Seeing the Love of God In Others

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All Out in the Open, Questions from the Closet

Latter-day Saint, Christ, Society & Culture, Mormon, Gay, Religion & Spirituality, Faith, Lgbtq, Transgender, Church Of Jesus Christ, Christianity, Lgbt, Lds

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🗓️ 19 November 2024

⏱️ 72 minutes

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IN the Scriptures: In this episode, Clare Dalton chats with Tom Christofferson about finding faith, hope, and love through the stories in Ether 12 and Moroni 7 from the Book of Mormon. They dive into the ups and downs of faith, what it means to trust God, and how to see yourself the way Christ does. Along the way, Clare and Tom share personal stories about navigating life’s challenges, embracing who they are, and finding connection through charity and understanding.

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0:00.0	Welcome to All Out the Open. I'm Ben Shladdy here with Charlie Bird. And today we have an In the
0:04.1	Scriptures episode with Claire Dalton and Tom Christopherson. Yeah, it was funny. The first thing I noticed
0:08.7	about this episode was how Tom said the only thing he likes to do is ride his bike. Yeah, because Claire's
0:13.1	like, tell us about his wife. I was like to ride my bike. So why don't you, let's let's embarrass him and give information about him. Tom professionally, I think, was an investment banker or something like that.
0:23.7	He also wrote a book called That We May Be One, a gay Mormon's perspective on faith and family.
0:30.6	I believe it's called.
0:31.5	It's very good.
0:33.0	And Tom has been a mentor to so many of us in the LGBTQ LDS or Lair Saint community.
0:39.6	Yeah.
0:40.0	And he loves riding his bike.
0:41.5	He loves riding his bike.
0:43.5	I'm thinking about getting a bike.
0:44.5	I might talk to him.
0:45.4	You should.
0:46.1	Yeah.
0:46.4	I kind of want a mountain bike.
0:47.8	Anyway, this isn't about me.
0:49.1	It's about Tom.
0:49.8	Well, it depends what you're going to do.
0:50.8	Do you want to go ride in the mountains? Do you want to, like, ride places? Because I have a commuter bike. It's excellent.
0:55.6	Well, I think I'd rather be, there's a lot of trails around my house.
0:58.8	I'm kind of scared of cars. Like, I feel like on my mission, I was like, I'm so about to get
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