MNR 177: An Historic Investment Part 1

The Mormon News Report Podcast

Today on the show, we are starting to get back to normal around the United States. What does that mean for the Church? Plus, a great review of a new book, and an historic announcement with the LDS Church and the NAACP. All that plus more on the Report!

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• For the Strength of Youth Conferences Start Again in 2022 (Church Newsroom)
• ‘American Idol’ Finalist David Archuleta Reveals He Is Part Of LGBTQIA+ Community; Talks “Trying To Find That Balance” With His Faith (Deadline Hollywood)
• God wants you to have this Syracuse temple, Latter-day Saint leader tells church members (KSL)
• LDS ‘excommunication’ is a term from the past, but the pain, shame and anger are still very much present (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Steve Young Won 3 Super Bowls but Felt Haunted by His Personal Life During His NFL Career (Sportscasting)
• Church will reforest sacred Hill Cumorah, site of angel’s visits to Joseph Smith (Deseret News)
• The Fallacy of Religious Freedom: On Spencer W. McBride’s “Joseph Smith for President” (Los Angeles Review of Books)
• Temple Square’s North Visitors’ Center will soon be demolished, replaced by garden (Deseret News)
• How the Mormon church unlocked medical pot for deep red states (Politico)
• Temple Square Is Reopening to the Public This Summer (Church Newsroom)
• What NAACP President Derrick Johnson told a Latter-day Saint congregation on Sunday (Deseret News)
• First Presidency and NAACP Leaders Announce a Shared Vision to “Learn from and Serve One Another” (Church Newsroom)
• SUNSHINE:
  • Jenny: IN THE HEIGHTS – go see it. Just…just go see it.
    
  • Brandt: BAJA BLAST IS BACK

Image Via Deseret News