How do I reconcile changes in Church policy?

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🗓️ 7 July 2020

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

LDS author Tom Christofferson joins us to discuss changes in Church policy. We cover the November 2015 policy that affected LGBTQ+ individuals and their families, as well as its reversal in 2019. We have a conversation about dealing with challenging teachings or topics in a church setting, and how we maintain faith when policies change.

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0:00.0	Welcome to questions from the closet. I'm Charlie Bird and I'm Ben Shalati.
0:09.6	Each episode we discuss a question that we commonly get asked as LGBTQ Latter-day Saints.
0:15.0	We are not trying to answer this question or come to a consensus, but simply sharing our perspectives.
0:19.8	Today's question is, how do I reconcile changes in church policy?
0:24.0	Ben and I are not terribly diverse and we share many opinions and life experiences.
0:28.2	For example, we both read Tom Christophison's book and actually he gave us the copies that we read.
0:34.0	Yeah he gave me my copy before it was even out for sale I was very honored.
0:37.0	However there are some pretty big differences for example Charlie has his own book coming out this summer and I don't.
0:43.0	Charlie tell us all about your book that's coming out.
0:46.0	Yeah, it's called Without the Mask,
0:48.0	Subtitle Coming Out and Coming Into God's Light.
0:51.0	I'm publishing it through Deseret Book and yeah so you can get it on
0:54.9	Deseret Book.com or online at Amazon.com there's an audiobook version I
1:00.6	recorded it myself so if you want to hear my beautiful voice check it out.
1:05.1	So I also have a copy of the book that Charlie gave me and I have not read it yet but Charlie
1:09.5	read me the entire book as he was writing it on my back porch and I think it is awesome and wonderful and everyone
1:14.7	to read it.
1:15.7	Thank you, thank you.
1:16.7	We would like to provide a variety of voices and perspectives on our show so today we're joined
1:20.6	by Tom Christofferson.
1:21.8	Hello?
1:23.0	The very author himself.
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