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89 | Faith Journey and Community | Robert Cook

An interview with Robert Cook exploring the topic Faith Journey and Community.  Robert shares how his experience of community over the years has shaped his faith and taken him on a journey of seeing the world through different eyes after visiting the Dancing Rabbit, Bruderhof, and Koinonia communities with retired apostle Andrew Bolton.

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83 | Word of Wisdom in Community of Christ and Intoxicants | Lachlan Mackay

This is audio for a Sunday school presentation Lachlan Mackay delivered to the Salt Lake congregation following Sunstone on 07-30-2017. The conversation surrounds the history of the Word of Wisdom in Community of Christ and the different ways it’s been applied through time. (editor note: the questions and comments from those attending had to be…

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79 | Percolating on Faith | One True Church 

Join Carla for another episode in the Percolating on Faith series with Tony and Charmaine. In this episode, they discuss the one true church doctrine, how it was a prevalent part of the restoration movement and the RLDS church, and how Community of Christ has moved away from that self-focus. They discuss the dangers of…

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72 | Percolating on Faith | The Three Eras

Join Carla as she speaks with Tony and Charmaine Chvala-Smith, discussing the different “eras” of the church, namely Joseph-centered, Church-centered, and then Christ-centered. Host: Carla LongGuests: Tony and Charmaine Chvala-Smith Download Transcript

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50 | Joseph Smith Historic Sites Directors in Nauvoo | Laura and David Bolton

Join Carla Long as she talks with Laura and David Bolton about being the Joseph Smith Historic Sites directors in Nauvoo for the last seven months. They recount a few of the historic stories of Nauvoo as well as talk about the sites of Nauvoo and Nauvoo itself.

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45 | A Conversation with the First Woman in the First Presidency | Becky Savage

Join Brittany as she talks with Becky Savage. Becky talks about her career in nursing, going into ministry as elder, high priest, and then as the first woman called to the first presidency. She relates her life experiences as a nurse and how it has helped her in her ministry within the church. She is…

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43 | Race in the Church | Bill Russell

Join Josh as he talks with Bill Russell about race in the church throughout history. Ordination of women and LGBTQ individuals are also discussed.

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36 | Emeritus Church Historian | Richard Howard

Listen in when Josh had the chance before World Conference to sit down with Richard (Dick) Howard to discuss his growing up years in the RLDS church and what eventually led him into the history department and to become the first professionally trained historian of the then RLDS church. Listen to what it was like…

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35 | The Changing of Women’s Roles in Community of Christ | Marjorie and Richard Troeh

Join Brittany as she sits down with Marge and Dick Troeh to discuss the changing roles of women in the RLDS church (Community of Christ) that led up to the ordination of women and beyond. Marge had a raised awareness of inequality early in life with incidents at Graceland, losing in-state tuition in California after…

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