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‘Mormon Land’: After Charlie Kirk shooting, how to practice President Nelson’s call for peacemaking

There is more to it, Latter-day Saint scholars say, than holding hands and singing kumbaya.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Memorials for Charlie Kirk on the Utah Valley University campus on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025.

In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints issuing two news releases condemning violence and calling for greater kindness and love, we are reprising this 2023 “Mormon Land” podcast.

Recorded a few days after church President Russell M. Nelson delivered his widely praised General Conference address on peacemaking, it is as timely now — if not more so — than when it originally aired.

(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) President Russell M. Nelson calls on members to be peacemakers at General Conference on Palm Sunday, April 2, 2023.

Latter-day Saint scholars Patrick Mason and David Pulsipher, authors of “Proclaim Peace: The Restoration’s Answer to an Age of Conflict,” explain how “peace is possible” and explore how the Mormon message — along with writings from other faiths and other thinkers — can bring help, healing and harmony to the world, nations, communities, homes and individual hearts.

They also discuss Nelson’s speech, those of other church leaders, and how true Christian discipleship can end political polarization and cultural conflicts, and convey peace to one soul and all souls.

Listen to the podcast:

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