Loving Our LGBT Brethren & Sisters | An Interview with Bishop Carl Hull

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Update: In this episode mormonsandgays.org is mentioned, but the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has since changed this resource to mormonandgay.lds.org Carl Hull was raised in Heber City, UT and later attended high school in Orem and college at Brigham Young University in Provo, UT. He served a mission in Chile and currently serves as Bishop of a ward in Highland, Utah. Melody is from Carlsbad, California and has held many positions in the Church serving and loving others. Carl’s journey of understanding started in 2014 when he was serving on the High Council in his stake and the Stake President arranged to have Joseph Stith speak about his experience with same-sex attraction. (Joseph is President of North Star and has been on Leading Saints previously—How to Support Transgender Members In Your LDS Ward and How to Support Gay Members In Your LDS Ward – Part 2.) Prior to this experience, Carl viewed those who identified as gay as “just plain evil” but during Joseph’s presentation Carl started to view him with compassion. As a result of this experience, Carl wrote a post on Ben Schilaty’s blog titled The Eyes of My Understanding Were Opened and created a presentation on loving and accepting those who struggle with SSA, which he gave to his ward—adults and youth separately—with the goal of creating greater openness and understanding. Carl’s change of heart is one focused on loving others and founded on the teachings of the Savior and modern-day prophets and will help you to be a better, more loving disciple of Jesus Christ.

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Mormon and Gay (LDS Church Sponsored) North Star

4 Comments

Chris on 1 November 2016 at 8:14 am

Easily one of the best Leading Saints conversations ever. Kurt, thank you for this. And thanks to Bishop and Sister Hull. As a former bishop who happens to also be #MormonandGay, I learned so much about the importance of seeing people through eyes like the Savior’s. There’s still so much misunderstanding in the church around #LGBT topics, and conversations like this are vitally important.

Bruce Priday on 3 November 2016 at 11:41 pm

Thanks, Kurt, for this excellent podcast. Bishop and Sister Hull, thank you for your exemplary leadership, empathy, and Christlike love.

taylor.ralston on 13 December 2016 at 4:37 pm

This was a great episode. Having several family members with ties to or who identify with the LGBT community, this has brought a lot of understanding and compassion to me. Keep up the good work.