Episode 506: Richard Ostler’s New Book: Improving Latter-day Saint Culture

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Richard Ostler

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🗓️ 8 March 2022

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

This episode launches “Listen, Learn and Love: Improving Latter-day Saint Culture.” The book is available at Amazon amazon.com/dp/1462139566 (paperback and kindle) and Deseret Book (late March). The purpose of the book is to improve our culture so more are able to connect with and benefit from our restored doctrine—and the healing and hope it brings into their lives. The chapters are: Chapter 1: Improving our culture to be nonjudgmental and more loving Chapter 2: Measuring progress by coming to Christ, not callings Chapter 3: Women in the Church (written by Susan Hinckley and Cynthia Winward) Chapter 4: Ending pornography use Chapter 5: Hope-filled repentance Chapter 6: Creating better understanding of mental illness and suicide Chapter 7: Overcoming scrupulosity (religious OCD) Chapter 8: Variations in missionary service Chapter 9: Manifest love – even in politics (written by David L. Cook) Chapter 10: Ministering to those with questions Your can read the introduction at: https://www.dropbox.com/s/r2aho5uzn6uin2k/Listen%20Learn%20and%20Love%2C%20Improving%20Latter-day%20Saint%20Culture%20Released%20March%202022.pdf?dl=0 Thank you for all who made this book possible—I hope it helps us better create Zion.

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0:00.0	Welcome listeners to another episode of Listen, Learn, and Love, hosted by Richard Osler.
0:08.9	I don't have a guest on today's podcast.
0:11.5	What I'd like to do with this podcast is introduce to you a new book that I've written.
0:18.4	And I will talk a little bit about the book, go through the introduction,
0:21.8	and then give you an overview of each of the 10 chapters so you can get an idea of what's in the
0:26.0	book. The name of the book is Listen, Learn, and Love, Improving Latter-day Saint Culture.
0:33.4	This podcast will be released on March 8th, and that's the same day that it launches on Amazon.
0:40.8	And at Amazon, it will be in a Kindle version and also paperback version.
0:46.0	In the show notes, it will be a link to Amazon so you can order it.
0:50.8	The book will be available at Desert Book.
0:53.1	Later in March is my understanding.
0:55.0	Once that's available, I will add in the show notes a link to Desert Book for those of you
1:01.0	that are listening to this podcast later.
1:03.0	The book will also be available at Costco and other places.
1:07.0	I'd like to thank a couple people.
1:09.0	The first group I'd like to thank are the people that
1:12.9	help me put the book together. Number one is Cedar Fort. That is our publisher. They're located
1:18.7	in Utah County in Utah. A terrific group of people working hard to bring forth Latter-day Saint
1:25.2	content in our Latter-day St. community.
1:29.2	Very professional organizations, it's not easy to be a publisher in this world.
1:33.9	They're doing a terrific job, and they've been a pleasure to work with.
1:37.7	And I'm honored to have two books published by Cedar Fort.
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