77. A Divided Church (Pt 2): Our Better Angels — Councilwoman Julie Spilsbury and Jeremy Spilsbury

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🗓️ 21 June 2021

⏱️ 59 minutes

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In this second episode about political tribalism and its effect on Latter-day Saint congregations, we invited Mesa, Arizona Councilwoman Julie Spilsbury and her husband Jeremy Spilsbury to talk specifically about their own challenging experiences in their local ward and community.

Jeremy was serving as their ward’s bishop until his term expired a few weeks ago. Their story is fascinating and illustrates both the challenges and the opportunities we face in creating Zion.

In this conversation, the Spilsbury's share the very personal spiritual experiences that led them to engage in the political sphere from a strong sense of compassion. Not surprisingly, given the political environment in our country, and particularly in Arizona, that decision was not universally appreciated. But love can be an irresistible force over time, and healing the inevitable result.

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0:00.0	Hey everybody this is Aubrey Chavez from Faith Matters. In this second episode
0:04.3	about political tribalism and its effects on Latter-day St. Congregations, we
0:08.0	invited Mesa Arizona Councilwoman Julie Spillsbury and her husband Jeremy
0:11.6	Spillsbury to talk specifically about their own challenging experiences in
0:15.4	their local ward and community. Jeremy was serving as their wards Bishop
0:18.9	until his term expired a few weeks ago. Their story is fascinating and
0:22.2	illustrates both the challenges and the opportunities that we face and
0:25.3	creating Zion. In this conversation, the Spillsbury's share their very personal
0:29.2	spiritual experiences that led them to engage in the political sphere from a
0:32.4	strong sense of compassion. Not surprisingly, given the political environment in
0:36.6	our country and particularly in Arizona, that decision was not universally
0:40.6	appreciated. But love can be an irresistible force over time and healing the
0:44.6	inevitable result. We hope you enjoy this episode.
0:49.4	Hello everyone this is Bill Turnbull with Faith Matters and I am here with
0:54.2	Julie and Jeremy Spillsbury. Julie, we had on our podcast actually just
0:59.9	yesterday, Julie, that recorded that with with Mayor Giles and so you are a
1:04.6	councilwoman in Mesa, Arizona and Jeremy was just just recently released as
1:14.3	Bishop of the ward there and they have an interesting, I think, story to tell.
1:18.5	So hello, welcome. Yes. Tell us, I'd like to, I think the listeners might like to
1:31.8	know a little bit about your story. Julie, you're pretty new to politics.
1:37.4	Jeremy got involved in just as a private citizen and Julie was
1:44.1	an elected official in this last political round and it's had some
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