Listen in on a conversation between three longtime confidantes, LDF board member Terri Petersen and her friends, Nancy and Susan as they discuss their changing relationships with the LDS Church and with their loved ones. As will become clear through listening, these three friends all have distinctive temperaments and are at different places in their […]
188: Maintaining Relationships When Someone Leaves the Church Read More »
The question, “What is the Gospel of Jesus Christ?” might not lead many people to think deeply. For a large number of Mormons and other Christians, our answer is tied up with the messages of their religious tradition and its belief system. Instead of focusing on God and the kind of relationship Jesus modeled with
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This episode is a joy. In it, LDF host Dan Wotherspoon chats with his friend Stan Bennion about Stan’s life and experiences as a Latter-day Saint whose sense of adventure led him and his family to live in interesting places. Stan has had the good fortune to be able to marry his fascination with new and interesting things to
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This is a wise and inspiring episode, which uses as a springboard the recent emphases on garment wearing and its relationship to worthiness, including a new statement to be read during the temple recommend interview. It is a conversation between LDF board member Terri Petersen and show favorite Jody England Hansen that addresses these things
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In this episode, LDF host Dan Wotherspoon shares something he delivered at the most recent Salt Lake City Sunstone Symposium. He spoke as part of a panel in a long-running Sunstone session titled, “Why I Stay.” Instead of giving the “why” of his decision to stay actively involved in the Church of Jesus Christ of
In this wonderful podcast episode, LDF board member Terri Peterson interviews author and podcaster Noah Rasheta about Buddhist teachings that transcend faith boundaries and can help people live with greater clarity and equanimity whether they are formally religious or not. With Terri’s prompting, Noah shares his journey as a Latter-day Saint on through his introduction to Buddhism and how
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Most people who come to this podcast have likely, at some time in their life, wondered what their lives would be like were they to step away from Mormonism–and not just the church but, perhaps, everything else that one might call “religious” in nature. What if there is no God? What if there is no
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In this wonderful conversation, Latter-day Faith board member Mark Crego talks with Chris Kimball, the author of Living on the Inside of the Edge: A Survival Guide (By Common Consent Press, 2023) about his experiences with the LDS temple recommend processes. Their focus is on the notion of “worthiness,” which most Latter-day Saints view as the purpose of the recommend
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This episode, co-hosted by Dan Wotherspoon and Terri Petersen, brings to the forefront once again the insights and helpful ideas in Jon Ogden‘s 2017 book, When Mormons Doubt: A Way to Save Relationships and Seek a Quality Life. Jon joins the hosts to discuss his approach to saving relationships through understanding the primary things that
180: Understanding Better Our Own and Others’ Motivations Read More »
As someone is experiencing a shift of faith, it is very common to find a need to change their prayer practices. Likely, their view of God has changed, which leads to confusion about how to approach this new Being or Source. What used to be simple and connective no longer feels the same. Should they
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