds-temple-in-heber-valley 

President Nelson gives health update

https://x.com/nelsonrussellm/status/1722992719092699234?s=46&t=Kn3MLSjDGf_9v6exU2J_Gg 

https://x.com/enos_envy/status/1723033818993439021?s=46&t=Kn3MLSjDGf_9v6exU2J_Gg

https://x.com/brothermike17/status/1723000434946609181?s=46&t=Kn3MLSjDGf_9v6exU2J_Gg 

Ballard and Ballard

https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/lds-apostle-accused-of-leaking-tithing-records-to-target-wealthy-donors 

https://x.com/religiongal/status/1721663352345444432?s=46&t=Kn3MLSjDGf_9v6exU2J_Gg 

https://x.com/elimccann/status/1721684807544107428?s=46&t=Kn3MLSjDGf_9v6exU2J_Gg 

https://x.com/chinoblanco/status/1722374695541166472?s=46&t=Kn3MLSjDGf_9v6exU2J_Gg 

https://x.com/chinoblanco/status/1722359456921743547?s=46&t=Kn3MLSjDGf_9v6exU2J_Gg 

https://x.com/enos_envy/status/1721991852608434251?s=46&t=Kn3MLSjDGf_9v6exU2J_Gg 

MemeS

https://www.instagram.com/p/CzXZsKfhkmc/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link 

https://x.com/brothermike17/status/1721872978277720215?s=46&t=Kn3MLSjDGf_9v6exU2J_Gg 

https://x.com/cwillardsmoot/status/1722959485948366859?s=46&t=Kn3MLSjDGf_9v6exU2J_Gg 

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Nov 5, 2023

Greetings brothers and sisters! Welcome to the weekly MormonNewsRoundup. I am your humble host Dives, talent on loan from Kolob, bringing you this podcast with half the Kinderhook Plates tied behind my back. 

My crew and I ruminate weekly on the great and spacious beehive! Thanks so much for joining us to discuss the latest current events in Mormondom. 

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EP 84 - Mormon church faces another federal tithing misuse lawsuit, Tim Ballard docs make INSANE church allegations, and LDS Church real estate arm goes bananas in Arizona 

Welcome to the MormonNewsRoundup!

MNRU Joke of the week

Rebecca

What did you dress up in for Halloween?

Dives

Halloween Candy Ruse

Articles

Lawsuit

Watch video

A federal lawsuit filed Tuesday alleges the LDS Church's investment arm misused hundreds of thousands of dollars

Latest tithing lawsuit seeks independent oversight of LDS Church finances

Nemo Reel - Todd Budge

Teen allegedly taken by mom, uncle as part of doomsday prophecy found at Canadian border

Who is Spring Thibaudeau? All about the Mormon mother arrested after taking teenage son to Alaska over a doomsday prophecy

Video 

Charges filed against doomsday mother and uncle of missing teen

Queen Creek

LDS church to develop huge build-to-rent project in Queen Creek

https://www.abc15.com/news/business/lds-church-to-develop-huge-build-to-rent-project-in-queen-creek 

Churches as landlord

MNRU Poll of the Week

Top 10 things you didn’t know about the LDS church’s $100M+ build-to-rent community in Arizona

A nonprofit has bought acreage in Heber City with the hope of turning it into a Book of Mormon-inspired sculpture garden

Plan recommended to build controversial LDS temple in Heber City

Missionaries 

LDS Church plans a huge jump in the number of missions as its proselytizing force grows

More missions

Official Tweet

Stats

https://x.com/TheCultchNews/status/1720047653336023498?s=20

What the church can control

More stats

BYU

The BYU Jerusalem Center students are leaving Greece today to finish the semester from home

Thanks to our reporting, responsible action has ensured that the CAPS office will no longer disseminate the LGBTQ “Activism Guides.” 

Guide

BYU football having a tough time in its Big 12 debut

meme

It's all about the timing

Tim Ballard

"The Davis County Investigation, according to OUR’s own internal documents, revealed that Elder M. Russell Ballard and other authorities from the Mormon Church, provided Mormon tithing records to OUR to help OUR target wealthy donors and wealthy Mormon Church Wards. Id. at p. 7, ¶ 58 (f)."

