EP 87 - Elder Melvin Ballard dies, new Tim Ballard Criminal Lawsuit, with John Larsen!
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Nov 19, 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 86 - Elder Melvin Ballard dies, new Tim Ballard Criminal Lawsuit, and much more!
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Get to know John Larsen
Mormon Expression
https://johnlarsen.org/mormon-expression/
Mormon Stories Episodes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXea9ugM7Dc&list=PLxq5opj6GqOBxaNYKaV1avagC7-y09HKC&ab_channel=MormonStoriesPodcast
MNRU Joke of the week
John
Articles
Churches in Utah County are opening their doors this winter to provide warming centers for unsheltered individuals!
https://x.com/matthewallen/status/1723222212109615604?s=46&t=Kn3MLSjDGf_9v6exU2J_Gg
Latter-day Saints find themselves in a new fight with their neighbors in Nauvoo
https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2023/11/12/latter-day-saints-find-themselves/
Everyone supports a visitors' center for the LDS Nauvoo temple, but some locals object to the proposed location. 'Just move it a few hundred feet to the west,' they say. City council votes Tuesday.
https://x.com/religiongal/status/1723710288195932592?s=46&t=Kn3MLSjDGf_9v6exU2J_Gg
Video
A 5-year-old child is raped. Mormon church stays silent. Then comes the truly shocking part.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2023/11/14/child-sex-abuse-mormon-church-clergy-silence-legal/71569441007/
James Huntsman Lawsuit update
https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2023/11/15/james-huntsman-takes-aim-lds/
Ensign Peak Quarterly Report Out
https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/mormon-church-stock-portfolio-top-holdings-ensign-peak-advisors-13f-2023-11
Ballard Dies
Nemo Reel
https://youtube.com/shorts/0rkwPpMtUQI?si=EMkYEcwGYnw57ZCR
Kevin, we are so happy that you are so happy he's dead.
https://x.com/cwillardsmoot/status/1724407140738019837?s=46&t=Kn3MLSjDGf_9v6exU2J_Gg
Official Announcement
https://x.com/ch_jesuschrist/status/1724078212442165664?s=46&t=Kn3MLSjDGf_9v6exU2J_Gg
Some B roll video to talk over
https://x.com/ch_jesuschrist/status/1724072658055348513?s=46&t=Kn3MLSjDGf_9v6exU2J_Gg
Death linked to the toll of the Tim Ballard stuff?
https://x.com/pmweste/status/1724067782743257451?s=46&t=Kn3MLSjDGf_9v6exU2J_Gg
Pictures show Melvin alone, without his wife
https://x.com/the_churchnews/status/1724072097646047719?s=46&t=Kn3MLSjDGf_9v6exU2J_Gg
Contrast to when Sis. Eyring Died
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cybp9lHvzpc/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D&img_index=5
Contrast Sis. Eyring
https://x.com/aureliawelde/status/1725796015025029414?s=46&t=Kn3MLSjDGf_9v6exU2J_Gg
What a way to go out!
https://x.com/gantisdant/status/1724193954407608603?s=46&t=Kn3MLSjDGf_9v6exU2J_Gg
Seniority
https://www.instagram.com/p/CzsT103Mb-K/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
I can only hope that Brad Wilcox moves up to take his place
President @HollandJeffreyR was set apart on Wednesday, Nov. 15, as Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. He succeeds President @BallardMRussell , who died on Nov. 12
https://x.com/the_churchnews/status/1725290029558407434?s=46&t=Kn3MLSjDGf_9v6exU2J_Gg
Uh, what happened to common consent?
Holland in a coma for three weeks!?
https://x.com/the_churchnews/status/1725583815773692216?s=46&t=Kn3MLSjDGf_9v6exU2J_Gg
Replacement
https://x.com/_talrich_/status/1724256418566701250?s=46&t=Kn3MLSjDGf_9v6exU2J_Gg
Elder M. Russell Ballard: Women We Need Your Voices But Don't Talk Too Much
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSWPrzICnlQ&ab_channel=JustSmile
BYU Devotional
https://twitter.com/jessiejensen/status/1721013583310668281?s=46&t=Kn3MLSjDGf_9v6exU2J_Gg
Where will you go?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcYjs6qbTDw&ab_channel=ThirdHour
General Authority Compensation
https://widowsmitereport.wordpress.com/comp/
Tim Ballard
Operation Underground Railroad says it ‘did not have access’ to LDS tithing records
https://www.sltrib.com/news/2023/11/11/operation-underground-railroad/
Tim Ballard is now under criminal investigation for sexual assault
https://www.sltrib.com/news/2023/11/16/tim-ballard-is-under-criminal/
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