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176 | Cuppa Joe | Historic Sites Bus Tour 

In this episode of our Cuppa Joe series, Karin Peter sits down with Barbara Walden and Peter Smith to talk about Historic Sites Bus Tours. Hear them share stories from the tour as well as get all the information you need about the logistics of the tour. For more information on this year’s tour visit…

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171 | The Community of Christ’s Commentary on the Doctrine and Covenants | Dale Luffman

It has been several decades since Community of Christ has produced a commentary on the Doctrine and Covenants, but that is about to change! Join Robin as she discusses the upcoming two-part commentary with author Dale Luffman. Host: Robin Linkhart Guest: Dale Luffman

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148 | Cuppa Joe: Joseph Smith’s Plural Wives 

Karin Peter and Kelly McAfee unpack the polygamy topic against the back drop of Kelly’s project creating portraits and dolls representing Joseph Smith’s plural wives. Host: Karin Peter Guest: Kelly McAfee Download Transcript

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145 | Cuppa Joe | Joseph Smith Historic Site

Community of Christ’s history might not define who the church is today, but it has helped to shape our identity and is still vitally important to us. Join Brittany as she discusses this importance with church member Wendy Eaton. Wendy lives and works at the Historic Site in Nauvoo Illinois. She has also worked in…

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133 | Cuppa Joe | David Howlett

Grab a cup of coffee and listen as Karin interviews historian David Howlett. They discuss Community of Christ history in India; touching on culture, theology, scripture, and what mission looks like when we contextualize it outside of North America. Host: Karin Peter Guest: David Howlett

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132 | Doctrine and Covenants 156 | Bill Russell

Join Carla as she interviews Bill Russell, former professor at Graceland University, as they talk about the canonization of Section 156 of the Doctrine and Covenants (the one that called for the temple to be built in Independence, as well as for the ordination of women). Learn more about the process and what happened and…

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124 | Cuppa Joe | Bryon Adreason

Join Karin in another Cuppa Joe episode wherein she interviews Bryon Andreason. Bryon is the current curator of the LDS Church History Museum in Salt Lake City, Utah. He talks about what led to his passion in history, his historical work with Abraham Lincoln and that crossover period to Mormonism, and his input to the…

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118 | Cuppa Joe | Barb Walden

Listen to this episode as Karin talks to Barb about two prominent women in Community of Christ history well ahead of their time: Emma Burton and Catherine ‘Cassie’ Kelly. Host: Karin Peter Guest: Barb Walden Download Transcript

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117 | Reunions | Lachlan Mackay and Janné Grover

Reunion season is here! Listen to this episode as Lach explains the history of Community of Christ reunions while Janné fills us in on what reunions are in the contemporary and the behind the scenes preparation of reunion materials so we have a focus as a church throughout the week spent together.

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115 | Emma’s Church; RLDS to Community of Christ

Join Lindsay Park as she interviews three prominent members from Community of Christ (formerly RLDS) about their history, church, and beliefs. *With permission from Lindsay this is an episode from her Year of Polygamy podcast. You can find more of her content at www.yearofpolygamy.com Download Transcript

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