Episode 585: Karl Beckstrand, Author, Bisexual Latter-day Saint

Listen, Learn & Love Hosted by Richard Ostler

Richard Ostler

Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 15 November 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

My friend Karl Beckstrand (single, active LDS writer in his mid-50s) shares his story about being exposed to gay sex at a young age and contending for years between God’s will and how he was relating with others. He learned that nothing takes God by surprise, that God can empower us to live our most fulfilling lives, and that everything can be consecrated to our joy—now and forever. Karl discovered that God won’t take our social needs away, but he can help us meet them in profound and lasting ways. This is a great resource for anyone with questions about faith and LGBTQIA topics. Karl shares more in his book called More Than 2 Paths: Biblical Secrets to Living Your Most Fulfilling LGBTQIA Life. Thank you, Karl, for being on the podcast. Your story will help so many. Thanks for your courage to share it. I encourage others to listen to this episode and read your book. Karl will be signing books Saturday, Nov. 19 (2-5 p.m.) at Marissa's Books & Gifts located 3302 S. 900 E., Salt Lake City, Utah Links mentioned in the podcast: More Than 2 Paths: https://www.amazon.com/More-Than-Paths-Biblical-Fulfilling-ebook/dp/B0B5B89PTS Abundant Paths: https://www.amazon.com/Abundant-Paths-Thinking-Fulfilling-Relationships/dp/1951599187 ** Want to develop church-supported LGBTQ activities in your local area? Please join our FB group below ** https://www.facebook.com/groups/1433556613672143

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0:00.0	Welcome listeners to another episode of Listen, Learn, and Love. I'm your host, Richard Osler, and my guest on today's podcast is my friend Carl Beckstrand. Welcome to the podcast, Carl. Thank you, Richard. Happy to be here. As I usually do, I'll introduce Carl just a little bit. He is in his mid-50s. He identifies as bisexual. He's active
0:21.8	Latter-day Saint, lives in Salt Lake City. He's a writer. He has written 27 books, and we're
0:28.9	going to talk about book number 26 in this podcast. He grew up in San Jose, served a mission
0:36.4	in Chile, and whenever I'd meet somebody that served a mission in Chile, for some reason, I always
0:40.4	ask him about earthquakes.
0:41.6	And sure enough, tell us about the earthquake.
0:44.3	Oh, I was sitting in church.
0:46.0	It wasn't really church because it was a house.
0:48.2	But the wall behind me started to bang on my head.
0:53.5	I don't know if every mission in Chile's at an earthquake,
0:58.5	but the ones I've talked to have sort of been through that.
1:00.8	So thanks for your service in that country.
1:04.1	Carl is not married.
1:06.4	He has just going to share his story as being a bisexual Latterty saint.
1:10.6	And tell our listeners the name of your book that we're going to talk about.
1:15.1	It's called More Than Two Paths, Biblical Secrets to Living Your Most Fulfilling, LGBQ Life.
1:23.1	And we will link to it in the show notes.
1:25.2	So if you want to get a copy of the book, this will be an introductory podcast so that you can learn more about the book.
1:31.1	And Carl's going to share some of his story that's not only in the book, but will be in the podcast.
1:36.5	So is that okay for an introduction, Carl?
1:38.9	Sure.
1:39.7	I will just turn it over to you.
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