Episode 597: Jay Griffith, Life Story, Loving Like Jesus, Why Still an Active Latter-Day Saint

Listen, Learn & Love Hosted by Richard Ostler

Richard Ostler

Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 839 Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2022

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

My friend Jay Griffith (married father of 3) joins us to share his story of why he stays a Latter-day Saint, how he manages the complexity of being in the church, and why he loves/supports/respects his family and friends who are no longer Latter-day Saints, and lives without fear for their salvation. Jay also briefly talks about his monthly gathering, ThinkAgain-FaithAgain (begun nearly 10 years ago), and his association with Faith Matters. Jay is one of the most spiritual and thoughtful people I know. Jay’s insights and life story give all of us ideas about how to see each other as God sees us. Thank you, Jay, for being on the podcast. Honored to call you friend. Links mentioned in the podcast: ThinkAgain-FaithAgain: https://www.thinkagain-faithagain.life/ Faith Matters: https://faithmatters.org/ Jay welcomes direct contact with any who have questions or would just like to be listened to and walked with. You can reach him at [email protected] ** Please Check Out My LGBTQ Book At: ** Deseret Book: www.deseretbook.com/p/listen-learn-and-love-embracing-lgbtq-latter-day-saints Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/1462135773 ** 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, hosted by Richard Osler.
0:09.1	My guest on today is my friend Jay Griffith.
0:11.6	Welcome to the podcast, Jay.
0:13.3	So happy to be here, Richard.
0:16.0	Jay is somebody that is going to talk about a few things.
0:19.5	He's going to talk about his role with
0:21.3	faith again and faith matters. We'll probably get to that at the end of the podcast towards the
0:26.7	end. Jay is going to share his story why he stays a member of our faith. And Jay, I met Jay in
0:35.1	October of 2017, and he helped me kind of in my own faith crisis to just
0:40.8	find that there's kind of a middle way to stay and live with a little nuance and a little less
0:46.2	certainty and some paradox. So Jay is an active member of the church, and I think some of the
0:51.1	things that might be helpful for you, if you're trying to find a way to
0:54.8	stay and need kind of an example. Jay doesn't want to be held up as an example. But he might have
1:01.0	some things that help you. Jay also has a family that has left the church and he's close with his family.
1:07.8	So his wife and his three kids are not participating in the church.
1:12.7	And if you were in a family where people have left the church, I think some of the things Jay will
1:19.5	talk about will help you, just love your family, support your family, and keep the family
1:24.5	circle together. Jay is also a friend, and I'm just really glad to have him on
1:31.8	on the podcast, and this is kind of long overdue to have Jay on the podcast. He's someone who's helped
1:38.2	me, and I think he will help you. He's also a friend of our podcast producer, which I haven't given a shout out to a long time, is Tom Garbet.
1:47.6	So when I record these, I send them off to my podcast guy, Tom Garbet.
1:52.9	I think you were as young men's leader a long time ago.
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