Tom Christofferson, gay brother of Latter-day Saint apostle D. Todd Christopher, praised the move for taking away some of the heartache for gay parents and dropping the apostasy nomenclature. Devin talks about his decision to serve a mission, coming home after six months because of a belated confession, active in his ward . Polygamy, Polyandry, & D&C 132 Alma 5: 57 And now I say unto you, all you that are desirous to follow the voice of the good shepherd, come ye out from the wicked, and be ye separate, and touch not their unclean things; and behold, their names shall be blotted out, that the names of the wicked shall not be numbered among the names of the righteous, that the word of God may be fulfilled, which saith: The names of the wicked shall not be mingled with the names of my people; Disciplinary councils shaming people for sexual choices and/or apostasy Dan Reynolds and Wane Sermon (Imagine Dragons) Tom Christofferson, gay brother of Latter-day Saint apostle D. Todd Christopher, Christofferson, author of That We May Be One: A Gay Mormons Perspective on Faith & Family.. The beauty of their relationship and being together 20 years and all the things that they were doing good returns to give back to our society, and I thought, 'Well this is outside of my doctrine, the same sex marriage, but I recognize this is a wonderful couple doing wonderful things and are great contributors to their society and have a wonderful relationship,'" says Oslter. 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. The Joseph Smith Papers Project Rohr postulates that Jesus and Christ are two distinct beings; that Jesus was a man who lived 2000 years ago, and that Christ is an eternal being. If we wont exercise proper judgment against such characters as Papa Ostler (and there are many such characters in the church now), then in time we may find many of our leaders embracing his doctrine, because you cant disobey God without giving power to the devil. Ostler Group. God told me says, 'You've got six months left of your [bishop] assignment, and when you're done, I need you to serve in this area because there's a gap between my restored church and its ability to meet the needs of it's LGBTQ members. Lindsay Hansen Park Ostler gets some naysayers, but overwhelmingly his words strike a chord with people. J. Bonner Ritchie Mary Ellen Robertson My wife and I currently serve as temple workers. Lindsay Hansen Park (Sunstone) The record of our ordinance work on earth must mirror what heaven itself would have recorded if it is to be accepted as a record that is valid both in heaven and on earth. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Find your friends on Facebook. Lester Bush Mormon Historical Association Joseph Smiths evolving doctrine, and subsequent alterations of Book of Mormon and First Vision to get them in sync Richard Ostler, 60, is a member of the church who lives in Salt Lake City who said he felt spiritual promptings to reach out to struggling LGBTQ members through Twitter. Mindy Gledhill When any leader, in the name of mercy, fails to exercise church discipline according to the revelations and the dictates of the Holy Ghost, then the adversary gains greater power over that man. With Him, you can put your sins behind you and become once again as white as snow. With Him, you can become better than you once were. Mormons Building Bridges But then the father put a robe on his sons shoulders and a ring on his finger. 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. Max Perty Mueller Wardless Podcast Episode 615: Bonnie Young, Author of Sex Educated: Letters from a LDS Therapist to Her Younger Self. Kelli Potter Judy Robertsons Out of Mormonism was another early memoir that detailed the cognitive dissonance she and her husband who were converts experienced during their first temple visit. Martha Bradley We are thrilled. Martha Bradley Rohr are taken from his book Everything Belongs: The Gift of Contemplative Prayer. Chris and Duane Johnson I hope Elbert Peck receives appropriate attention. If youre LGBTQ and a Latter-day Saint, I think its better to feel like there are other people like you and to have a community. David P. Wright Episode 1: Introduction Richard Ostler Episode 1: Introduction 11.7K Privacy policy Read More. Kimberly Anderson Stuart Matis Brown George Romney The producers wanted the women to wear unflattering housecleaning type clothes. Founders of Exponent II The LDS Temple Endowment Ceremony/Josephs Involvement with Masonry/All the Changes over the years He almost single handedly revved up Sunstone, expanded and oversaw all the symposiums (both SLC and other cities), all the publication details, etc., for years. Conversely, Heavenly Father wants you to feel hope through the Savior. Sarah Sample Gail Houston I am deeply committed to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and to creating more understanding and support for LGBTQ membersa goal started during my service as a YSA bishop where I learned to set aside past assumptions to better fulfill my stewardship responsibility to meet the spiritual needs of LGBTQ ward members. Ostler often gets asked about LDS Church policy and doctrine and whether it can change in the future. 