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Mormon Stories Podcast

054: Nate Oman -- On Messiness, Harvard, the Bloggernacle and Thoughtful Faith

Mormon Stories Podcast

Dr. John Dehlin

Religion & Spirituality

4.55.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2007

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Born to Sunstone and Dialogue - style parents, Nate Oman was raised to expect"messiness" within both the world, and his Church. After serving a mission in Korea and graduating from BYU, Nate attended Harvard Law School. During law school, Nate became one of the very first Mormon bloggers on the Internet, and is one of the founders of the juggernaut blog timesandseasons.org. Nate is also a positive example of thoughtful LDS faith.

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And thank you for listening.

0:30.0

Chances are you've never heard of Nate Omen.

0:48.4

Nevertheless, Nate Omen is a Mormon worth knowing.

0:52.0

Born to sunstone and dialogue style parents, Nate was raised to expect messiness within

0:57.5

both the world and his church.

1:00.7

After serving a mission in Korea and graduating from BYU, Nate attended Harvard Law School.

1:06.3

During law school, Nate became one of the very first Mormon bloggers on the internet,

1:11.4

and is one of the founders of the Juggernaut blog TimesInSeasons.org.

1:16.3

You might even call Nate Omen the Godfather of the Mormon blogger knuckle, or the network

1:21.0

of Mormon themed blogs on the internet.

1:23.8

And finally, and perhaps most importantly, Nate is one of those remarkable types of

1:28.4

Mormons, who knows all, or at least most, of the tough historical and doctrinal issues

1:33.9

within Mormonism.

1:35.7

And yet he retains a somewhat simple faith in the divinity of the Adios Church.

1:41.1

He is also a gentleman.

1:42.9

So without any further ado, this is Nate Omen's story, the Mormon blogger knuckle story,

1:49.2

and your story today on Mormon stories.

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