This podcast episode, “Women Outside the Garden” number 7, features Terri Peterson sharing a story about a 13th century golden Buddha statue in Thailand that was covered in clay for 700 years to protect it, illustrating how people can cover their true worth with external layers. Terri explains how these protective layers, whether from well-meaning […]
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In many people’s minds he word “metaphysics” immediately conjures up thoughts of “woo woo” ideas and “spacy” people those who teach them under the banner of “metaphysics.” And much that we find in these spaces indeed seems to be way too far out for most of us. But metaphysics has a larger and longer history,
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Most often when we talk about doing “shadow work,” we usually focus on pains, wounds, and fears that we’ve tucked away (in our shadow). We don’t see them until we do this kind of inner work but they affect our lives in harmful ways. Carl Jung opened up a new window by recognizing a “golden
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Terri Petersen interviews Heather Pack for our series “women outside the Garden” discussing the concept of “holy disruptors” as those who challenge accepted norms to create long-term solutions. They explore biblical examples of women who advocated for change against the system of their day, including the Canaanite woman who challenged Jesus’ boundaries and the five
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In this monologue episode, LDF host Dan Wotherspoon shares some of his recent thinking about the ways Western Christianity has misinterpreted (or ignored) Jesus’s actual teachings in such a way that we have the rise of Christian Nationalism, increased Patriarchy, name calling, scapegoating, cruelty and devastating harm to individuals and families, and the notion that
This year’s LDS Sunday School curriculum is the Old Testament (better titled the Hebrew Bible). And before too long, those of us who follow the Come Follow Me calendar will begin moving into the study of the prophets Isaiah through Malachi. For most Latter-day Saints, this is generally their least favorite months of study. They
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In this remarkable discussion that is part of the “Women Outside the Garden” series hosted by Teri Petersen, Terri talks with Susannah Clarke about several topics, preeminent among them is “generational trauma.” Based on the science of epigenetics, each of us inherit DNA from our ancestors, and carried within it are propensities, temperament, fears, and more. Not
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Using as a launching pad the Western Christian liturgical calendar celebration of Epiphany (the day recognizing Jesus’s first revelation to Gentiles–in this case, the Magi), this episode is a discussion between LDF host and co-host Dan Wotherspoon and Mark Crego about the importance of being ready at all times and within any group to share our witness with others.
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This powerful episode, the 4th in Terri Petersen’s series, “Women Outside the Garden,” features an interview she did with Tonia Toole, who is the founder of a non-profit organization, Holding Out Help, that assists individuals in leaving polygamous communities in Utah. In it, Tonia shares her personal journey, including her experience with cancer and how it
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Many Latter-day Saints long for a more inclusive church, including less of an emphasis on doctrines in favor of learning to listen better to each other and open our hearts to more diverse points of view. They are bored by and are unmoved by certainty. They want a deeper connection with the Divine (however they
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