Ep. 102 - David Ostler - Author, Bridge Builder, Latter Day Saint

Latter Day Lives - Talking with Latter Day Saints

Society & Culture

4.5 • 645 Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2019

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

David Ostler is the author of the new book Bridges: Ministering To Those Who Question. David has done amazing work studying why people leave the church and how we can minister to them. In the episode, we talk about his experiences as a Mission President In Sierra Leone, serving in Palmyra, his calling to find out why people leave the church, the cause of faith crises, misconceptions we have about why people leave and what we can do to serve those going through faith transitions. David is so candid, humble and has incredible insight.

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0:00.0	The Latter Day Lives podcast is not owned or operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
0:11.3	Any opinions expressed or implied in this recording are solely those of the host and guests and not of any specific organization unless otherwise stated.
0:32.0	Thank you. organization unless otherwise stated. Hello, friends, and welcome to episode 102 of the Latter Day Lives podcast.
0:33.9	I'm your host, Sean Rupier.
0:37.2	Thank you so much for checking in again with us this week.
0:39.1	We so appreciate it.
0:45.4	Before we get into this week's conversation, I want to thank our reviewers, as always, Tiffany Anderson, who we talked about in episode 100, dear friend of the family and friend of the show,
0:52.8	left us a great review on Facebook, as well as Monica
0:55.5	Tanner, last week's guest. And if you have not yet listened to last week's episode, please
1:01.1	go listen. Monica's conversion story is absolutely amazing. We really appreciate those reviews, as well
1:09.4	on iTunes, listener JDS1982.
1:13.9	Thank you for the incredible five-star review.
1:16.9	We really, truly appreciate it.
1:19.4	This week in the conversation, my guest, David Osler, has written such an incredible book,
1:25.4	and he's done amazing work, just studying why people
1:29.7	leave the church and go through faith crises and how we can better serve them. And this
1:35.2	conversation is just amazing. We talk all about his new book and his findings. He's one of the
1:42.0	most fascinating men I've ever met, and yet so humble and kind and just an incredible meek servant.
1:49.4	And I want to thank especially Kurt Frankum, who is over at Leading Saints.
1:55.7	If you're not listening to the Leading Saints podcast, boy, are you missing out.
2:00.2	The work that he does, not just in his
2:02.2	podcast, but helping lay leaders to really excel at their callings. Kurt, I've mentioned before on
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