Centered around the Come Follow Me curriculum for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. But we don't stick to the manual. We believe in an expansive and love centered gospel of Jesus Christ that includes all of God's children just as they are.
No judgement, just love and mercy.
What is a stonecatcher? One who catches stones of judgement thrown by others. As Elder Renlund said: "Not throwing stones is the first step in treating others with compassion. The second step is to try to catch stones thrown by others."
3. PERSONAL, Personal Revelation & Grace | Lessons from Liahonas, Ships, and Weaknesses
LDS Come Follow Me Book of Mormon
January 29–February 4:
“I Will Prepare the Way before You”
1 Nephi 16–22
February 5–11:
“Free to Choose Liberty and Eternal Life, through the Great Mediator”
2 Nephi 1–2
Inclusive and love-centered come follow me insights.
Follow the.fourth.option on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.fourth.option/ (https://www.instagram.com/the.fourth.option/)
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Bookmarks:
0:00 Intro
0:29 Liz & Ryan Giles from The Fourth Option
2:26 Finding the Liahona
8:08 What the Liahona has to do with marrying a same-sex partner
15:08 Step-by-step revelation
20:32 How are we like Laman and Lemuel when others follow God in ways we don’t understand?
24:28 Does God have favorites??
33:04 Snakes and overcomplicating the gospel
39:27 All things are possible & trust the personal revelation of others
41:12 Allowing others (including church leaders) and ourselves to have weaknesses.
50:35 A fresh take on the gathering of Israel
54:31 Recognizing and learning from weaknesses in scripture
62:18 Don’t misuse this verse to support Christian Nationalism
67:47 The wicked taketh the truth to be hard
75:02 Grace
79:31 How opposition in all things moves us towards God
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Books and Other Resources Referenced:
-Liz & Ryan’s podcast episode on Listen, Learn, & Love: https://soundcloud.com/user-818501778/episode-726-liz-and-ryan-giles-two-gay-women-same-sex-marriage-attending-church?si=fb4bf8162fd44125bb392fa8de31a433&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing (https://soundcloud.com/user-818501778/episode-726-liz-and-ryan-giles-two-gay-women-same-sex-marriage-attending-church?si=fb4bf8162fd44125bb392fa8de31a433&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing)
-Link to ‘The Positive Gospel’ (podcast co-hosted by Liz and Ryan): https://www.youtube.com/@ThePositiveGospel (https://www.youtube.com/@ThePositiveGospel)
Book of Mormon for the Least of These
-Vol 1: https://amzn.to/3tISbqo (https://amzn.to/3tISbqo)
-Vol 2: https://amzn.to/3RQ3Hbo (https://amzn.to/3RQ3Hbo)
-Vol 3: https://amzn.to/3ShBDiV (https://amzn.to/3ShBDiV)
-Podcast with authors of ‘Book of Mormon for the Least of These’: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-722-margaret-olsen-hemming-fatimah-salleh-book/id1347971725?i=1000638056286 (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-722-margaret-olsen-hemming-fatimah-salleh-book/id1347971725?i=1000638056286)
Book of Mormon Reader’s Editions:
-Grant Hardy: https://amzn.to/47jPUzK (https://amzn.to/47jPUzK)
-Replica: https://amzn.to/41Ls66u (https://amzn.to/41Ls66u)
-Rees & England: https://amzn.to/3TWvg5s (https://amzn.to/3TWvg5s)
Bible Translations for Isaiah Chapters
-Robert Alter Hebrew Bible Translation: https://amzn.to/3vtj3eI (https://amzn.to/3vtj3eI)
-NRSV The New Oxford Annotated Bible: https://amzn.to/48odgp7 (https://amzn.to/48odgp7)
Some of the links above are affiliate links. This means that if you purchase something after clicking the link, I may receive a small commission. You do not pay any more or less as a result of using the link. All profits are donated to charity using the links is a free and easy way to support Latter-day Stonecatchers.
14 Jan 2024
2. Beautiful Lessons from Lehi’s Dream | Dealing with Colonialism in 1 Nephi
LDS Come Follow Me Book of Mormon
January 15–21:
“Come and Partake of the Fruit”
1 Nephi 6–10
January 22–28
“Armed with Righteousness and with the Power of God”
1 Nephi 11–15
Inclusive and love-centered come follow me insights.
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Bookmarks:
0:00 Intro
1:02 Going back to Jerusalem
2:23 What would Ishmael and his family be giving by leaving Jerusalem?
5:47 Laman and Lemuel and others “rebel”
10:52 What did Lehi see in his dream?
12:51 What does Lehi’s dream have to do with King Josiah, Deuteronomy, and Heavenly Mother?
19:46 A lesson for us about the great and spacious building.
21:27 The the fruit and gospel of Jesus Christ should bring JOY
23:22 “Your religion is making me feel bad.” “That’s how you know it’s working.”
25:04 Is God really the same yesterday, today, and forever?
27:16 Starting with 1 Nephi 11-15 (Jan
28:23 Nephi asks what the tree means and sees Mary, the mother of Jesus
31:23 We know God loves Their children. We don’t need to be certain of everything.
34:56 The tree and its fruit are LOVE.
36:32 Is the iron rod the word of God, or the Word of God?
40:00 Is the Book of Mormon a history of Indigenous people? No.
46:03 The great and abominable church, sheep, and goats
49:44 What Christopher Columbos led by God? Please rethink this.