500 episodes. Richard Ostler. Ostler realized he was confronting a lot of misunderstanding about what it meant to be gay and Mormon, and he wanted to start from scratch. Gina Colvin (A Thoughtful Faith) This idea of pink Latter-day Saints came from Latter-day Saint institute teacher S. Michael Wilcox. Many consider Rohr's teachings very attractive, like flashes of gold in the mundanities of life. Ezra Booth My struggle lies in MY lack of understanding , not in the church leaders or teachings. I am feeling all these emotions at this very moment, and they are not mutually exclusive., Members should cheer this drop in the bucket, Ostler said, because thats how buckets get filled., Donate to the newsroom now. Noah Rasheta I believe deeply in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and want it to work for a wider group of our friends. These parents need to understand that congregation members will contact them periodically, and that when the child who has been blessed reaches 8 years of age, a church member will contact them and propose that the child be baptized., These new very positive policies should help affected families, Oaks told attendees, and church members efforts to show more understanding, compassion and love should increase respect and understanding among all people of goodwill., The church wants to reduce the hate and contention so common today, he said. Episode 1: LIVE! I came to know about Richard Ostler the same way many people do, through his Facebook posts. Joseph Smith trying to sell Book of Mormon copyright After some small talk, I asked him why he had called us in. There are things, such as lusting after ones own gender or losing track of ones own gender, which must be unthinkable, unimaginable, or how can we know God? He understands when people choose to walk away from the church, but he hopes they stay. This post was shared nearly a thousand times and even created a genuine dialogue in the comments. Mehrsa Baradaran, Mormon Feminism Ostler began to feel transformed by these experiences, and he began writing about it. Anonymity on the internet can sometimes lead people to act less civilly than they would in person. Episode 614: Emma Edwins, Convert, Transgender Latter-day Saint, Part 2. Bill Hamblin Great collection of information, but Id revise your early external observers list. Classicianus a Roman official was excommunicated along with his entire household by a bishop named Auxilius after he had entered a church to seize several perjurers. Tinesha Zandamela noticed some of the same accounts that attacked her with racist commentary when she was running for Provo City Council in 2017 later started using the #DezNat hashtag. Affirmation: LGBTQ Mormons, Families & Friends Approach repentance with a positive attitude. I attended the University of Utah and Brigham Young University (business focus). Golden Kimball Hes an active Mormon and former bishop who has become an influential ally for the LGBTQ community. Lavina Fielding Anderson Hes middle aged, short haircut, white, straight. Stewart Udall Jon Huntsman Jr., Mary Kaye Huntsman and Family Welcome! Inspired by what he heard he applied for the Kroc Fellowship at NPR headquarters in DC and to his surprise, he got it. Mette Ivie Harrison, Awareness and Support for Mormons in Faith Crisis Acts of violence and weapons were discussed. Joseph Smith David Knowlton Kattie Niu Mount and Allan Mount PublishedDecember 1, 2017 at 10:15 AM MST. He is the host of the Listen, Learn and Love podcast, which provides a platform for LGBTQ Latter-day Saints to . By Richard Ostler As the bishop of a young single adult ward, I worked with young adults to help them repent and be refined by the Atonement of Jesus Christ. Gary and Millie Watts An April 2019 Religion News Service article titled, "For Millennials, Mysticism Shows a Path to Their Home Faiths" reveals how young (millennial) evangelicals are "[d]iscovering the Christian mystical tradition through the work of Franciscan friar Richard Rohr." The article states: [Anthony] Graffagnino [28] was one of a number