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Ryan Gabriel

Ryan Gabriel attended Utah State University and earned his bachelor’s degree in sociology in 2011. In 2016, Dr. Gabriel earned his PhD from the University of Washington then joined the Brigham Young University sociology department at the beginning of the 2016–2017 school year. Dr. Gabriel specializes in urban sociology, residential segregation, residential mobility and attainment, and race/racism and has taught courses pertaining to those interests—such as Sociology of Race and Ethnicity—since coming to BYU. Recently, Dr. Gabriel was able to participate in a seminar that involved traveling to the Southern United States with other students and faculty to visit key sites for the civil rights movements of the 1950s and 60s. Though Dr. Gabriel remains busy with researching and teaching, he always makes time to be with his wife, Erin.

From the Church

Elder Bednar: ‘Never again can we allow government officials to treat the exercise of religion as simply nonessential’

By Lindsey Williams

In an address given Wednesday, June 17, 2020, Elder David A. Bednar of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said the COVID-19 crisis is a wake-up call for religious freedom.

Latter-day Saint Life

'Lovest thou me?': A look at what may be Jesus's most critical question

By S. Michael Wilcox

The September pick for LDS Living Book Club is What Seek Ye? by S. Michael Wilcox. Follow the LDS Living Book Club Instagram for more insights with the author.

Podcasts

‘This is the healing ward’: How a brutally honest Relief Society lesson helped one woman find belonging

On this week’s episode of This is the Gospel, two storytellers discuss how fitting into the body of Christ can sometimes be painful and difficult. Suzanne, who moved after ending a 40-year temple marriage, felt invisible in her new ward. After moving a second time, she was cautiously optimistic when she walked through the doors of another Church meetinghouse. Little did she know that sisters from Relief Society would welcome her with the words, “You are exactly where you need to be. This is the healing ward.” Read why the sisters’ complete honesty and vulnerability during a Relief Society lesson about temples changed Suzanne’s life.

Podcasts

A trip to Bethesda: BYU Museum of Art curator walks readers through an experience with Carl Bloch’s painting

For 20 years, Bloch’s masterpiece ‘Christ Healing the Sick at Bethesda’ has attracted visitors from around the world to BYU.

Latter-day Saint Life

How King Benjamin's Use of Parallelism Can Change the Way You Read and Understand His Speech

By Book of Mormon Central

King Benjamin’s speech in Mosiah 2–5 can well be called a masterpiece of oratory. Just one way in which this is so is in the unmistakable presence of chiasmus and other parallelisms in the speech’s structure. “A stunning array of literary structures appears in Benjamin’s speech, purposefully and skillfully organized,” noted John W. Welch. “Benjamin’s use of chiasmus, all types of parallelisms, and many other forms of repeating patterns adds focus and emphasis to the main messages and the persuasive qualities of this text.”

Lesson Helps

May 2017 Visiting and Home Teaching Message: General Conference

For this month's visiting and home teaching messages, focus on ministering to the those you teach. Pick a message from April general conference to share. You may even consider bringing a copy of the general conference issue of the Ensign or Liahona to share with them. Here are a few talks that stood out to us to help you get started.

5 Marriage Activities Better Than Watching TV

Latter-day Saint Life

5 Ways to Have More Quality Time with Your Spouse That Are Better Than Watching TV

By Robyne Gallacher

As a young couple struggling to establish a spiritual foundation in a temporal world, my husband and I have often found it challenging to reconcile demands of our educational pursuits, jobs, church callings, and other activities with the commandment to “cleave unto” one another (D&C 42:22). Preoccupations from daily responsibilities make it difficult to disconnect from the world and be present for each other.

Sponsored: Cirque du Soleil Presents Crystal—The First Acrobatic Performance on Ice

By Maverik Center

Cirque du Soleil aims to surprise its audiences by pushing the boundaries of entertainment and creating productions that are unique and that blend various forms of art. With CRYSTAL, Cirque du Soleil explores the world of ice by combining its renowned acrobatics with skating in a unique way.

Latter-day Saint Life

What We're Still Missing About Modesty

By Samantha Shelley

Discussions about modesty have saturated the internet and the news feeds of Church members for a while now, leaving a lot of us with little desire to read yet another article about it. I’d hazard to say that interest in the topic has begun to die down, after endless rounds of “Yes, yoga pants!” “No yoga pants!” and of course, “Stop talking about yoga pants!”