EP 83 - Dr. Patrick Mason co-hosts, the LDS church and climate change & Mitt Romney in the spotlight
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Oct 29, 2023 Greetings brothers and sisters! Welcome to the weekly MormonNewsRoundup. I am your humble host Dives, talent on loan from Kolob, bringing you this podcast with half the Kinderhook Plates tied behind my back.
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EP 83 - Dr. Patrick Mason co-hosts, the LDS church and climate change, Mitt Romney in the spotlight, Faith matters conference controversies, and temple updates
Welcome to the MormonNewsRoundup!
Get to know Patrick (5 minutes)
What’s your one minute Mormon story?
You have considerable experience in LDS related news including:
Latter-day Landscape (Mormonism Magnified)
A forgotten gem
mormon news weekly x
Mormon News Weekly discussion
What was the goal?
Why did it end?
Do you have plans to get back into the LDS news sphere?
Patrick’s X reaction to the canceled MNW endeavor
MNRU Joke of the week
Patrick
Articles
Church Leaders Urge Care for the Earth at Conference in Brazil
Seems to be a bit of a departure from the Church’s neutrality on this issue in times past
I didn’t realize the church had a sustainability manager: Jenica Sedgewick
Will there be concrete actions ($$ or commitment to sustainability?) to go along with the sentiments expressed at this conference?
Seems to be long on vague ideals, and short on concrete steps
KUER poll - only 10% of latter-day Saints believe climate change is a crisis
Church donated Great Salt Lake water shares last year
Church’s mostly failed attempt last year to go brown (Axios)
Mormon environmentalism stewardship alliance
Romney, currently an active LDS senator from Utah, has announced he won't seek reelection in 2024. What Mitt Romney sees as the greatest threats to the LDS Church As Romney saw it, Coppins writes, the most pressing challenges in the global church of 17 million members came not from without, but from within — namely in “retaining young people, promoting faith in a secular world, and addressing prickly issues in the church’s history.” is Mitt Romney correct about the modern day Threats to the church? Right leaning church member weighs in Who is right? Romney or Packer? A tough take, but accurate? Romney’s own public service and his views on the dysfunction of American politics Romney is not at all afraid to spill the tea in McKay Coppins new biopic. They were surprised that one of their own was willing to kind of pull the curtain back and reveal what was going on in these caucus rooms. Most people look at Latter-day Saints and good secret keepers
Gordon Monson on Faith Matters
Please give us a report on the latest FM “Restore” conference which took place last week in Sandy Utah:
What is FM?
why do people attend FM?
Your relationship with FM
Paul Mero: Faith Matters damages faith by forgetting our sacrificial unity
Not everyone is a fan of FM
Meme
Temples
Cody Wyoming internal documents related to the Church’s planned temple show the angst this building brings to this small community
LDS donor of temple site plot offers job to city employee
The Heber Valley temple and Cody Wyoming temple highlight the difficulties the church is facing in the 21st century getting these massive structures approved in smaller mostly non-LDS communities
New Orem temple paves way for longtime Provo temple to be demolished, rebuilt
Should the Provo temple be torn down and remodeled?
Should the SL Temple have been gutted?
Church donates nearly $1 million to Florida food bank Church donations vs church resources discussion Should everyone just be glad the church donates to help food banks and other charitable causes without asking the glaring follow up question: with its incredibly vast resources, why isn’t the church donating more? Short from Morgan from my spiritual life
Conclusion
You latest book is Proclaim Peace: The Restoration Answer to an Age of Conflict
What projects do you have planned in the future either at USU, additional books, or in other ventures?
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