1798: A New Zealand Mormon Story - Ganeshji Cherian
Mormon Stories Podcast
Dr. John Dehlin
4.6 • 5.2K Ratings
🗓️ 14 August 2023
⏱️ 268 minutes
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Summary
Join hosts John & Margi Dehlin in an insightful interview with guest Ganesh Cherian. Explore Ganesh's journey within Mormonism, from his parents' conversion to his mission experiences. Uncover his challenges as a young Bishop, battles with mental health, and exploration of Church history. Learn how Ganesh's progressive stance and writing ignited reactions from his circle leading to the Church sending a Cease and Desist. Discover why he chooses to remain a member as you tune in for a candid exploration of faith, change, and identity.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Mormon Stories podcast. I'm your host for today, John DeLin. |
| 0:05.0 | It is Friday, August 4th, and we are super excited to have with us all the way from Wellington, New Zealand, |
| 0:13.2 | Ganesh, Cherian. Hey Ganesh. Hi, nice to be with you. |
| 0:17.5 | This is going to be a New Zealand Mormon story, and I am here joined by my partner in truth and righteousness. |
| 0:26.9 | Margie. Hey, Margie. Hey. So glad you could be here. I'm really glad I'm here too. Yeah. And I've known Ganesh for a while. |
| 0:36.0 | He's just a lovely thoughtful human. He is a former Mormon bishop and he's lived in, I guess, |
| 0:45.2 | the same ward in Wellington, New Zealand for how long? Pretty much all my life. Yeah. So like at least 20 |
| 0:53.2 | years, right? That's right. I have lived in a few other places, but I've always come back to Wellington |
| 0:59.2 | and I've effectively been in the same ward for all of that time. Yeah. So I guess part one of this |
| 1:06.4 | interview is going to be Ganesh's Mormon story. Ganesh is also coming out soon with a book and the |
| 1:13.5 | book is probably going to be called What? 19th century evidences and development of the book of |
| 1:19.6 | Mormon and the Church of Jesus Christ. So it's a topical biography of Joseph Smith. So we don't know |
| 1:26.0 | exactly when we're going to record part two, but I want to make sure and mention that at the outset, |
| 1:31.4 | because it's a good one. Ganesh is no dummy, so to speak. So if he puts a book together, he's put a |
| 1:37.2 | lot of thought into it. And it's going to be about influences to the book of Mormon. Yep. And just |
| 1:42.9 | really just tracking Joseph's life and looking at various themes. So it's almost like I choose |
| 1:50.1 | your own adventure. You know how he used to do those little kids. I mean, we know what happens, |
| 1:53.8 | of course, because Joseph dies at the end, but how he gets there on lots of different aspects of |
| 2:00.3 | his life is I think fascinating and incredibly interesting and engaging. And it shows Joseph |
| 2:07.2 | in a lot of different lights that make him very relatable and human. Love it. |
| 2:13.6 | Now we've had a few New Zealanders on Mormon Stories podcast, Gina Colvin. Back in the day, |
| 2:18.9 | you'll probably remember more than I, other New Zealanders we've had on. |
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