Author name: Dan Wotherspoon

205: What is Mysticism? Can Mormons Be Mystics?

In this terrific episode, Terri Petersen interviews Jana Spangler and usual LDF host Dan Wotherspoon about “mysticism.” The ultimate goal of their conversation was to take this word and topic and drop it down from the clouds (how many people imagine it) and into our lives here and now.  Through great questions from Terri and sharing their personal experiences, Jana and […]

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204: Responding to Today’s Loneliness Epidemic and Pervasive Sense of Helplessness

Loneliness has been on the rise for the past few decades and has reached epidemic status. A widespread sense of hopelessness, helplessness, and depression is also pervading today’s culture. We don’t know if anything can be done to save our world, nation, and communities, with many of us wanting to throw our hands in the

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202: Navigating Life and Spirituality as a Single Woman in a “Family” Church

In this wonderful episode, LDF host Dan Wotherspoon introduces two powerful Mormon women who just happen to be single. They are Diana Brown and Mallory Everton, and they are now talking about many, many aspects of what that means on their podcast, “The Soloists.”  In this conversation, they speak open-heartedly about their lives, including their feelings about how their paths

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3/14-3/16 Retreat: Rising Rooted in Your Spirituality

Led by:Dan Wotherspoon, Ph.D.Jana Spangler, IPCKathryn Sonntag, MLA, writer and poetSalt Lake City, Utah Join us for an exploration into the richness of spiritual life through open-hearted engagement with others, balanced with many opportunities for self-reflection and discovery. As we consider our views of God, church and relationship topics, and learn how to deepen our

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200: What is “The Way?”—with author Larry Jordan

This episode features a wonderful conversation between LDF board member Terri Petersen and author Larry Jordan, who wrote the book, The Way: Meaningful Spirituality for a Modern World detailing his spiritual journey from active but low-belief Christianity to more mystical understandings of Ultimate Reality informed mostly by eastern religious traditions. In many ways, the book is an attempt

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199: Breaking with the Resolutions/Goal-setting Pattern and Having a Much Happier New Year

New Years season is fraught. It can mark new beginnings with fresh energy and purpose. But for so many of us who have been making and trying to keep resolutions, it can quickly become a downer as our determination and drive flounders and our old physical and mental habits and patterns reassert their power, leaving

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198: Seasons of Light!

In this episode, Mark Crego and Terri Petersen explore the universal themes of light and fire as celebrated across diverse cultural, religious, and spiritual traditions. From the twinkling Christmas lights of Christianity to the lamps of Diwali in Hinduism, the menorah of Hanukkah in Judaism, and the kinara of Kwanzaa, light has long symbolized hope,

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196: Becoming Change Agents through Constructive Community Involvement

When we are feeling down and helpless in the face of frightening trends, events, and horrors, one of the possible causes is that we have become passive, possibly just throwing up our hands and retreating into our own cocoon to ride things out. Or perhaps, instead, we vent our frustrations to others, pointing out who

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