Ep. 137 - Derek Sainsbury - Author of Storming The Nation

Latter Day Lives - Talking with Latter Day Saints

Society & Culture

4.5 • 645 Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2020

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Derek Sainsbury is the author of the book Storming the Nation: The Unknown Contributions of Joseph Smith's Political Missionaries. He and I talk about his life growing up, moving several times including a short time living in Australia, how a couple of teachers inspired him and changed the course of his life forever, working through mental health struggles, dealing with his wife's severe health challenges and finding joy in living and teaching the gospel. We also discuss how a question about an era in church history lead to intense research, a strengthened testimony and ultimately an incredible book about a group of faithful saints who changed the trajectory of the church forever. Derek is humble, open and brilliant. You will love hearing his story. https://www.stormingthenation.com/

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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.
0:12.7	Any opinions expressed or implied in this recording are solely those of the host and guests
0:17.0	and not of any specific organization unless otherwise stated.
0:26.8	Hello, friends.
0:27.9	Welcome to episode 137 of the Latter Day Lives podcast.
0:33.0	My name is Sean Ropeer.
0:34.0	I'm your host.
0:34.7	We have got a fantastic conversation for you this week.
0:38.3	But before we get into the episode, I always like to thank our reviewers. And this week,
0:43.4	on Apple Podcasts, we had quite a few five-star reviews. So thank you so much to these are all
0:50.6	usernames. Sorry if I slaughter your username. I don't always know exactly. I try to figure
0:56.4	out what they are, but a special thanks to Jog Groves, Nevada Tooth Dock, which that one took me a little bit,
1:04.6	but I'm assuming maybe a dentist in Nevada, but Nevada tooth dock, Grand R Us, or Grand Russ, Easy O.C. 7400
1:15.0	000 and Captain Kidd. Thank you all so much for your five-star reviews. And Captain Kidd says we met
1:23.4	about a year ago when he was filming me, or doing something. I love to know how we
1:29.8	connected if you dropped me a message. That's awesome. Thank you all for those five-star reviews.
1:35.1	We really appreciate it. This week on the show, my guest, Derek Sainsbury, such a humble
1:40.7	and just incredibly smart guy. And I did get to meet him in person for a minute.
1:46.4	He dropped off a copy of his book. We did stay more than six feet away from each other. But
1:51.8	he is a brilliant guy and he's so open about some of the struggles in his life and ultimately
1:57.6	the triumphs of his book. It is just awesome. And this week in my latter
2:03.4	day life, put another dime in the jukebox. It's all coming up. So sit back, relax, and
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