Tweet

More

Breathing Problems

Video of Mike Green

https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2023/10/27/utah-ag-sean-reyes-tim-ballard/

Memo

Who has access to apostles?

BYU hasn’t gotten the memo

Big line of cocaine

Tweet 

Mike Lee in on this gravy train too

MRB condones?

meme

Devotional

Memes

Yet another case of mismanaging the widows mite  

More women

Close association 

Osmonds

Debbie and I had the wonderful privilege of hosting Elder Bednar

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New federal lawsuit filed against Latter-day Saint church over alleged 'misuse' of donationsGround broken for Fort Worth Texas Temple — 1 of 8 in the state and 3 in the metro areaChurch announces 36 new missions; increase of time allowed to start paperwork

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Oct 29, 2023

Greetings brothers and sisters! Welcome to the weekly MormonNewsRoundup. I am your humble host Dives, talent on loan from Kolob, bringing you this podcast with half the Kinderhook Plates tied behind my back. 

My crew and I ruminate weekly on the great and spacious beehive! Thanks so much for joining us to discuss the latest current events in Mormondom. 

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EP 83 - Dr. Patrick Mason co-hosts, the LDS church and climate change, Mitt Romney in the spotlight, Faith matters conference controversies, and temple updates

Welcome to the MormonNewsRoundup!

Get to know Patrick (5 minutes)

What’s your one minute Mormon story?

You have considerable experience in LDS related news including:

Latter-day Landscape (Mormonism Magnified)

A forgotten gem 

mormon news weekly

Mormon News Weekly discussion

What was the goal? 

Why did it end? 

Do you have plans to get back into the LDS news sphere?

Patrick’s X reaction to the canceled MNW endeavor 

You have made the rounds on many LDS affiliated podcasts including those with tiny followings and even quasi-conspiratorial shows.

MNRU Joke of the week

Patrick

Articles

Seems to be a bit of a departure from the Church’s neutrality on this issue in times past

I didn’t realize the church had a sustainability manager: Jenica Sedgewick

KUER poll - only 10% of latter-day Saints believe climate change is a crisis

Church donated Great Salt Lake water shares last year 

Church’s mostly failed attempt last year to go brown (Axios)

Mormon environmentalism stewardship alliance

Romney, currently an active LDS senator from Utah, has announced he won't seek reelection in 2024.

As Romney saw it, Coppins writes, the most pressing challenges in the global church of 17 million members came not from without, but from within — namely in “retaining young people, promoting faith in a secular world, and addressing prickly issues in the church’s history.”

is Mitt Romney correct about the modern day Threats to the church?

Right leaning church member weighs in

Who is right? Romney or Packer?

A tough take, but accurate?

Romney’s own public service and his views on the dysfunction of American politics

Most people look at Latter-day Saints and good secret keepers

Gordon Monson on Faith Matters

Meme

Temples

Cody Wyoming internal documents related to the Church’s planned temple show the angst this building brings to this small community

LDS donor of temple site plot offers job to city employee

New Orem temple paves way for longtime Provo temple to be demolished, rebuilt

Should the Provo temple be torn down and remodeled?

Should the SL Temple have been gutted?

Church donates nearly $1 million to Florida food bank

Short from Morgan from my spiritual life

Conclusion

You latest book is Proclaim Peace: The Restoration Answer to an Age of Conflict

What projects do you have planned in the future either at USU, additional books, or in other ventures?

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Oct 22, 2023

Greetings brothers and sisters! Welcome to the weekly MormonNewsRoundup. I am your humble host Dives, talent on loan from Kolob and with half the Kinderhook Plates tied behind my back. 

My crew and I ruminate weekly on the great and spacious beehive! Thanks so much for joining us to discuss the latest current events in Mormondom. 

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EP 82 - Gene Judson from Latter-daily Digest  co-hosts, Bonnie Cordon goes to SVU, Sister Kathleen Eyring passes away

Welcome to the MormonNewsRoundup!

https://youtube.com/@Latter-dailyDigest?si=cufgWakiVskCi9pe 

Why did you start your channel?

I invited you on before you began your podcast, so I can see around corners, Gene!

