Episode 735: Ben Schilaty

Listen, Learn & Love Hosted by Richard Ostler

Richard Ostler

Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 839 Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2024

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

Our friend Ben Schilaty (who recently turned 40 and is co-host with Charlie Bird on the Questions from the Closet podcast) joins us to talk about his decision to date men, his commitment to our Church and the gospel of Jesus Christ, his decision to leave BYU (on good terms) and start his career as a therapist (Ben has a Masters in this field) focusing of helping LGBTQ folks and their families in Utah. Ben also talks about the new Gatherings groups using the Book of Mormon/Come Follow Me to support LGBTQ Latter-day Saints. Ben concluded with his latest insights from the Book of Mormon. As usual, I was deeply moved listening to Ben’s latest thoughts on his personal life, his career, what we can do to support LGBTQ Latter-day Saints and his scriptural insights to create Zion. I encourage everyone to listen to and share this podcast. Thank you Ben for all your efforts to create more understanding, unity and hope. Honored to have you on the podcast and count you as a friend! Links: Ben’s Nov 2023 Blog: https://www.benschilaty.com/post/up-to-date Ben’s e-mail: [email protected] Ben's Book: www.amazon.com/dp/1629728535 Questions from the Closet Podcast: questionsfromthecloset.com Gatherings Web Site: https://gather-conference.com/gatherings LDS Ministering Resources Site: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/counseling-resources/same-sex-attraction

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0:00.0	Welcome listeners to another episode of Listen, Learn, and Love hosted by Richard Osler.
0:09.0	My guest in my home to record this podcast in person is someone you're very familiar with Ben Shillati.
0:17.0	Welcome to the podcast, Ben.
0:19.0	I'm thrilled to be here, Richard.
0:23.0	And I often pronounce your last name wrong.
0:24.7	So say it correctly.
0:25.2	You got it right.
0:25.9	It's Shalati.
0:27.7	So it's a tough one.
0:30.8	It's anglicized Arabic, and that's always confusing.
0:34.6	Ben is so gracious.
0:38.8	We meant to record this podcast about an hour and a half ago, but we've been talking, and it's just so great to catch up with Ben and a lot of the conversation that we
0:44.1	had now will have on the podcast. I reached out to Ben and asked him to be on the podcast.
0:48.9	He's been on the podcast before, but there's just more that Ben can share with us about his life and the things he's
0:56.0	learning and the things he hopes for all of us as we were working to create Zion.
1:02.0	I think this podcast will generally, I'll give you a little bit of an overview, Ben's decision
1:06.1	to date. That's part of a blog post that we'll post to. I think that's a blog from about November of 2023.
1:13.9	And so he'll expand on that blog and bring us up to date on his latest feelings about his future.
1:21.0	He will talk about his work as a therapist.
1:24.2	As you may know, he no longer works at BYU, left on good terms, and is now
1:30.1	a therapist, mostly focusing on LGBT clients. He is willing to take on additional clients. We'll
1:38.0	link to his email on the show notes. You'd need to live in Utah to become a client. You'll also talk about gatherings and also talk about the Book of Mormon.
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