5/22 & 5/25/25 Fireside: Why Stay Engaged?
Let’s explore the question: “Why do I stay engaged or leave Mormonism, and why do I care?
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208: Healing Our Religious and Political Divides
We are in a time of profound divisions, where our religions and particularly our politics are tearing the very fabric of our society. How can we continue like this? How does our faith survive when so many within our religious communities are in conflict with each other? How do we heal this rift? In this
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207: Conference Challenges, Comments, and Connections
We had yet another LDS General Conference this past weekend–the semi-annual tradition of listening to the talks that will inform our sacrament meetings as well as priesthood and Relief Society meetings for the next six months. Conference is a challenging time for many in faith journey originating in the Latter-day Saint tradition. While our Latter-day
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203: Navigating the Doctrine and Covenants in Sunday School
In this episode, Mark Crego, Dan Wotherspoon, and Terri Petersen explore how to approach the Doctrine and Covenants in this year’s Come Follow Me curriculum. Acknowledging both the inspiring and troubling aspects of these revelations and church history, they discuss how to navigate our faith journey while engaging in the complex and difficult texts. Sometimes verses in the D&C can be triggering. What
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What about the Book of Mormon?
Ok, so we’re on a faith journey with our Latter-day Saint tradition. Somewhere along the way, we’ve learned things that put to question what we once believed about the Book of Mormon. And this year, in our Sunday School classes, we must, once again, confront our beliefs. I was listening to a talk last week
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Glorifying Humanity: A Chat with ChatGPT about John 12:23
I awoke this morning with an idea, what if “glorifying” or “giving honor to someone” as part of worship really means to “empower”? So I looked through the scriptures where “glorify” is mentioned, and John 12:23 stood out. As I thought about this, I decided to use ChatGPT to flesh out my thoughts. I’ve found
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Worship: An Brief and Incomplete Bibliography
From our July 2023 FIresides, we have constructed a brief bibliography of books about worship the participants found useful.
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Be Fruitful, and Multiply, and Replenish the Earth
Perhaps there we can find a deeper meaning of “be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth” beyond procreation.
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The Anointing of Jesus
As I enter this Monday of Holy Week, my mind and heart are drawn to a singular scene. It is just six days before the Passover feast. In the wake of the miracle of raising Lazarus, a prominent, perhaps wealthy follower of Jesus has set up a feast in Jesus’ honor. Lazarus is there, reclining
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A Palm Sunday Contemplation
The week before Easter is “Palm Sunday”, celebrating Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem. Whereas Christmas and Easter have many hymns in the LDS hymnbook, there is but one that celebrates this event: All Glory Laud and Honor 1. All glory, laud, and honorTo thee, Redeemer, King,To whom the lips of childrenMade sweet hosannas ring.Thou art
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