MNRU Joke of the week

Gene

Articles

Rabbi takes issue with LDS First Presidency statement on Hamas-Israel war⁠

only took 6 days to get this statement through correlation (contrast to Tim Ballard statement which went out lightning fast?)

“Violence of this nature is abhorrent to us and is not in harmony with the gospel of Jesus Christ”

Wait, God repeatedly commanded genocide in the OT and Jesus killed untold thousands in 3 Ne 9, not to mention the global flood and my good friend Uzzah in the Bible

On Friday, the BYU Jerusalem Center, which is sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, announced that it was relocating students and staff to Greece.

Background on her grandson? Gene

Now that she has ‘made it’ we can all take her name off the prayer

retirement of class names Beehive, Mia Maid, and Laurel;

MNRU poll of the week 

Kathleen Johnson Eyring, wife of President Henry B. Eyring, Second Counselor in the First Presidency, passed away peacefully today, surrounded by her family in Bountiful, Utah. She was 82.

Fixed picture?

https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/kathleen-johnson-eyring-obit 

https://x.com/ofgoodreport_/status/1715065473987977421?s=46&t=Kn3MLSjDGf_9v6exU2J_Gg 

Her best day

Upcoming O.U.R. devotional at an LDS church featuring Matt Osborne offering timely advice on — wait for it — Situational Awareness and Grooming Tactics.

If you can’t beat them, join them?

Mormon Shrivel

Home ward in Spring Valley, CA now a Chaldean Catholic Church

Paging the stone cut out of the mountain without hands…

Mormon chapel to move into City as church-owned property fund looks to fill empty office space

Think Celestial

Tattoo appointment already scheduled, strength of youth 

One soles of the feet of RMN

Latter-day Saint women aren't oppressed

changed title to

The happiness of women can’t be separated from the moral development of men. The church’s organization reflects this

Latter-day Saint women aren’t oppressed

Trib coverage 

Conclusion

What do you have planned in the future for latter-day digest?

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Oct 17, 2023

Greetings brothers and sisters! Welcome to the weekly MormonNewsRoundup. I am your humble host Dives, talent on loan from Kolob.

My crew and I ruminate weekly on the great and spacious beehive! Thanks so much for joining us to discuss the latest current events in Mormondom. 

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EP 81 - Ryan Josiah from TikTok co-hosts, Tim Ballard gets sued twice, and Elder Bednar clip goes viral, and much much more!

Welcome to the MormonNewsRoundup!

Get to know Ryan (5 minutes)

What’s your one minute mormon story?

You run the popular TikTok account, what’s that all about?

https://www.tiktok.com/@ryanjosiah?lang=en 

Why did you start your channel?

MNRU Joke of the week

Ryan

Articles

Tim Ballard

Timmy getting sued

video

Making national news now

No wonder he was always channeling Nephi

Brazilian Wax

Meme

What’s the difference?

second lawsuit

How many people actually watch conference?

Billions of our ancestors are watching conference every single day!!

More than the moon landing!

Trump inauguration

The most watched general conference talk from last session was RMN think celestial talk which has 200k views, NOT 200M views. 

RMN most popular video of all time has 21M views! but significant evidence suggests it only got those views from the church pumping huge $$$ (millions?) into advertising it.

Temple in Russia

The Lord will provide a way?

So much for the one size fits all plan of salvation

https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2023/10/09/james-huntsman-lds-church-why-he/

Church contacted James's family member to pressure him to drop it

Only 10% of Latter-day Saints see climate change as a crisis, survey finds

Of course they are if they weren’t it wouldn’t appear in the church news

PS, no, Mormon prophet is ever going to find himself slain in the streets of Jerusalem

Conclusion

What do you have planned in the future for your TikTok channel?

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Neurodiversity may explain why Latter-day Saints experience church policies, practices and preachings in varying ways
BYU Jerusalem Center students safe as war is declared in Israel
Does Mormonism ruin faith?

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Oct 8, 2023

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EP 80 - Jane from 21st Century Saints co-hosts, more general conference reactions, Tim Ballard updates, and much more!

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What’s your one minute mormon story?

You run the popular podcast 21st century saints, what’s that all about?

https://youtube.com/@21stcenturysaints21?si=H8FLgCa2mqsrPfAd 

Why did you start your podcast?

