Most people who come to this podcast have likely, at some time in their life, wondered what their lives would be like were they to step away from Mormonism–and not just the church but, perhaps, everything else that one might call “religious” in nature. What if there is no God? What if there is no […]
182: Creating a Fulfilling Life Outside of Formal Religious Structures Read More »
In this wonderful conversation, Latter-day Faith board member Mark Crego talks with Chris Kimball, the author of Living on the Inside of the Edge: A Survival Guide (By Common Consent Press, 2023) about his experiences with the LDS temple recommend processes. Their focus is on the notion of “worthiness,” which most Latter-day Saints view as the purpose of the recommend
181: Temple Recommend Interviews, Worthiness, Self-Assessment Read More »
This episode, co-hosted by Dan Wotherspoon and Terri Petersen, brings to the forefront once again the insights and helpful ideas in Jon Ogden‘s 2017 book, When Mormons Doubt: A Way to Save Relationships and Seek a Quality Life. Jon joins the hosts to discuss his approach to saving relationships through understanding the primary things that
180: Understanding Better Our Own and Others’ Motivations Read More »
As someone is experiencing a shift of faith, it is very common to find a need to change their prayer practices. Likely, their view of God has changed, which leads to confusion about how to approach this new Being or Source. What used to be simple and connective no longer feels the same. Should they
179: Experiences with Prayer Read More »
The internal wrestlings that come with a change from the “plan” someone had thought they’d follow the rest of her life (and in the eternities). The struggles the Church as an institution has in speaking to and including divorced women.
178: Life as a Divorced Mom in the LDS Church—One Woman’s Experience Read More »
If we are not careful, it is very easy to become lazy in our scripture studies–reading but not pausing long enough to really see and understand what it is saying. In the course of our years as Latter-day Saints, we generally have developed ready answers to what this or that passage is about, and we
177: Mercy as Taught in the Book of Mormon Read More »
If we are not careful, it is very easy to become lazy in our scripture studies–reading but not pausing long enough to really see and understand what it is saying. In the course of our years as Latter-day Saints, we generally have developed ready answers to what this or that passage is about, and we
176: Grace as Taught in the Book of Mormon Read More »
Latter-day Faith Podcast has just passed its 4th anniversary, and one of its early listeners who is now a great friend, Terri Petersen, suggested we need an interview show in which she’d ask questions of LDF host Dan Wotherspoon and his great friend and partner for the whole Latter-day Faith enterprise, Mark Crego. Terri reached out to many other
175b: What is Latter-day Faith Podcast? What Do Dan and Mark Really Think? Part 2 Read More »
Latter-day Faith Podcast has just passed its 4th anniversary, and one of its early listeners who is now a great friend, Terri Petersen, suggested we should do an interview show in which she’d ask questions of LDF host Dan Wotherspoon and his great friend and partner for the whole Latter-day Faith enterprise, Mark Crego. Terri
175a: What is Latter-day Faith Podcast? What Do Dan and Mark Really Think? Part 1 Read More »
At the Relief Society’s Anniversary Conference held March 17, 2024, Sister J. Anette Dennis made a statement that ignited a firestorm online, including on the LDS Church’s own Instagram account. Here is the statement in question: “There is no other religious organization in the world, that I know of, that has so broadly given power
174: The Debate About the Power Women Actually Hold Within the Church Read More »
