Episode 361: Jake Berry, Child of God, LDS, Cerebral Palsy, LGBTQ

Listen, Learn & Love Hosted by Richard Ostler

Richard Ostler

Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 839 Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2020

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Summary

My friend Jake Berry, Joined by his friend Nic Quilter, shares his life story. Jake starts with having Cerebral Palsy since birth, difficult situations, setbacks, positive experiences and receiving personal revelation. This is the first time I’ve listened to someone with Cerebral Palsy and I learned so much. Jake talks about being inactive until moving to Arizona and being fellowshipped by the missionaries, a dear aunt and wonderful ward members like Nic leading to full activity and a call to serve a full-time mission to Upstate New York. Jake bravely talks about a spiritual prompting to open up to his Mission President about his past which led to his mission ending after 12 months. I was deeply moved as Jake shared this part of his story. Jake talks having Cerebral Palsy and being LGBTQ and his desire to feel loved, accepted and a feeling of belonging when people know these aspects of his essence. Aspects that Jake looks as a blessing and hopes that others will accept and support --- and not pull away from him. I was deeply moved as this good man bravely opened up his heart to be vulnerable with myself, our friend Nic and the listeners. I am filled with love, support and compassion for Jake --- someone who is a hero to me! Thanks for being on the podcast Jake. This world is a better place with you here. Thanks for helping us feel hope and God’s love. ** Please Check Out My New Book At: ** Deseret Book: www.deseretbook.com/p/listen-learn-and-love-embracing-lgbtq-latter-day-saints Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/1462135773

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0:00.0	Welcome to another episode of Listen, Learning, Love, hosted by Richard Osler.
0:06.2	With me on today's podcast is my friend that I've known for quite a while, Jake Barry.
0:11.2	Welcome to the podcast, Jake.
0:13.0	Good to be here. Thanks for having me.
0:15.3	And joining Jake is his friend, Nick Quilter.
0:18.2	Welcome to the podcast, Nick.
0:20.7	Hi. Nick is going to be part of the story
0:23.8	because they were in the same ward in Arizona. Nick is also a friend and was on episode 256. So
0:31.0	I'm really glad to have Nick back. We're in our home here in Salt Lake City. This isn't a Zoom. We're all
0:36.5	kind of socially distance. We're still managing through COVID. Just by introduction, Jake is 25. He works at Marriott. He is somebody that I became aware of serving as a YSA Bishop. He was not ever in our ward, but visited our ward, and I got to know Jake
0:55.2	a little bit, and we got connected on social media, and I've just been aware of Jake, and
1:00.3	Jake is going to share his journey with cerebral palsy. He's the first guest that I've ever had on
1:06.0	the podcast to talk about cerebral palsy, something I don't know much about.
1:12.5	Jake will then talk about his journey in the church, serving a mission, coming home from his
1:19.8	mission.
1:20.2	I'll talk about that and kind of where he is now in his life.
1:23.8	It's really brave of Jake to share so much of this about him. We set a prayer ahead of time
1:30.1	and just pray this podcast to be helpful for you, all of our listeners, to come together and better
1:35.4	understand and support each other. Is that okay for an introduction, Jake? That's great. I'm going to
1:41.5	get you to move that mic, just a little closer. I want to make sure our listeners are everything. Thanks for sure. I'm going to get you to move that mic just a little closer.
1:46.5	I want to make sure our listeners are everything.
1:47.2	There you go.
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