MNRU Joke of the week

Jane

Dives 

Articles

Lynn Packard OUR update showing connections between Tim and Russel Ballard

Desktop picture

Tim Ballard Spiritual Wives!?

Huntsman Lawsuit

Various faith groups support The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Huntsman tithing appeal

General Conference

Best conference reaction?

Jesus at general conference

Think Celestial

Meme mom with kid

Joseph smith thought celestial 

Joseph and Helen

https://x.com/_cultch/status/1708669198560297329?s=46&t=Kn3MLSjDGf_9v6exU2J_Gg 

Negro

What gives people a feeling of power

https://x.com/_cultch/status/1709361163702604017?s=46&t=Kn3MLSjDGf_9v6exU2J_Gg 

Fixed

Filters

https://reddit.com/r/exmormon/s/rBrm8rAWEG 

Think Molestial

Warren Jeffs

MNRU Poll of the week

What’s the best way to follow Pres. Nelson’s inspired advice to think celestial?

Addictions

RMN Addictions

https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2F347iov8uhtrb1.jpg 

https://youtube.com/shorts/BKUvdgKsaOo?si=n1NV-ATT4_HOvIqy

https://x.com/floodlitorg/status/1709744137363149146?s=46&t=Kn3MLSjDGf_9v6exU2J_Gg 

story of my dad

Never Take Counsel

Enos Envy

99.99% of people shouldn’t be trusted?

Mixed Faith Marriage Meme

Child Molesters

Star Wars

Diversity of Thought

Church rarely participates in interfaith councils and apostles never debate anyone (aka show actual evidence of truth claims)

Brigham Young Counsel is gone

Cultural Hall meme

Why shouldn’t members of the LDS church, especially my family, ask me why I don’t believe the church is what it claims to be?

LDS Discussions

Jim Jones

Never Take Counsel from…

Joseph Smith

Telestial Kind of body

Meme 1

https://youtu.be/Qx6ZwDcjMeY?si=_q3Fkqk1aHYn1lyh 

https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fgw6aactpourb1.jpg 

TK smoothie

60 minutes

Temples

No Utah Temples

Shut up about temples

Temples are extra secret

Or confidential

Nelson announcing temples

Membership crisis

Conclusion

What do you have planned in the future for 21s century saints? 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1105976656854928/permalink/1471704733615450/?mibextid=W9rl1R 

Britvengers?

Sunstone UK

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Oct 1, 2023

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EP 79 - Rebecca Biblioteca cohosts, Tim Ballard fallout continues, Pres. Nelson falls and misses conference, and October 2023 General Conference reactions!

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Welcome to the MormonNewsRoundup!

MNRU Joke of the week

Articles

Tim Ballard gets the boot!?

Excommunicated from exmormons!?

Cull continues 

Tim Ballard Tattoo

I would gladly be his spiritual husband

The seer

Meme

Ballard vs. Ballard

Pre conference

How Elder Bednar prepared for conference

https://x.com/hot2ndcounselor/status/1707195140211691913?s=46&t=Kn3MLSjDGf_9v6exU2J_Gg

Church Video

Poll of the week

Best way to prepare for conference?

Slides

Conference Meme

They discontinued this sign which is going to make things a lot harder for me

Conference Bingo!

Actual picture of me watching conference

Jesus coming soon, we promise

Pres. Nelson Falls

President Nelson fall

Tearing up!?

Pic of Pres. Nelson recovering 

World Report 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5QhRnPLVys&ab_channel=ChurchNewsroom 

Conference Life Coaches!?

What are they laughing about!?

The free buffet between sessions ran out of filet minon

Lukewarm

Tithing still really important

Increase?

The Lord has also asked us to stash billions in the hedge fund. Amen.

Meme 1

General Conference Meme

Elder Gecko!

Good question

More memes

Attendance Lacking?

