Summary: <br> <br> [dropcap]L[/dropcap]eading Saints' legendary founder and host, Kurt Francom, joins us this week to dissect the news, talk about Leading Saint amazing new <a href="http://ls.leadingsaints.org/presell-page29085624" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Liberating Saints virtual summit</a>, which is aimed at combating pornography addiction. Sign up!<br> <br> Lots of temple news this week, including an admission by President Nelson that <a href="http://thisweekinmormons.com/2019/09/expect-new-temples-and-announcements-at-october-2019-general-conference-says-president-russell-m-nelson">we should expect more temple announcements</a> this upcoming General Conference as well as "other" announcements. But which temples? And what does "other" mean?.<br> <br> Haiti's first temple, in the capital of Port-au-Prince, was <a href="https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/first-haitian-temple-is-dedicated" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dedicated</a> over the weekend by Elder David A. Bednar of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.<br> <br> President Rebelo de Sousa of Portugal <a href="https://www.mormonnewsroom.org.uk/article/president-of-portugal-marcelo-rebelo-de-sousa-visits-lisbon-temple" target="_blank" rel="noopener">toured</a> the Lisbon Portugal Temple during its open house last week. Always fun when a head of state visits one of our buildings.<br> <br> <br> <br> The Church released <a href="http://thisweekinmormons.com/2019/08/renderings-released-of-richmond-virginia-temple">renderings </a>of the Richmond Virginia Temple, and Geoff is giddy!<br> <br> Lastly, to celebrate their temple's rededication, saints in the Raleigh North Carolina Temple district are holding a fun run <a href="http://thisweekinmormons.com/2019/08/saints-of-north-carolina-to-celebrate-rededication-of-raleigh-temple-with-a-5k-run" target="_blank" rel="noopener">5K to the temple grounds</a>. Spiritual and physical fitness, friends.<br> <br> Let's move to missionaries. Are returned missionaries the key to Utah's success with startups? One publication <a href="https://thenextweb.com/insider/2019/08/30/whats-the-secret-to-utahs-startup-success-mormon-missionaries" target="_blank" rel="noopener">thinks so</a>. Third Hour, the Mormon Buzzfeed, <a href="https://thirdhour.org/blog/hasten/mission-field/mission-call-assignment/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">republished</a> an article about how mission calls are issued, so... read it again.<br> <br> We came across a <a href="https://apathofmyown.com/assignments-or-volunteers-an-invitation-unto-all-men" target="_blank" rel="noopener">terrific article</a> on finding the right balance between making assignments and asking for volunteers at Church. The Church runs on assignments, but we have to go about it the right way.<br> <br> JTM, formerly James the Mormon, formerly Jamesthemormon, is changing names again, mostly because <a href="https://www.facebook.com/thisweekinmormons/posts/2389965241040856?__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARALBkl2agim_8rEWLW5hXufHUAp5APSEyGq3On_-N-lYh4LD2Ldrrr9X1H17ZnoxaMDHRKuS69dIUrLBA1nFrNNHR-vmsYOhubdv5Mq8zHiCVqN0VUlH0wyqVYdNxXBZNgvh-jSxDT_cmASiL5vvZ6tOJ9H6Dr9bfgcXmc06Sk4xw3ZWUGc6EcADK8zVunYC1cK9AF8AzUJcGW5gcwkmLcETx5gasV7vhTOkU53RvHI2PXhFH8-1Ti_BOKj6-qjRG59pGiyCXw5rottB8o3qCWyOyvju7XE5Q55yaAu4wPTjexvvsll4oLlMnirWNXMskWUHZ8bdDr7GWUbdo7eAO8mvEVWdi1VsG3xYSuGe72rbnulbCKoFtTIgaflV1mrHqtVDpxoS2jGzyO3ho34rCSwoQMCcZF01Muqnk0tEHx_O0trm_aSKUUq47Y3Sc2U0s_ECdjKddORNgWV-bZvzulAe5KMVeOjs8kjzUdzzMOmJPXZZgA54g&__tn__=-R" target="_blank" rel="noopener">he says</a> people, even at church, make him feel unwelcome over his continued reference to "Mormon." He also admits this is a play on search algorithms, as his music is not meant to be lumped into the newest Kenneth Cope album.<br> <br> There's some biased journalism over at High Country News, but author Emma Penrod <a href="https://www.hcn.org/issues/51."></a>
