The internal wrestlings that come with a change from the “plan” someone had thought they’d follow the rest of her life (and in the eternities). The struggles the Church as an institution has in speaking to and including divorced women.
178: Life as a Divorced Mom in the LDS Church—One Woman’s Experience Read More »
If we are not careful, it is very easy to become lazy in our scripture studies–reading but not pausing long enough to really see and understand what it is saying. In the course of our years as Latter-day Saints, we generally have developed ready answers to what this or that passage is about, and we
177: Mercy as Taught in the Book of Mormon Read More »
If we are not careful, it is very easy to become lazy in our scripture studies–reading but not pausing long enough to really see and understand what it is saying. In the course of our years as Latter-day Saints, we generally have developed ready answers to what this or that passage is about, and we
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Latter-day Faith Podcast has just passed its 4th anniversary, and one of its early listeners who is now a great friend, Terri Petersen, suggested we need an interview show in which she’d ask questions of LDF host Dan Wotherspoon and his great friend and partner for the whole Latter-day Faith enterprise, Mark Crego. Terri reached out to many other
175b: What is Latter-day Faith Podcast? What Do Dan and Mark Really Think? Part 2 Read More »
Latter-day Faith Podcast has just passed its 4th anniversary, and one of its early listeners who is now a great friend, Terri Petersen, suggested we should do an interview show in which she’d ask questions of LDF host Dan Wotherspoon and his great friend and partner for the whole Latter-day Faith enterprise, Mark Crego. Terri
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At the Relief Society’s Anniversary Conference held March 17, 2024, Sister J. Anette Dennis made a statement that ignited a firestorm online, including on the LDS Church’s own Instagram account. Here is the statement in question: “There is no other religious organization in the world, that I know of, that has so broadly given power
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This episode is a short-ish monologue by host Dan Wotherspoon about the Book of Mormon, which we know has become a fraught topic for many Latter-day Saints who are in the midst of a faith shift. Those who are no longer certain what to think about this foundational scripture will often not feel comfortable studying
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Dan Wotherspoon, “On the Death of Nephi,” Sunstone, March 2005 IN MY ROLE here at Sunstone, I am often asked about my own take on the Book of Mormon. Given my exposure to Book of Mormon controversies over the past couple of decades, especially the recent challenges from DNA studies, how has the Book of
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In mid-December 2023, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints added two new entries to the Gospel Topics section of its website. One addresses those Latter-day Saints who have questions or doubts, or who are undergoing a difficult faith journey. The other offers advice to those who love them or are someone who has
171–172: The LDS Church Offers Resources for Those with Questions Read More »
Three Encore Presentations of Christmas-Themed Episodes
168-170: (Encore) Three Christmas Episodes Read More »