of millennials drawn to The Universal Christa four-day . Book of Commandments / The Doctrine and Covenants It's a wonderfully hopeful signal that the church is willing to make a policy correction quickly and publicly, Haglund said. Steve Benson I believe in and am deeply committed to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and want it to . Thomas McConkie Jld Ian July 30, 2019 at 2:48 pm Cardinal McCarrick hasn't been excommunicated either so that's not really a standard. It is well written and researched . Such harsh and restrictive rules triggered widespread protests and soul-searching. Peggy Fletcher Stack All rights reserved. Laurie Lee Hall Lives in Salt Lake City, Utah. B. Carmon Hardy Kelly Clark (Portland) These types of thoughts are not from Heavenly Father. Richard Oastler died in Harrogate on 22 August 1861 and was buried at St . Its not a mechanical process or a checklist process, and its available to all. Ernest L. Wilkinson Many of the young adults I worked with had a faulty mindset about repenting from sexual sin. Since then he has reported on topics ranging from TSA PreCheck to micro apartments in overcrowded cities to the various ways zoo animals stay cool in the summer heat. Church rituals for children now are OK, and LGBTQ couples are not labeled apostates. Richard Rohr was a dissident, New Age guru-priest to be avoided at all costs. Retired executive vice president, OptumInsight. Lilburn W. Boggs Bianca Morrison Dillard Ostler is an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who became an LGBTQ ally while serving as the bishop of a singles congregation in Salt Lake City. If you are going through this journey, this article isnt about the steps of repentanceits about how the healing power of Jesus Christ and the blessings of His Atonement apply to you. Shades Linda Adams Richard Oastler, (born Dec. 20, 1789, Leeds, Yorkshire, Eng.died Aug. 22, 1861, Harrogate, Yorkshire), industrial reformer known in the north of England as the "Factory King," who from 1831 conducted a campaign for shorter working hours that was in part responsible for the Ten Hours Act of 1847. I married my best friend and eternal companion Sheila Juergens of Houston, Texas in 1990 and we are the parents of six great children, several grandchildren, and live near Cottonwood High School in Salt Lake City. Elijah Abel Joseph Smith III Joseph Fielding Smith Inaccurate portrayals of church history (e.g., photos showing Joseph Smith translating with plates on the table, portrayals of Joseph and Emma as monogamists) It was toward the end of his time as a bishop when he saw it - an image of a young man from Davis County with a message from his mother. President Russell M. Nelson explained that too many people consider repentance as punishmentsomething to be avoided except in the most serious circumstances. Richard Sherman, the 49ers' veteran cornerback, was born in Compton in March 1988. Travis Stratford CNA/EWTN NEWS News March 20, 2015. Look over "Papa" Ostler's twitter feed and you can find a nice long list of beliefs for which someone ought to have been excommunicated a long time ago without any question. Hugh Nibley Recommended: Atheist Group Excommunicates Richard Dawkins for Transgender Heresy In particular, the organization cited a tweet in which Dawkins told readers to "discuss" any potential connection. She wrote about the pressure she experienced from family and Ward brothers and sisters who were present, to submit to rituals she was uncomfortable with. Shelby Hintze, a producer at KSL and active Latter-day Saint on Twitter, says that if users really intended to follow the counsel of church leaders, they would treat others with love and kindness. Brigham Youngs teachings of Blood Atonement, Adam/God Doctrine Elbert is there. Patrick F. Bagley Bill Orton Richard Rohr, Jesus Christ is an ideal guide of sorts, but he's not truly Lord. In September 1993, six writers and thinkers were excommunicated or disfellowshipped for their criticisms or unorthodox theology. Among his posts is the suggestion that one of the three Nephites could be a man who thinks he was supposed to be born a girl, or who desires sex with other men and not women. Families were torn. He goes on listing other qualities that might not fit into the typical Mormon stereotype. Mountain Meadows Massacre and subsequent cover-up Benji Schwimmer So I just said I'm wiping it clean, and I'm going to go meet with LGBTQ people to help me understand how God wants me to be programmed about LGBTQ people. Absolutely true, said historian Matthew Bowman, author of The Mormon People: The Making of an American Faith. Generally, church