Ep. 215 - Karl Beckstrand - Author and Speaker - God Adores You

Latter Day Lives - Talking with Latter Day Saints

Society & Culture

4.7 • 662 Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2026

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Karl Beckstrand is a noted author and publisher. Karl has been same sex attracted from a very young age. In the conversation, we talk about his early life, dealing with chastity prior to his mission, prayers answered while serving his mission, figuring out relationships, learning that God loves him, how he helps others with same sex attraction, and how being a member of the church affects it all. Karl is brilliant, so candid, and truly blesses lives with his main message; God adores you.

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0:00.0	The I'm Hello, friends, and welcome to episode 215 of the Latter Day Lives podcast.
0:32.4	I'm your host, Sean Rup here.
0:33.7	Thank you so much for checking in with us again this week.
0:37.4	And before we get into this
0:38.4	week's amazing conversation, we have two new five-star reviews on Apple Podcasts. Ray Shine 77 says
0:46.6	Love this podcast's focus on everyday LDS members, doing cool things with their lives. The
0:52.0	interviewer is great at asking good questions and letting guests speak.
0:56.1	The stories are inspiring and personable.
0:58.2	Keep up the good work.
0:59.4	Ray Shine 77.
1:01.1	Thank you so much.
1:02.7	And also from Monroe Murdoch.
1:05.5	It says, I recently discovered your podcast.
1:08.6	I'm glad that I did.
1:10.4	You have a great way of interviewing people and
1:12.0	bringing out interesting and unique aspects of their individual stories. In a sea of inane and
1:17.1	frivolous content online these days, this podcast stands out a substantive influence that can
1:23.3	actually make a positive impact in the lives of those who take the time to listen. Keep it up.
1:29.5	Well, wow. Thank you so much. And to both of you, I hate to spoil a little secret about the podcast,
1:35.5	but I also do the editing, not only the interviewing. And so I appreciate the kind words about my
1:41.9	interviewing skills, but the truth is I kind of just bloviate and kind of just ramble on, and then I end up editing out most of that.
1:51.8	So what you hear is very curated. It's really my incredible guests who carry the conversations.
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