“Hope” is a term often associated with Christmas. “A thrill of hope, a weary world rejoices…” “The hopes and fears of all the years are met in thee tonight.” But what is “hope”? And how is it tied to Jesus’s birth and life? Is hope an expectation of a particular outcome, or is it something […]
This episode is a far-ranging conversation between “Women Outside the Garden” host Terri Petersen and the co-hosts of the Meno-Moms podcast, Alyson Deussen and Susie Augenstein. In it, both Alyson and Susie share their LDS backgrounds and journeys toward wider views and deeper happiness. And how there are many things that they “just don’t care
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In this episode, LDF host Dan Wotherspoon follows up on Episode 223 that focused on obstacles that we face when we encounter surprising or disturbing things about scripture , this time looking at its mythic elements. What is myth? What it its purpose? How can we appreciate it for its insights into life’s biggest questions
Terri Petersen and Stephanie G discuss a parable about patriarchy and women’s issues; Just give me the keys to my own dang car!
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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