Oaks snippet

Oaks LGBTQ

Reaction

Jesus in the Choir

https://x.com/tabbclements/status/1708336149998051614?s=46&t=Kn3MLSjDGf_9v6exU2J_Gg 

It meme

Meme 2

More Senior Missionaries Needed

Julia Sums up Saturday afternoon

https://youtu.be/gDGlAART4iE?si=yTn29Nft_WHJB1_A 

Saturday Sum up

https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2023/09/30/latest-saturdays-lds-general/ 

Jesus count

Temples Announced!

https://i.redd.it/yfbugr59v2x01.jpg 

Taylor Swift temples

Best sum up

https://reddit.com/r/exmormon/s/XbPhN4gpUe

Meme

Why some folks don’t tune into GC

Another sum up

Memes

Patreon meetup tomorrow at 7:30pm EST

Conclusion

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New MNRU episodes live on YouTube Sundays at 9:30pm EST

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Sep 24, 2023

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EP 78 - Peter Bleakley from the Mormon Civil War co-hosts, celebrating Moroni day, Tim Ballard craziness continues, LDS Church appeals James Huntsman lawsuit, and temple updates

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Get to know Peter (5 minutes)

What’s your 45 second Mormon story?

https://www.mormoncivilwar.com/ 

MNRU Joke of the week

Peter

Non Tim Ballard Stories

LDS are 22% gay

City of Cody issues building permit for Cody LDS temple

watch

Heber Temple

LDS Church appeals, says James Huntsman’s tithing lawsuit poses ‘profound threat’ to religious liberty

Moroni Day!

Moroni Day? I don’t think so

Meme

https://youtu.be/zkXYNsqzQPM?si=2eNbbUO7o8LSu-W7

Remember that Moroni Day is the occultly significant Autumn Equinox

David McConkie Sex Abuse

This story dwarfs every other LDS story this week

Featured News Article

Who the heck is Tim Ballard!?

Bio of Tim Ballard 

oops!

Church Condemns Timmy

LDS Church kneecaps Tim Ballard

Doubts about Vice reporting

Peggy Fletcher Stack gets salty

Tim Ballard’s Departure From Operation Underground Railroad Followed Sexual Misconduct Investigation

Tim Ballard responds to condemnation from his own church - Video

Tim Ballard is a hero!?

Best take on Tim Ballard scandal 

Pres. Ballard tweets!

Uh, tone deaf much?

Elder Ballard promotes Tim Ballard

“I had the opportunity this past summer to travel to Plymouth, Massachusetts, with my friend Tim Ballard to learn more about what he had learned regarding Nephi’s vision of these early Pilgrims and how their history corroborates Nephi’s vision.” —M. Russell Ballard 12/18/19 (byui.edu)

Tim Ballard: A proclamation to the World

Wanna go on a $5,000 bus tour with Tim Ballard?

Absolutely I do!

Glenn Beck gets involved

Glen Beck takes down critical tweets

What will Elder Ballard speak about at the next general conference?

What ever happened to due process?

Even TWIM doesn’t like the look of this

Joseph Smith vs Tim Ballard

More parallels between Tim Ballard and Joseph Smith

And more

And more!

https://x.com/on_the_citywall/status/1704495395810771438?s=46&t=Kn3MLSjDGf_9v6exU2J_Gg 

Kwaku weighs in and conflates psychics with stake patriarchs 

Taken down!

Nephi trending on Twitter!

The reason the church denounced rather than excommunicated Tim Ballard!?

This story is actually going mainstream…sort of

Meme

Ballard to Ballard connection

Tim Ballard is in good standing?!

Operation Underground Railroad Child-Rescue Missions Were Based on Psychic Intelligence

Don’t believe the rumors about Tim Ballard

Play first 30 seconds

Balardize

Tim Ballard meme

Tim Ballard in Deseret Book

Biggest story of the Month gets ZERO coverage at LDS Living

RFM - OUR insider speaks out Friday 22 September re psychic:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpQ6PkHMT50

Jacob Hanson calls Peggy Fletcher stack a “Godbeite hack”:

Conclusion

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And remember, remember: No unhallowed hand can stop this podcast from progressing! 

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Sep 17, 2023

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

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EP 77 - Mike Russell from latter-day conversations co-hosts, Pres. Nelson turns 99, Elder Holland Released from hospital, temple updates, Brigham Young Papers project announced, and much more!

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Welcome to the MormonNewsRoundup!

What are latter-day conversations?

Why did you start it?

What are you hoping to accomplish with it?

