Strangers No More

#StrangersNoMore #QueerSaints

(please excuse Maggie's audio for the first 10 minutes, it does get better!)

"

"

"

"

"

"

"

"

"

In this Special Episode of Strangers No More, Maggie, Dennis, Bradley and Andrew share their first reactions to the talks from the 191st Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Lesson: Called to Preach His Gospel April 5-11, 2021

"Jesus Christ will gather His People,"

Hosts Andrew Mair, Maggie Slighte, and Dennis Schleicher interview their co-host Bradley Talbot in this special episode! 0:00​ Intro by Andrew 00:50​ Welcome 01:10​ Rainbow Day by Color the Campus 02:10​ How did they light the Y? 03:45​ Livestream of the Rainbow Y on Rainbow Day 04:17​ BYU's Response 05:18​ Elder Oaks and Rainbows 06:20​ The purpose of lighting the Y 08:36​ Aftermath of a Rainbow Y 09:10​ Pride month (June) plans 12:40​ Parents of LGBTQIA+ students respond 13:30​ Keeping the conversation going Color The Campus: https://instagram.com/colorthecampus​ https://twitter.com/colorthecampus​ Read more Andrew here: Andrewjmair.com Listen to more Bradley at: unspokensecret.buzzsprout.com Read more from Dennis at: DennisSchleicher.net Read more of Maggie's Testimony on: SisterMaggie.com

"All Things Must Be Done in Order,"

"The Rise of the Church of Christ,"

The Strangers No More hosts invited the author of the book,

"The Worth of Souls is Great,"

"

The hosts of Strangers No More became extremely emotional in this episode following the

In this weekly episode centering on the teachings in the

In this weekly episode centering on the teachings in the

In this weekly episode centering on the teachings in the

In this SPECIAL episode centering on same-sex marriage, the hosts of Strangers No More discuss some of the cringe-worthy moments from their first weekly show! Hosts Andrew Mair, Maggie Slighte, Dennis Schleicher, and Bradley Talbot talk about their reactions to the airing of our first weekly episode and those specific times when they cringed. They go on to discuss the realities of being lesbian/gay/bisexual and transgender while being active members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 0:00 Intro 0:08 Intro by Andrew 0:48 Maggie introduces CRINGE 1:10 “How many times did YOU cringe during last week's show?” 1:45 Dennis didn't watch first episode 1:49 Andrew in fear of cringing 1:51 Bradley cringes at watching himself 1:55 Maggie intros: Gay marriage & keeping Covenants 2:10 Dennis knows his alphabet 2:17 Discussion about letters in LGBTQIA+ 2:26 No Ace-erasure per Maggie 2:36 No easy path for LGBTQ in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 3:15 Dennis reads Temple Recommend question #7 3:27 Important reminder about the tone of this show 4:55 Intersex and Asexual people have different paths 5:23 Maggie freezes on chastity 5:26 Andrew talks ally discrimination 6:57 Dennis protects his ally friends 8:30 Bradley was put on the defensive 9:21 A reminder for non-members 9:40 Membership restrictions for gay marriage 10:50 “How does it feel to have to choose between God or love?” 13:18 Dennis is “just gay” 14:30 Dennis had membership questioned 15:22 Andrew on worthiness questioning 16:22 Dennis's integrity 18:30 When you seek to do God's work, attacks will come 19:01 God told Dennis to come out in church 19:55 Dennis's testimony of the name of The Church 20:20 Bradley's persecution & Color the Campus 21:50 Bradley talks labels 22:55 Other paths for LGBTQ+ members of The Church 23:30 Mixed orientation marriages outside The Church too 24:12 Nuns and Monks of The Church of Jesus Christ 25:00 Dennis discusses gay asexual relationships within The Church 27:05 Bradley discusses his goals and intentions about relationships 28:46 Andrew implores us to stop putting people in those positions 30:30 Double standards in church and relationships 31:00 Get out of our bedrooms 31:33 Andrew's friend 32:40 Policy changes 33:10 Treating one another with humanity 33:30 From sexual orientation to lifestyle orientation 34:50 Dennis's personal revelation 35:49 Waiting for further revelation Read more Andrew here. Listen to more Bradley here. Read more from Dennis at: DennisSchleicher.net Read more of Maggie's Testimony on: Sister Maggie Music: "This Little Light of Mine" - Arrangement by Spencer Stevens. Vocals by Spencer Stevens and Andrew Mair Transcript requests please email LatterDayStrangers@gmail.com

