Episode 436: Kurt Nielsen, Gay Latter-day Saints, Creating Zion

Listen, Learn & Love Hosted by Richard Ostler

Richard Ostler

Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 839 Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2021

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

My friend Kurt Nielsen (who was episode 147) updates us on his journey and insights as a gay Latter-day Saint. Kurt, who is active in the Church, shares insights on what we can do to better create Zion by seeing and involving our LGBTQ members. Kurt also talks about the need to belong and how some considering separating themselves from the Church are not having a belief crisis but a belonging crisis. Kurt is very good with words and stories from his own life to help us better understand. I encourage everyone to listen to the podcast. Thank you my friend Kurt for all the good you do. You are one of my heroes and a wonderful human, family man and disciple of Christ. ** Please Check Out My Book At: ** Deseret Book: www.deseretbook.com/p/listen-learn-and-love-embracing-lgbtq-latter-day-saints Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/1462135773Episode

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0:00.0	Welcome listeners to another episode of Listen, Learn, and Love, hosted by Richard Osler.
0:09.7	Before I introduce my guest, my good friend, I would just like to want you to be aware of a new Facebook group we've created.
0:20.4	You can go to Facebook if you want to join it.
0:22.9	It's called LGBTQ and Allies in Wards, Stakes, and Missions.
0:29.1	It's a pretty narrow-focused Facebook group.
0:31.5	It's just focused for those that are trying to put together church-sponsored or church-supported
0:37.4	LGBTQ activities,
0:40.3	firesides, talks in their local area of influence, a war to stake, a mission, seminaries,
0:46.3	and institute. And so if you'd like to join that group, there's about 700 in there,
0:51.3	and people are trying to put together stuff around the country,
0:55.1	and my guest is involved in some of those, but often they're doing it in a vacuum.
0:59.8	So the purposes group is to kind of connect to everybody that's trying to do this.
1:04.0	So they're not starting from scratch, not having to develop their own presentations, content.
1:10.3	And so that the community within the church that wants to do this has a place to sort of share
1:16.4	ideas.
1:17.8	And with that, I'll introduce my guest, Kurt Nielsen.
1:20.3	Welcome to the podcast, Kurt.
1:22.6	It's great to be here with you, Richard.
1:25.8	Kurt is zooming in from California.
1:28.6	Kurt was on episode 147.
1:31.1	That's almost 200 episodes ago.
1:35.4	One of my very favorite podcasts.
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