Our Stories
Jennifer Curtis, New President, New Era
by JANINE SIMONS October 2025 An Interview with Jennifer Curtis, President of North Star International Can you tell us a little bit about yourself and why you are here in the North Star community?I am from California, born and raised there. I didn’t necessarily...
2025: Father and Son: United by Love and Law
Session Description: A father and son share how the latter's sexuality has affected their relationship, their individual faith journeys, and how they minister to others in the Church.Target Demographic:Parents, SSA Men, SSA Women, GeneralPresentersEric D. SniderRocky...
2025: Breaking the Boundaries of Identity
Session Description: In Stephen's "My Story," he shares how he learned of the blessings, peace and growth that come from prioritizing his identities of Son of God, Child of the Covenant, and Disciple of Christ over any earthly label.Target...
His Image in Your Countenance
by HEIDI APPLEGARTH General Conference can show up in unexpected places. Recently, I was contemplating the profound joy I have felt because of the gospel of Jesus Christ. I reflected on the joy I have experienced in striving to keep sacred covenants made in the...
2023: Why I Stay
Session Description: Find out why some women stay. Come listen to both perspectives, through a single woman’s lens and a married women’s experience. Panelists: Karen Dufresne Tami WrightTarget Demographic:SSA WomenPresentersJenn Curtis
2023: Building Zion Relationships: Resolving the Obstacles to Being One With God, Ourselves, and Each Other
Session Description: Learn from personal stories, clinical theory, gospel doctrine, and some easy steps for improving your relationships. Target Demographic:GeneralPresentersForrest CallKimberly Davis
2023: Normalizing Your Mixed Orientation Marriage
Session Description: Our lives are stories of continual progression and in many ways continual change and self-discovery. Self-discovery is frightening no matter what, but this can become complicated and even more frightening within the marriage setting. Nathan and...
2024: You Matter, Saturday Morning Keynote
Session Description: Kurt reminds us that our individual stories matter and need to be shared. So many of us carry heavy stories—stories of pain, sadness, and lonliness. When our personal stories are witnessed, these struggles can begin to heal. However, Jesus accepts...
2024: I Can Do All Things Through Christ Which Strengtheneth Me, Friday Afternoon Keynote
Session Description: The work of our Heavenly Father for us is to live through this life, to have this experience, and to become all He wants us to become and inherit. We often learn from the Spirit line upon line, and it's often not until it's over that we see the...
2024: Developing a Relationship of Love and Trust With Your Child
Session Description: Parent-child relationships, which are challenging in all families, can be especially complicated when a child experiences same-sex attraction or gender dysphoria. Yet, as the voices and influence of the world grow louder and more pervasive,...