In this weekly episode centering on the teachings in the Come Follow Me manual published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for weekly scripture study, the hosts of Strangers No More discuss revelation! Hosts Andrew Mair, Maggie Slighte, Dennis Schleicher, and Bradley Talbot talk about their week then move on to sharing their individual studies from the Come Follow Me manual for the lesson, “January 11–17, Doctrine and Covenants 2; Joseph Smith—History 1:27–65, The Hearts of the Children Shall Turn to Their Fathers.” 0:00 Intro by Andrew 0:26 Elder Gong's quote 1:30 Maggie teases about the “Cringe episode” 2:01 Dennis's week beyond Connecticut 2:50 Bradley begins his last term at BYU 3:20 Andrew's weather anomaly 4:20 Sister Maggie's reminder to journal Jan 6th 5:30 Andrew talks angels and scripture 7:30 Principles of the Temple 7:58 Bradley testifies of the Temple 9:02 Persecuted by should-be friends 11:50 Dennis explores common take-aways 14:00 Dennis anxious about future CFM lessons 15:00 Burning our hands on the stove metaphor 16:19 Bradley's second take-away 17:10 The ages of Joseph Smith Jr. during revelations 18:10 Restored promises 19:44 Maggie explores errands and opposition 21:00 What Andrew doesn't want to hear during Trials and Tribulations 22:22 Bradley believes Christ can make all good 23:22 Joseph Smith Jr.'s three years of trials 24:45 Dennis's trials 25:55 Bradley: Imperfect people are used by God 27:12 Dennis Plan of Salvation spells love 27:39 Andrew is called to do hard things 28:40 Maggie testifies about family history 29:00 We love you and so does God Read more Andrew here. Listen to more Bradley here. Read more from Dennis at: DennisSchleicher.net Read more of Maggie's Testimony on: Sister Maggie Music: "This Little Light of Mine" - Arrangement by Spencer Stevens. Vocals by Spencer Stevens and Andrew Mair Transcript requests please email LatterDayStrangers@gmail.com