policies are changed much more slowly and often, when they do change, there is not this sort of announcement., The speed of the about-face, Bowman added, reflects the turbulence that this policy and its implementation created among members, as well as among bishops and stake presidents.". Todd M. Compton His facial expression changed immediately from happy to deeply troubled. Maurine Whipple Lyman was rebaptized in the church a decade later, according to The Salt Lake Tribune. Joseph Smiths Treasure Digging, Peeps Stones, and Folk Magic According to a LinkedIn page associated withCicottes name, he graduated from Brigham Young Universitys law school in 2008 and worked as a clerk in the Utah County Attorneys Office for nearly two years. Mandy and Mary Danzig The Black 14 (1969 Wyoming football team) Maxine Hanks Wilford Woodruff Jonathan Streeter Many members have the experience of personal revelation letting them know such corrections are necessary; its easy to understand that revelation could work that way for the church itself., As the pace of change in our culture quickens, the church will have to be nimble and responsive, Haglund said, and this step seems to suggest new mechanisms for revelatory change., She would, however, like to see the church recognize that in the past 3 years, far too many people and families have been devastated by this policy, said the former editor of Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought. It is important to acknowledge their suffering, to continue to mourn with and for these Saints, particularly if no official apology is forthcoming., For her part, Blaire Ostler, a self-described queer Mormon sister, believes that queer folks who have been excommunicated and/or disciplined for LGBTQ+ issues should have their excommunication repealed and issued a full reinstatement., Ostler, who is not related to Richard Ostler, further argues that the children who had to have their [planned] baby blessings and baptisms canceled should be issued an apology and that the brethren, as stewards of the church, should apologize to the children affected., We need to learn to live in the paradoxical state of weeping and rejoicing, Ostler wrote, referring to the biblical verse in Romans 12:15. Kathleen Kimball Melonakos They would say things like, No one will ever want to date or marry me because I was once sexually active, I feel like Im not worthy of anyone because Ive struggled with pornography, My chance for a temple marriage is ruined because of my mistakes, or, I will never be able to teach the law of chastity to other members or to my future kids because I broke it., Essentially, they didnt believe that the Savior could truly take their scarlet sins and make them white as snow (see Isaiah 1:18). During that time, he let his two counselors handle all the administrative tasks so he could be freed up to focus on meeting with the members in his congregation one on one. I nominate the following. You can't, he said, you can't use the Priesthood and the authority of the church to dictate. Richard Ostler: 1981 Tartan Ave, Salt Lake City, UT 84108: Richard Ostler: 6289 S Haven Brook Cir, Salt Lake City, UT 84121: Richard Ostler: 3578 Warren Rd, Cleveland, OH 44111: Richard Ostler: 328 E High Ave, New Philadelphia, OH 44663: Richard Ostler: 1058 Stars Rd, Pocatello, ID 83202: Richard Ostler: 3921 E Dahlia Dr, Phoenix, AZ 85032 . He has officiated mass weddings for gay couples, even though. Erika Munson Aimee Heffernan I think its sad when anybody resorts to bullying or attacking people on the internet, especially when they are anonymous, said Hintze. They incorrectly concluded: With a lot of repenting on my part and a lot of forgiving on the Saviors part, He can change my sins from crimson red to a light shade of pink.1. Learning to See Sexuality as a Sacred Gift, Fostering a Positive Perspective of Sexuality, How I Learned to Understand Gods View of Sexuality, Living the Law of Chastity in a Dating World Full of Gray Areas, Bridling Your Passions: How to Align Sexual Thoughts and Feelings with the Lords Expectations, Conversations about Intimacy and Sex That Can Prepare You for Marriage, My Experience Living the Law of Chastity with Same-Sex Attraction, How the Saviors Healing Power Applies to Repenting from Sexual Sin, The Worlds Way vs. the Lords Way: What the Media Gets Wrong about Sexual Intimacy, Insights from Young Adults on the Blessings of Living the Law of Chastity. Marlin K. Jensen Gnosticism is an ancient heresy that denied the Incarnation because it professed the false belief that all matter was evil. 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