55:47 Building Zion
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Books and Other Resources Referenced:
-In Her Image Podcast about Lehi’s Dream & Heavenly Mother: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/60-the-mother-in-lds-theology-with-dr-val-larsen-part-1/id1566494543?i=1000579820530 (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/60-the-mother-in-lds-theology-with-dr-val-larsen-part-1/id1566494543?i=1000579820530)
-Marget Barker about Josiah Reforms (BYU Devotional): https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?filename=18&article=1038&context=mi&type=additional (https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?filename=18&article=1038&context=mi&type=additional)
Book of Mormon for the Least of These
-Vol 1: https://amzn.to/3tISbqo (https://amzn.to/3tISbqo)
-Vol 2: https://amzn.to/3RQ3Hbo (https://amzn.to/3RQ3Hbo)
-Vol 3: https://amzn.to/3ShBDiV (https://amzn.to/3ShBDiV)
-Podcast with authors of ‘Book of Mormon for the Least of These’: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-722-margaret-olsen-hemming-fatimah-salleh-book/id1347971725?i=1000638056286 (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-722-margaret-olsen-hemming-fatimah-salleh-book/id1347971725?i=1000638056286)
Book of Mormon Reader’s Editions:
-Grant Hardy: https://amzn.to/47jPUzK (https://amzn.to/47jPUzK)
-Replica: https://amzn.to/41Ls66u (https://amzn.to/41Ls66u)
-Rees & England: https://amzn.to/3TWvg5s (https://amzn.to/3TWvg5s)
Bible Translations for Isaiah Chapters
-Robert Alter Hebrew Bible Translation: https://amzn.to/3vtj3eI (https://amzn.to/3vtj3eI)
-NRSV The New Oxford Annotated Bible: https://amzn.to/48odgp7 (https://amzn.to/48odgp7)
Some of the links above are affiliate links. This means that if you purchase something after clicking the link, I may receive a small commission. You do not pay any more or less as a result of using the link. All profits are donated to charity using the links is a free and easy way to support Latter-day Stonecatchers.
5 Jan 2024
1. Unexpected Lessons from 1 Nephi 1-5 and Intro to the Book of Mormon
LDS Come Follow Me
Jan 1-7: Another Testament of Jesus Christ; Introductory Pages of the Book of Mormon
Jan 8-14: “I Will Go and Do”; 1 Nephi 1–5
The new year we are moving from the New Testament to the Book of Mormon as the focus of our Come Follow Me study. 1 Nephi provided some unexpected insights and lessons that I think are so applicable to us today.
Bookmarks:
0:00 Intro
1:51 The focus of this podcast
6:26 Connection (not conversion) is our goal
11:09 Historicity of the Book of Mormon?
16:07 Helpful resources
20:25 1 Nephi 1 - Scripture or journal?22:36 Nephi goes against the prosperity gospel
24:27 What does it mean that the record is “true” and “made according to my knowledge”?
25:46 The prophets came from outside Jerusalem
30:06 1 Nephi 2 “Chosen” to leave their religion, land, and temple to travel into the wilderness
35:20 Would we be Laman and Lemuel?
37:42 The prosperity gospel (let’s please stop teaching it)
40:01 How the way I view Nephi killing Laban has changed
45:57 Was Nephi justified in killing Laban? Is God Violent?
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Books and Other Resources Referenced:
Book of Mormon for the Least of These
-Vol 1: https://amzn.to/3tISbqo (https://amzn.to/3tISbqo)
-Vol 2: https://amzn.to/3RQ3Hbo (https://amzn.to/3RQ3Hbo)
-Vol 3: https://amzn.to/3ShBDiV (https://amzn.to/3ShBDiV)
-Podcast with authors of ‘Book of Mormon for the Least of These’: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-722-margaret-olsen-hemming-fatimah-salleh-book/id1347971725?i=1000638056286 (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-722-margaret-olsen-hemming-fatimah-salleh-book/id1347971725?i=1000638056286)
Book of Mormon Reader’s Editions:
-Grant Hardy: https://amzn.to/47jPUzK (https://amzn.to/47jPUzK)
-Replica: https://amzn.to/41Ls66u (https://amzn.to/41Ls66u)
-Rees & England: https://amzn.to/3TWvg5s (https://amzn.to/3TWvg5s)
Bible Translations for Isaiah Chapters
-Robert Alter Hebrew Bible Translation: https://amzn.to/3vtj3eI (https://amzn.to/3vtj3eI)
-NRSV The New Oxford Annotated Bible: https://amzn.to/48odgp7 (https://amzn.to/48odgp7)
Peter Enns, The Sin of Certainty: https://amzn.to/47p73rF (https://amzn.to/47p73rF)
Brian McLaren, A New Kind of Christianity: https://amzn.to/3TQQKku (https://amzn.to/3TQQKku)
Some of the links above are affiliate links. This means that if you purchase something after clicking the link, I may receive a small commission. You do not pay any more or less as a result of using the link. All profits are donated to charity using the links is a free and easy way to support Latter-day Stonecatchers.
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Quotes Shared:
Dieter F. Uchtdorf (iron gate):
“...as good as our previous experience may be, if we stop asking questions, stop thinking, stop pondering, we can thwart the revelations of the Spirit...We can block the growth and knowledge our Heavenly Father intends for us. How often has the Holy Spirit tried to tell us something we needed to know but couldn't get past the massive iron gate of what we thought we already knew?”
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/broadcasts/article/worldwide-leadership-training/2012/01/acting-on-the-truths-of-the-gospel-of-jesus-christ?lang=eng (https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/broadcasts/article/worldwide-leadership-training/2012/01/acting-on-the-truths-of-the-gospel-of-jesus-christ?lang=eng)
Camille N. Johnson (personal revelation):
“"Every time someone says something that is hurtful or makes you doubt what you're doing, just remind yourself: I know how to receive personal revelation for myself and for my family."
God knows you. He knows your situation. He knows your heart. Trust in the Lord, learn to hear His voice, and then go forward with confidence and relief.”
https://www.instagram.com/p/CuucFegO19u/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== (https://www.instagram.com/p/CuucFegO19u/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==)
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