Leading Saints Podcast

I find this podcast has helped me look for more creative ways to do my calling and helped me look for ideas outside of the box. I appreciate all the different viewpoint and opinions that help me think through a different perspective.

I just found your podcast last night, and listened to your ideas about women being heard and feeling outnumbered in forums to do with functioning within our branches of words. You had a lot of very good ideas and insights with regard to communication styles, strategies, and respect. I was, however; very surprised to hear you say that you were only getting used to the idea of having your voice is heard, having formally felt as though you were possessions by virtue of your sex. Latter-day Saint Women had the right to vote before anybody else in your country. Among the first things that the newly- organized church did, in 1830, was to begin to educate its’ members. In 1834, the first schools were set up in Kirkland to educate everybody of all ages. Within 3 months of the first LDS settlers Landing in the Salt Lake Valley, they set up an education system with the goal of educating everyone alike. There are many other important indicators of early values of and contributions from Latter-day Saint women in society generally. So, it surprises me greatly to hear you say that you are adjusting to having a voice instead of just feeling like a possession. It’s outside my experience, and outside the experience of my mother as well. None of the seniormost sisters in my experience seem to be suffering from it either, so I wonder if that’s perhaps endemic to your broader cultural or geographic area (perhaps that is exactly what you’re speaking of), since it is not universal as part of church culture. You touched on a really important sub-topic during the course of this presentation: That it is at meetings and other group planning activities, that we come to realize that it’s the level of communication skills that we bring with us that determines how effectively we can do our jobs. And the truth is, if we can’t see ourselves as equals and communicate and skilfully as other members of a group, then we can’t make the full contribution that we are there to make. And if that’s the case in this particular situation, there’s a strong chance that it carries over into the home life and work situation. This, in and of itself is a serious matter. Every person raising children needs to be able to communicate thoughts, ideas and values to those children in order to teach them to be a socially and mentally well-functioning individual in society. A parent who cannot do this is likely to have to live with more friction in the household and is also not likely to be able to teach the children to communicate effectively with others. That’s just a setup for eventual personal and familial disaster. You also make an excellent point about how as leaders and Christian people and Latter Day Saints specifically, we can do our part to try to encourage and help those who haven’t yet acquired skills that they need (As they are ready to quart of skills); really, as an institution of education, the church is the perfect place for that. This is most particularly true if we’re standing behind our claim to strengthen individuals and families. I can’t offer you a rating just yet, since I’ve just heard this one podcast; but I’m liking that you put an obvious amount of thought into these ideas, as well as into the expression of them. You’ve done it in such a way that my mind naturally continues to contemplate and flesh your ideas out seamlessly, for quite some time after the last of the episode is broadcasted. And that’s enough to draw me back to find out what other ideas you have to introduce. :-). UPDATE: The app will not let me send in my comment without providing a rating. That’s too bad, because forcing a rating in order to send in a comment forces the rating before the commenter is ready to provide it. I’m sorry to only give you three stars, but that’s the most noncommittal rating I can give you right now before I’m ready to actually give you a real rating.

Outstanding podcast. I recommend it to all my friends. I've used it as an EQP and most recently as a counsellor in our Bishopric over the last few years. I listen to every episode and always pull away few tips from them. Check it out for sure.