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 »
th This episode was first released in April 2019 (Episode 19) In this encore episode, Latter-day Faith host Dan Wotherspoon goes solo to talk about the aspect of “surrendering” or “yielding” or “allowing” the Divine to work in us. He asserts that if we allow the idea that God is all in all and in and through
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We are delighted to welcome Valerie Hamaker back to the show! Early on in the discussion between Valerie and LDF host Dan Wotherspoon, we get caught up about the shake up this past March that was started by church leaders who disapproved of the content of her podcast, Latter-day Struggles. They couldn’t understand see how
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Every person who finds the Latter-day Faith podcast has wrestled and is still wrestling with Mormonism in some way. We each find ourselves in in our own unique relationship with the LDS church, its teachings, and its members (often including our family members). How did we end up where we are now? If we are
212: Why and How Do We Engage with Mormonism the Way We Do? Read More »
In this wonderful episode, writer Stephanie G. shares with Terri Petersen her experiences as a Latter-day Saint in a patriarchal system. Together, she and Terri mourn what was lost to them through the church’s purity and modesty culture, leading to body image issues, irrational notions that they are in charge of men’s thoughts, and more.
211: Women Emerging from Patriarchy Read More »
The famous creeds of Christendom focus solely on who Christ is, including his relationship with God the Father and the Holy Spirit, his resurrection and role in bringing about salvation. But the do not include any of this teachings or personal qualities, or the principles he focused on during his ministry. This show’s guest, Russ Hinckley,
210: A Different Kind of Creed Read More »
Many of this show’s listeners are aware of the incredible podcast, “At Last She Said It.” Its co-hosts, Susan Hinckley and Cynthia Winward, are long-time friends personally and have been on this show several times. They are always insightful and well-spoken, but we are so excited that they now have moved from the spoken to
209: We Love That They Have Said It (and Have Now Written About It)! Read More »
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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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
207: Conference Challenges, Comments, and Connections Read More »
Each person’s life journey includes intense wrestles with the matter of “authority.” When we are young, we are in a position in which we must defer to another’s authority in order to survive. As we grow, we soon become self-conscious, taking into account how we are viewed by others. And in order to fit in,
206: How Is Our View of God Related to How We View External Authority? Read More »