There are tons of LDS podcasts out there, what makes LDC special and worth listening to?

What has been the reception to your episodes so far?

MNRU Joke of the week

Mike

Articles

Elder Jeffrey R. Holland released from hospital, returns home to recuperate

Probably the single most covered article of the week

LDS Church President Russell Nelson turns 99. Here’s a shortish list of his long legacy.

What is RMN’s legacy?

I believe it is 4 things

RMN Birthday meme

Meme 2

General Conference coming up

A fascinating analysis of RMN’s conference talks

He was Mormon royalty. Now his lawsuit against the church is a rallying cry

WSU tax law professor opinion on whistleblower claims against church funds 

Huge undeveloped Mormon-owned land goes on the market in Clay County

Watch video

This is on the heels of the church listing 1800 acres for sale last month near Kansas City Missouri 

Is the church giving up on Zion?

How do Latter-day Saints compare to members of other religions? 

Examining 8 categories of member data.

Temples

Proposed Heber Valley temple may need to pump out a million gallons of groundwater daily

Court Fight Over Proposed Cody LDS Temple With Giant 77-Foot Steeple Heats Up

Historians introduce the Brigham Young Papers project and first volume of journals

Is the church actually going to pay for this one?

Church announces new Joseph Smith biography book project headed by Richard Turley 

A new mtDNA analysis with a large sample size casts doubt on the land bridge hypothesis!

Hagoth rises from the ashes…

Church denounces Tim Ballard

Conclusion

New MNRU episodes live on YouTube Sundays at 9:30pm EST

Shoutout to Weird Alma on bandcamp.com for this episode's music. Thanks so much for ruminating with us on the great and spacious beehive! 

And remember, remember: No unhallowed hand can stop this podcast from progressing! 

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Sep 10, 2023

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

Full Title

EP 76 - Bryce from Naked Mormonism co-hosts, Mormon church adopts crosses?!, Ruby Franke arrested, Boy Scout whistleblower shines light on Church background checks, and local LDS faces foreclosure

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Welcome to the MormonNewsRoundup!

Get to know Bryce (5 minutes)

Who are you Bryce?

What is naked Mormonism?

What is glassbox podcast?

We couldn’t get shannon on, we’ll try again next time

MNRU Joke of the week

Bryce 

Articles

Ward Radio mocks the appearance

of Joseph Smiths wives 

Good fun? or sexist misogyny?

Unraveling Utah’s paradox: Study on LDS Church members examines high cosmetic surgery rates in the highly religious state

Who is Ruby Franke, the mom of the 8 Passengers YouTube channel arrested on abuse charges?

News Nation

Yes she is LDS

Video

Watching GC

Profound advice on repentance 

What the Beehive State’s high rate of weekly religious attendance means

“The average weekly attendance rate in the U.S. is 25%”

St. George Temple renovation complete

Meme

Tad R. Callister lectures at Ensign College on the historical Book of Mormon

(8:39-9:45) It’s a large block to play but it’s full of conversation-sparking gems.

Annotated Book of Mormon

The first fully annotated, academic edition of the Book of Mormon

(we still need a critical edition of the book of Mormon)

Ben Schilaty leaving BYU

This is taking place only two weeks after the church announced that it’s cracking down on same-sex behavior BYU

Cosmo, the cougar is leaving the church.

David Archuletta has already left.

And BYU’s only openly gay administrator is leaving.

Mormon church does not pay its bills

Boy Scout whistleblower: Mormon church swayed abuse policy

A Boy Scouts of America whistleblower says administrators blocked proposed child protection measures because they feared objections from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Apologist argues why the church should not perform background checks on adults working with kids

Conclusion

New MNRU episodes live on YouTube Sundays at 9:30pm EST

Shoutout to Weird Alma on bandcamp.com for this episode's music. Thanks so much for ruminating with us on the great and spacious beehive! 

And remember, remember: No unhallowed hand can stop this podcast from progressing! 

#lds, #mormon, #exmormon, #postmormon,#religion, #news, #ldschurch, #comeuntochrist, #churchofjesuschrist, #churchofjesuschristoflatterdaysaints, #byu, #byui, #josephsmith, #comefollowme, #polygamy, #bookofmormon, #becauseofhim, #hearhim