EP 124-Dennis Schleicher-Is He Nuts:Why a Gay Man Would Become A Member of the Church of JesusChrist

Latter Day Lives - Talking with Latter Day Saints

Society & Culture

4.5 • 645 Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2020

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Dennis Schleicher is a popular speaker and the author of Is He Nuts?: Why a Gay Man Would Become a Member of the Church of Jesus Christ. On the show we talk about is life growing up as a gay youth, his struggles with his strictly religious parents, a life-changing violent attack in high school, his time as a young gay rights advocate on television shows such as Sally Jesse Raphael and Larry King, how he eventually found and was baptized in the church, his incredible excitement for missionary work, his love of the temple, his experiences meeting with General Authorities, and what lead him to write his incredible book. Dennis is amazing. His passion for the church and love of the Gospel are so inspiring. His is a message we all need to hear. https://www.amazon.com/He-Nuts-Become-Member-Church/dp/1462135714

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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.
0:25.7	Thank you. organization unless otherwise stated. Hello, friends.
0:26.7	Welcome to episode number 124 of the Latter-day Lives podcast.
0:31.4	I'm your host, Sean Rappere.
0:33.0	I'm so glad to be back with you this week and what an amazing show we have. But first of all,
0:39.1	I want to thank a new reviewer on Apple Podcasts. And this is a fun one. Their user name,
0:45.1	they just use punctuation to do a smiley face and winky eyes, which I think is so fun. But they
0:51.8	left a wonderful five-star review. And I wanted to share it because it kind of
0:55.7	made me laugh, made me happy. It says genuinely good people sharing great stories and insight.
1:01.7	It's always uplifting and relatable. To top it off, Sean's voice is so soothing. It had put me to
1:07.8	sleep if I didn't listen so intently to the content. Oh, what a fun review. Thank you so much. And I, the reason I wanted to read that was to point out, I think we all get very self-conscious. I feel like I have the most nasally, whiny, worst voice imaginable for a podcast. So I appreciate the kind words. It gives me a little bit of
1:30.8	confidence to carry on. Thank you so much. We appreciate all of our reviewers. This week on the show,
1:37.6	my guest, Dennis Schleiker, I absolutely love Dennis. Dennis is the author of a wonderful book called Is He Nuts
1:46.7	that talks all about him as an openly gay man, finding the church and joining it, and just a lot
1:53.3	of twists and turns in his life. And I got to tell you, I absolutely love Dennis. We had a great
1:59.8	conversation, and by the end, the spirit was so strong in
2:03.0	the room as he testified of his love of the gospel. I was just so impressed by him, and I know
2:09.8	you're going to really enjoy it. And this week, in my Latter-day life, there really is a great,
2:15.1	big, beautiful world out there. And I'll tell you all about that.
2:19.0	It's all coming up.
2:20.5	So sit back, relax, and enjoy this week's conversation.
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