528 Episodes

  1. Episode 431: Raini Stock, RM, Faith Crisis, Mental Health, Garments, Returning to Church

    Published: 7/20/2021

  2. Episode 430: Lincoln Bagley, RM, Home for Worthiness, Faith Crisis, Back Out, Finished Strong

    Published: 7/17/2021

  3. Episode 429: Dr. Christy Kane, Author: Fractured Souls and Splintered Memories

    Published: 7/14/2021

  4. Episode 428: Loren (Queer) and Anne Brown (Straight/Demisexual), Married Latter-day Saint Couple

    Published: 7/11/2021

  5. Episode 427: Blaire Ostler, Author Queer Mormon Theology

    Published: 7/8/2021

  6. Episode 426: Dashiell Miner, BYU Student, RM, Seeing God’s Children at San Quentin Prison

    Published: 7/1/2021

  7. Episode 425: Chauncy Brinton, Married Father of Two, Gay Latter-day Saint.

    Published: 6/28/2021

  8. Episode 424: Bryce Johnson, Age 29, RM, Gay Latter-day Saint

    Published: 6/25/2021

  9. Episode 423: Karim Lazarus, Convert, Gay, Out of the Church for 15+ Years, Returned in 2020

    Published: 6/22/2021

  10. Episode 422: Tate LeBaron, Married Father of Three, Nearly Died by Suicide, Solving Porn

    Published: 6/19/2021

  11. Episode 421: Daryl Austin, Latter-Day Saint, Noted Writer

    Published: 6/16/2021

  12. Episode 420: Josh Pedersen, Gay, Author “OUT, NOT IN!”

    Published: 6/14/2021

  13. Episode 419: Drew Young, LDS Author, New Book

    Published: 6/12/2021

  14. Episode 418: Bree and Kit, Married LDS Couple of 40+ Years, Bree’s Gender Incongruence

    Published: 6/9/2021

  15. Episode 417: Dallas Campbell, RM, Age 21, Gay Latter-day Saint

    Published: 6/6/2021

  16. Episode 416: Connor Berg, RM, Age 22, Gay Latter-day Saint

    Published: 6/2/2021

  17. Episode 415: Dason Harker (former LDS) and Taylor Smith (active/believing LDS)

    Published: 5/30/2021

  18. Episode 414: Tony Fieldson, Building Bridges between Active LDS and Former LDS

    Published: 5/27/2021

  19. Episode 413: Bo Buchi, Clinical Therapist, Disciple of Christ, Solving Porn

    Published: 5/25/2021

  20. Episode 412: Tom Fairholm, Gay Latter-day Saint, Gifted Musician, BYU Grad, RM

    Published: 5/23/2021

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Welcome to our podcast! My name is Richard H. Ostler and I am a native of Salt Lake City, small business owner, married father of six with several grandchildren. I believe in and am deeply committed to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and want it to work for a wider group. I am the author of three books: “Listen Learn and Love: Embracing LGBTQ Latter-day Saints” published in 2020 available at Deseret Book (deseretbook.com/product/5248297.html) and Amazon (amazon.com/dp/1462135773) “Listen Learn and Love: Improving Latter-day Saint Culture” published in 2022. The book explores who we can do better to help all Latter-day Saints feel more welcome, needed and a feeling of belonging in our congregations. Available at Deseret Book (deseretbook.com/product/6003149.html) and Amazon (amazon.com/dp/1462139566) “Listen Learn and Love: Building the Good Ship Zion” released in Sept 2023. The book explores additional topics to help all Latter-day Saint feel welcome and needed on the Good Ship Zion. Available at Deseret Book (deseretbook.com/product/6026921.html) and Amazon (amazon.com/dp/1462145280) The purpose of all three books is to help us better create Zion by helping more feel welcome, a sense of belonging, and needed in our congregations. Proceed from the books go the Stockton Power Memorial Scholarship (www.standingforstockton.com) in honor of Stockton Powers a gay Latter-day Saint teenager who died of suicide in 2016. Everything I do is a self-funded labor of love ❤️ I am the author of two Ensign articles: ‘How the Savior’s Healing Power Applies to Repenting from Sexual Sin’ (August 2020/YSA Digital Only) www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/2020/08/young-adults/how-the-saviors-healing-power-applies-to-repenting-from-sexual-sin ‘7 Tips for Overcoming Pornography Use’ (October, page 72) www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/2020/10/young-adults/7-tips-for-overcoming-pornography-use. This podcast is designed to discuss some more complicated issues in our church to help all of us better “listen, learn and love” so we can minister in a more effective way to all of our Heavenly Parents’ children. Podcasts are indexed by category at listenlearnandlove.org/podcasts Thank you for joining us. You can't donate to this podcast. There are no sponsors. But you can leave a review/rate the podcast on the platform you are listening and/or leave a review at Deseret Book/Amazon on my books. With love, Richard 'Papa' Ostler ❤ Twitter: twitter.com/Papa_Ostler IG: www.instagram.com/papa_ostler Facebook: facebook.com/richard.ostler.5 E-mail: [email protected]