This panel from A Thoughtful Faith Facebook Support Group will explore how struggle builds faith and community. The participants’ collective experience is that both online and in-person communities can help reconstruct thoughtful faith and forge bonds of loving support as we deal with challenges to cherished beliefs. Mark Crego, Jeralee Renshaw, Richard Ostler, Susan Meredith …
Speaker: Richard Ostler
332: All Our Mormon Families
This panel will discuss the ways different kinds of Mormons live and contextualize the LDS concept of LaShawn Williams, Richard Ostler, Jimmy Rex, Weston Clark, Jerilyn Hassell Pool, Brady Williams
How I Became an LGBTQ Ally While Serving as a YSA Bishop and How We Can Better Support our LGBTQ members
Ostler will recount his journey to becoming a LGBTQ ally while serving as a YSA bishop. Between hearing the stories of his LGBTQ ward members and the Church’s recent policy statements, Ostler rebuilt his LGBT beliefs/attitudes/conclusions from scratch. He now sees his LGBT friends as some of his Heavenly Parent’s finest sons and daughters, equal …