Politics at Church | An Interview with Greg Matsen

Leading Saints Podcast

Leading Saints

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 16 April 2022

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Greg Matsen is the founder of Cwic Media and the host of its primary show called Cwic Show, which focuses on cultural issues affecting the restored church. He ran a large web development and marketing firm representing the vast majority of the sporting goods industry and some of the auto industry in Newport Beach, California in the 1990s, then built a wealth management firm in Scottsdale, Arizona, which he sold in early 2020. Greg has studied the scriptures and history almost daily since his mission, seeks and develops interfaith relationships, and diligently seeks to help others learn what he has learned through lenses he developed called Cwic Interpreters. He also does a weekly Come Follow Me podcast. Greg has served as an elders quorum president, Gospel Doctrine teacher, Young Men president, in a stake Young Men presidency, and currently serves in a bishopric. Highlights 01:00 Introduction to Greg 06:45 The church and politics. Why are most members so conservative? 08:40 Greg’s message to conservative members that are maybe going too far right. 13:00 What Greg says to more liberal members 15:15 How do we deal with politics at church? 17:40 What can leaders do to stay ahead of the issues? 26:00 How to get a well rounded perspective of the issues. Greg suggests to: Stay away from TV news Don’t rely on social media for your news Read through articles that are well thought out 29:30 Focus on issues and not on demonizing the political parties 33:15 Politics and social media Not great for dialog The algorithm only shows what’s most popular It’s full of memes and doesn’t show the full story Go to the actual source and form your own opinions 42:00 Greg explains his approach to Come Follow Me and why he got started teaching online about it 47:00 It’s not easy to teach doctrine 52:00 Advice to parents or young adult leaders 56:45 One of the most important things that Greg has learned in leadership is service. It’s not so much about what you say but the relationships that you form. Links cwicmedia.com Cwic Media on YouTube Read the TRANSCRIPT of this podcast Get 14-day access to the Core Leader Library The Leading Saints Podcast gets over 300,000 listens each month and has nearly 10 million total downloads as part of nonprofit Leading Saints' mission to help latter-day saints be better prepared to lead. Learn more and listen to any of the past episodes for free at LeadingSaints.org. Past guests include Emily Belle Freeman, David Butler, Hank Smith, John Bytheway, Liz Wiseman, Stephen M. R. Covey, Julie Beck, Brad Wilcox, Jody Moore, Tony Overbay, John H. Groberg, Elaine Dalton, Tad R. Callister, J. Devn Cornish, Dennis B. Neuenschwander, Anthony Sweat, John Hilton III, Barbara Morgan Gardner, Blair Hodges, Ryan Gottfredson, Greg McKeown, DeAnna Murphy, Michael Goodman, Richard Ostler and many more in over 700 episodes. Discover podcasts, articles, virtual conferences, and live events related to callings such as the bishopric, Relief Society, elders quorum, Primary, youth leadership, stake leadership, ward mission, ward council, young adults, ministering, and teaching.

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0:56.2	slash 14 or click the link in the show notes. Oh, Greg Mattson, welcome to the Leading Saints Podcast. Well, thanks. Appreciate the invitation.
1:31.2	Yeah, and you are a fellow podcaster. I am.
1:34.8	Or a YouTube or I mean how do you, when people ask about your platform, how do you describe it?
1:39.6	Well, I probably say podcast. A YouTubeer I think usually has a you know not maybe
1:45.1	leaning more toward like tick talk or something oh yeah so you're definitely not
1:49.1	a tick talker I'm definitely not a tick talker my my kids kind of introduced me as a
1:53.3	youtuber which is supposed to be funny so I usually go by a podcaster
1:57.6	nice a little more you know it's there's a you can take me be taking more seriously yeah exactly you know hey there's a you can be taking more seriously.
2:02.8	Yeah, exactly.
2:03.5	You know, hey, there's a little bit of substance.
2:05.3	So what's the name of your podcast and how do you,
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