During faith crises/shifts, one the most difficult things to renegotiate is our relationship with scripture. For most of our lives we have most likely thought that they portrayed an accurate history of things that happened in the past and that they were inspired by God in special ways, allowing them to portray the Divine will […]
223: What Do We Do with Scripture? Read More »
In this short episode, Latter-day Faith host Dan Wotherspoon reflects on this week’s “No Kings” rallies and an idea that has begun to form in his mind that names something happening over the past decades (and specifically the last six years) that has led to the need for rallies of this type. Drawing very briefly
222: Thoughts in the Aftermath of “No Kings” Rallies Read More »
As we announced a couple of weeks ago, the Faith Journey Foundation and Latter-day Faith Podcast are launching a new series of episodes with the title, “Women Outside the Garden,” hosted by our wonderful friend and collaborator, Terri Petersen. This episode contains a brief introduction to the series, with Terri outlining what she will (and
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Many people feel unsettled these days. There seems to be a general unease in the air, some of it caused by the rapid changes the current president is making, many mean-spirited and cruel. For Latter-day Saints, add in the recent loss of President Nelson and the terrible tragedy in a Michigan chapel, and a sense
221: Anxiety and the Dearth of Optimism in Today’s World Read More »
In this episode, LDF host Dan Wotherspoon shares a few thoughts on very important step in our spiritual maturation processes: shifting from a preoccupation with the question, “What is True?” to instead evaluating how various ideas “affect us.” Does this or that story or presentation or truth claim expand our vision, make us want to be less
220: Making the Shift from Being Right to Being Good Read More »
In this episode, Latter-day Faith co-host Terri Petersen shares with us about her life and spiritual journey with all its ups and downs. We get to know her as a perfectionist who loved everything about the church because it had answers for any issues and it laid out a great set of rules to follow.
219: Exploring Faith “Outside the Garden” Read More »
As we all refresh our energies after a long summer, Mark Crego and LDF host Dan Wotherspoon do so, as well, taking stock a bit about Latter-day Faith, its mission, and what its plans are going forward, including new kinds of offerings ahead. This is an unusual episode in that it contains a conversation that
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This terrific episode features a conversation between Kimber Poon and LDF co-host Terri Petersen about moving past our fears about our changing beliefs, attitudes, relationships with the Church, family and friends, and more. Kimber is a teacher, writer, and artist who shares about herself through the somethingforsundays.substack, which is where Terri discovered her. As they talk, Kimber allows us
217: Showing Up Imperfectly Read More »
Religious topics and types of conversations about them change through the years: folks are all abuzz over particular topics, and then a new buzzy one comes along and the types of conversations about the others begin to be transform, and then the cycle repeats. A great place to get some hints about what’s animating Latter-day
216: Religious Trends and How They Are Reflected in the Upcoming Sunstone Symposium Read More »
We don’t like it when situations get complicated. We hate being confused. We want everything to go back to making sense again–and right away. One way to make this happen is to find someone to blame. It’s that person’s fault. Whew! We label that person and never again consider them in their wholeness. Reducing someone
215: Fear, Labeling, Dismissing, and False Peace Read More »