In this FIRST weekly episode centering on the teachings in the Come Follow Me manual published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for weekly scripture study, the hosts of Strangers No More discuss revelation! Hosts Andrew Mair, Maggie Slighte, Dennis Schleicher, and Bradley Talbot touch on the missing episode that was eaten by the cloud, but also move on to discuss Joseph Smith History in the second week of Come Follow Me. 0:00 Intro by Maggie 0:48 What happened to week one's show? 1:10 How we got our name 1:26 Elder Gong's quote 2:41 Andrew shares his calling 3:49 Bradley's service 4:41 The OTHER podcast Bradley interviewed on this week 4:51 Dennis's service 8:43 Sister Maggie's family tree update 9:52 Attaching spouses in family tree 11:20 Maggie's social experiment 12:25 Come Follow Me Intro 12:45 The Church's emphasis on personal revelation 13:50 Andrew introduces the lessons 16:00 “Bad boy” Bradley 17:33 Andrew gives some insight behind Tales of a Paperboy 18:20 Dennis Harkens 21:13 Maggie asks Bradley about a tweet 21:23 “I can remain true to what I know…” 25:56 Come Follow Me discussion 22:10 Bradley talks inspiration 22:02 Bradley discusses social media 23:30 Dennis – Less wifi, more Nephi 24:30 BOM Socks (PLEASE SPONSOR US!!) 25:10 Dennis's audience needs God 25:30 Social Media is about testimony 27:09 James 1:5-6 27:19 Revelation 28:00 Maggie testifies about revelation 29:00 Maggie freezes, Dennis takes over 29:19 Dennis talks about the First Vision 30:20 Dennis wows names 32:30 Brother Dennis 33:16 Maggie asks, “Because the First Vision happened, I know that_____” of the hosts 37:35 Bradley's revelations 40:04 Maggie's Testimony of the First Vision 41:18 Andrew's reflection on different versions of the First Vision 42:06 Dennis's Conversion 46:05 Bradley finds similarities from Prophet Joseph Smith Jr's day to ours 46:50 Anti-religious fervor in the Latter-days 47:45 Dennis and Bradley discuss remaining true to The Church's teachings in the face of rejection and same-sex marriage 49:00 Dennis discusses his Covenants 52:25 Andrew contemplates Ward-level support for all non-Temple paths in The Church 54:18 Maggie discusses Covenants and revelation 55:55 Maggie shares her testimony of handbook changes and praying in faith 57:35 Intro to a little love and light for the week ahead 58:02 Dennis's scripture 58:16 Bradley's take-away from this week 59:49 Andrew reminds us about the light 1:00:00 Maggie's revelation 1:01:00 Ending Read more Andrew here were he has a seven part series exploring “How Firm A Foundation,” Listen to more Bradley here Read more from Dennis at: DennisSchleicher.net Read more of Maggie's Testimony on: Sister Maggie Music: "This Little Light of Mine" - Arrangement by Spencer Stevens. Vocals by Spencer Stevens and Andrew Mair

In this Introduction, the hosts of Strangers No More introduce where they are from, what they do, and who they are! Hosts Andrew Mair, Maggie Slighte, Dennis Schleicher, and Bradley Talbot explore what brought them to their Testimonies of Jesus Christ, and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in this introductory episode of "Strangers No More." 0:00: Intro to the Strangers by Andrew 0:48: Maggie Intro 1:44: Andrew Introduction 2:03: Dennis Intro 2:54: Introducing Bradley Talbot 3:47: Andrew shares his Testimony 5:55: Dennis sharing Testimony 7:54: Bradley's Testimony 10:32: Dennis to Bradley – Don't erase who you are 11:42: Acting on Bradley's Testimony 12:23: Maggie shares her Testimony 19:44: Bradley's Fam 22:04: Dennis found a fam in the church 27:14: Andrew's fur fam 29:37: Believing in dogs and God. 30:27: Where is Dennis? 31:28: Where's Bradley? 32:18: Where's Andrew? 32:45: Where's Maggie? 33:00: Maggie's closest temple – whoops! 33:32: Bradley's closest temple 33:55: Andrew's temples in distance and in affection 34:40: Socks 35:04: Socks and Temples with Dennis 35:40: Our home churches 37:00: The Living Being that is the Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 37:48: Our Callings 37:52: Dennis's callings & story 40:09: Andrew's church and social media callings 41:13: Bradley called to Color the Campus 42:16: Maggie's calling 43:00: Our occupations 43:40: Being disabled is an occupation 45:05: God is teaching Dennis to be humble 48:11: What is Bradley studying to become? 48:32: Google has a flight for that 49:28: Andrew's profession 51:15: Bradley's creations 52:11: Dennis's pet peeve word 54:30: The genesis of “Strangers No More” 55:55: Dennis gets a whisper 57:32: Maggie annoys Andrew on Facebook 59:59: The Fun and Fabulous members of The Church 1:01:00: Maggie drops into Bradley's DMs to remove microaggressions from Come Follow Me learning 1:03:00: The promptings of The Spirit and the textings of Maggie 1:06:00 How to end it? 1:08:00 It's a wrap! This Little Light of Mine: Arrangement by Spencer Stevens. Vocals by Spencer Stevens and Andrew Mair.