Mormon Stories #209: Dr. William Bradshaw Part 1 - Early Years, Harvard, Mission
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Uploaded by mormonstories on Nov 5, 2010
Part 1 -- My Early Years, Harvard and the Hong Kong Mission
In this episode, John Dehlin interviews one of his former professors and mentors, Dr. William Bradshaw, on a wide variety of topics. Dr. Bradshaw has just recently retired from a rich and fulfilling career as a microbiology professor at BYU in which he influenced thousands of students to continually be open to the best thinking of the sciences while still nurturing a robust, mature faith and spiritual life. Many report Dr. Bradshaw's classes and their various interactions with him as pivotal to their finding a way to value the wisdom generated in both their heads and their hearts.
In this far-ranging discussion, Dr. Bradshaw takes us through the arc of his life, including his mission, experiences at Harvard, the circumstances of his career choice, and the surprise call he and his wife Marge received to serve as very young mission presidents in Hong Kong, during which service they had to wrestle with opening and closing missionary work in Vietnam. Dr. Bradshaw relates stories from his career at BYU, talks about science and religion issues, and reveals the way he faces challenges to his faith from Mormon history and scriptural studies.
Many Mormon Stories podcast listeners will already be familiar with one aspect of Dr. Bradshaw's life from Episode 191, which featured a recording of the most recent lecture he gave at BYU on the biological origins of homosexuality--a lecture he has arranged and given every year for the past several years. Dr. Bradshaw first became prompted to study the research on this subject when his son Brett came out about his homosexuality. Since that time, the Bradshaws have been active members in various LDS groups for families working to support their GLBT children. They are currently serving as the presidents of LDS Family Fellowship. Brett and his partner are married and living in California, where they are raising an adopted daughter.
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John you rock!
korus1234 1 year ago
I love everything about this man. I hope he knows how many people he touches by giving such a frank and heartfelt interview. His faith, love, charity, intellect and humanness are enviable and I am a better person after hearing his story. The church should hire this man to work with headquarters concerning the homosexual issues we are facing right now in Mormondom.
This is the type of person that makes me proud of my heritage, and I wish there were more like him.
dday0612 1 year ago