Richard Ostler Welcome to our podcast! My name is Richard Ostler (twitter: twitter.com/Papa_Ostler; FB: facebook.com/richard.ostler.5; IG: instagram.com/papa_ostler/) and am a native of Salt Lake City. I am the author of "Listen Learn and Love: Embracing LGBTQ Latter-day Saints at amazon.com/dp/1462135773 and seagullbook.com/Listen-Learn-and-Love-Richard-Ostler.html I am the author of two recent Ensign articles on ‘How the Savior’s Healing Power Applies to Repenting from Sexual Sin’ (August 2020/YSA Digital Only) www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/2020/08/young-adults/how-the-saviors-healing-power-applies-to-repenting-from-sexual-sin and ‘7 Tips for Overcoming Pornography Use’ (October, page 72) www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/2020/10/young-adults/7-tips-for-overcoming-pornography-use I have degrees from the University of Utah and Brigham Young University (business). I married my best friend and eternal companion Sheila Juergens of Houston, Texas in 1990 and we are the parents of six children and several grandchildren and live near Cottonwood High School in Salt Lake City. 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 name ‘Papa Ostler’ resulting from being introduced to Twitter by my High School age son Matt in 2010. I wanted the high school age youth to know I wasn’t their age as I interacted with them … hence the name Papa Ostler. I served as a YSA Bishop in the West Valley City/Magna area of Salt Lake (released in 2016) and met some of the finest people I will ever know. In addition to meeting with wonderful active members of my Ward, I reached out and connected via social media (mostly via the private messaging features of FB and Twitter) with many of our inactive members and their non-member friends. Over time, many felt comfortable meeting with me and sharing their stories. Through hundreds of interviews and ‘listening to understand’, I was able to ‘see’ the church from the eyes of those on the outside. Many feel the church is their ‘spiritual home’ but feel uncomfortable attending for a variety of reasons such as work-in-progress testimonies, concerns about church history, feeling unworthy because of past or current sin, don't fit the cultural mold, role of women, are LGBTQ and/or feel God's LGBTQ childen should be more welcomed in our congregations, etc. This podcast is designed to 'Have a Conversation' about some of the more complicated issues in our church to help all of us 'listen, learn and love' so we can minister in a more effective way to all of Heavenly Father’s children. Most podcasts will be from our LDS LGBTQ friends to give them voice so we can better understand their road, touch their cross, learn from them, and minister to them as directed by President M. Russell Ballard when he said "We need to listen to and understand what our LGBT brothers and sisters are feeling and experiencing. Certainly, we must do better than we have done in the past so that all members feel they have a spiritual home where their brothers and sisters love them and where they have a place to worship and serve the Lord(Nov 2017 BYU Devotional)." Some podcasts will be from LGBTQ allies sharing their experiences and how to be helpful. Other podcasts will be from guests talking about other complicated topics such as mental health, returning from a mission early, overcoming sin, and faith challenges. Are podcast are indexed by category at listenlearnandlove.org/podcasts Thank you for joining us. You can't donate to this podcast. There are no sponsors. But you can leave a review/rate the podcast on the platform you are listening. With love, Richard 'Papa' Ostler ❤ richard@ostlergroup.com *I will respond to your e-mails* Richard Ostler’s tracks Episode 337: Bryce Larsen, Gay, Age 28, Sydney Australia RM by Richard Ostler published on 2020-10-26T23:18:00Z Episode 336: Dr. Debra Theobald McClendon, Scrupulosity Q&A by Richard Ostler published on 2020-10-26T17:53:00Z Episode 335: Blaire Ostler, Queer Latter-day Saint and Queer Theorist by Richard Ostler published on 2020-10-25T02:29:19Z Episode 334: Colby Lowe, Gay Latter-Day Saint, Colon Cancer by Richard Ostler published on 2020-10-20T19:58:29Z Episode 333: Luke Romney and Madi Hawes, BYU Students, Instagram Account @BYUQ2024 by Richard Ostler published on 2020-10-19T03:57:59Z Episode 332: Reed and Amber Blackburn, Still Born Child Tessa by Richard Ostler published on 2020-10-19T03:41:50Z Episode 331: Doug Cartwright founder of The Daily Shifts, Finding Spirituality & Self Love by Richard Ostler published on 2020-10-17T20:39:16Z Episode 330: Jake Young, RM Edmonton, LGBTQ Ally by Richard Ostler published on 2020-10-14T23:33:18Z Episode 329: Hayden and Sydney Anderson, Married BYU Students by Richard Ostler published on 2020-10-12T19:45:14Z Episode 328: Hayden Paul, Solving Pornography by Richard Ostler published on 2020-10-11T20:10:27Z
Episode 337: Bryce Larsen, Gay, Age 28, Sydney Australia RM by Richard Ostler published on 2020-10-26T23:18:00Z
Episode 336: Dr. Debra Theobald McClendon, Scrupulosity Q&A by Richard Ostler published on 2020-10-26T17:53:00Z
Episode 335: Blaire Ostler, Queer Latter-day Saint and Queer Theorist by Richard Ostler published on 2020-10-25T02:29:19Z
Episode 334: Colby Lowe, Gay Latter-Day Saint, Colon Cancer by Richard Ostler published on 2020-10-20T19:58:29Z
Episode 333: Luke Romney and Madi Hawes, BYU Students, Instagram Account @BYUQ2024 by Richard Ostler published on 2020-10-19T03:57:59Z
Episode 332: Reed and Amber Blackburn, Still Born Child Tessa by Richard Ostler published on 2020-10-19T03:41:50Z
Episode 331: Doug Cartwright founder of The Daily Shifts, Finding Spirituality & Self Love by Richard Ostler published on 2020-10-17T20:39:16Z
Episode 329: Hayden and Sydney Anderson, Married BYU Students by Richard Ostler published on 2020-10-12T19:45:14Z
