Episode 495: Brandon Kellogg, New Book “Honorably Excused”

Listen, Learn & Love Hosted by Richard Ostler

Richard Ostler

Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 839 Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2022

⏱️ 32 minutes

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My friend Brandon Kellogg joins us to talk about his new book “Honorably Excused” (available at Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09P8LY87Y/). Brandon talks about his own journey to serve a mission (check out Episode 266 for more of his story) and how we should create more support and understanding for Latter-day Saints who feel their path is to not serve a mission. I encourage everyone to check out this episode and Brandon’s book. Thank you Brandon for being on the podcast and your insights to improve our culture so more feel welcome, a feeling of belonging and needed.

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0:00.0	Welcome listeners to another episode of Listen, Learn, and Love hosted by Richard Osler.
0:08.5	My guest on today's podcast, zooming in from Liverpool, England, is my friend Brandon Kellogg.
0:14.7	Welcome to the podcast, Brandon.
0:16.9	Hey, Richard.
0:19.1	Brandon was on episode 266, so he's returning.
0:23.6	That episode was in May 2020, and Brandon's going to talk about his new book called Honourably Excused.
0:31.6	And I'll let him introduce that and how to get to it.
0:34.7	Just a little background on Brandon.
0:36.5	I connected with Brandon through Elder Honest Durant, close family friend that was serving in Chicago
0:43.3	and you two connected.
0:45.3	And I think that's when I first became Facebook friends.
0:47.9	And Honest has lots of good things to say about you.
0:50.7	And you have lots of good things to say about Honest.
0:53.5	And then later I connected with you as you'd lots of good things to say about Hannis and then um later i connected with you
0:57.1	as you'd come in during your missionary service in salt lake to the Salt Lake temple and i'd see you
1:01.4	frequently there and so i've just had a couple connections you were married in um september of
1:08.0	2019 and then felt impressed to go to Liverpool, England.
1:11.6	And maybe that counts as a third connection because I served my mission in northwest England
1:16.6	and why I didn't serve where you are in Liverpool, actually in Crosby.
1:21.6	I'm familiar with that area.
1:23.6	Closest I get was probably Skilmersdale in the Isle of Man on either side of you,
1:28.9	but love the people of northwestern England.
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