When Law Meets Love: Dallin H. Oaks’ ministry to sexual and gender minorities

Blog, Church Leader, Gender Identity/Trans, Parents of GI/Trans Children, Parents of SSA Children, Spouses of GI/Trans, Spouses of SSA Men, Spouses of SSA Women, SSA Men, SSA Women, Stories: Church Leaders

by JEFF BENNIONOctober 10, 2025Reposted from Public Square Magazine   When President Russell M. Nelson passed away, I felt both grief and gratitude. He was a prophet whose warmth and vision expanded my understanding of the Savior. When President Dallin H. Oaks...

2023: How to Help and Guide My Single LGBTQ Members in My Ward/Stake

Church Leader

Session Description: As a church leader, you have the sacred opportunity to walk with members of your congregation from all walks of life. Come and hear from three different church leaders who will share their personal experiences and what they gained by working with...

2023: Finding Christ at the Crossroads

General

Session Description: The place where the covenant path and same-gender attraction intersect can be brutal. Facing this crossroads can feel like a faith crisis, an identity crisis, and an existential crisis, like being torn in two, an impossible choice, a breaking...

2023: The Atonement of Jesus Christ in Action

General

Session Description: Jesus Christ is the way, the truth, and the life. (John 14:6). How do we experience His way, His truth, and His life in us? We will explore our hearts and the connections we have or can have with God, ourselves, and others. We will explore what...

2023: When Choices Don’t Align: Staying on the Covenant Path When Your Spouse Doesn’t

Spouses

Session Description: This topic will be an honest and open discussion on self-care that feeds your spirit to cleaving unto Christ in times of gut wrenching pain, when choices of one spouse strays from the covenant path. Target Demographic:Spouses Watch on Vimeo...

2023: Why I Stay

SSA Women, Stories, Stories: SSA Women

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 Wright Target Demographic:SSA Women Watch on Vimeo Presenters Jenn...

2023: Exclude Not Thyself: Learning to Love Your Masculinity and Remove Self-Inflicted Barriers to Gospel Living

SSA Men

Session Description: It can be hard with all the distractions and enticements of the world to get a clear picture of our divine worth and the way to finding true joy. Skyler will share experiences from his own life that describe how he learned to disregard flawed...

2024: Strengthening Our Faith in Jesus Christ, Saturday Afternoon Keynote

General

Session Description: Through music and words, Dallyn shares his testimony of faith to move mountains and how to strengthen our faith in Jesus Christ. Dallyn uses President Nelson’s April 2021 General Conference talk, “Christ is Risen; Faith in Him Will...

2024: You Matter, Saturday Morning Keynote

Church Leader, General, Stories, Stories: Church Leaders

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

Church Leader, General, SSA Men, Stories, Stories: Church Leaders, Stories: SSA Men

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...