In this episode, Latter-day Faith host Dan Wotherspoon is joined by the wonderful, gifted, powerful author Carol Lynn Pearson to talk about her most recent book and the ideas that underlie it. The book, The Love Map: Saving Your Love Relationship and Incidentally Saving the World, is the flowering of a more-than-forty-year interest that Carol […]
142: Exploring the Love Map with Carol Lynn Pearson Read More »
Explore how creative work can generate new ideas and ways of looking at things!
141: The Covenant Path and the Spiritual Journey Read More »
The decision to return to one’s community following an extended time on an inward and empowering journey is a fraught one. We discussed it in Episode 137 and revisit it here.
140: The Hero’s Return, Part 2 Read More »
Have we ever really explored the terms “holy” and “holiness”? They deserve closer examination!
139: What is “Holiness”? Read More »
Learn about the Prosocial movement and the many areas it is informing, including religion
138: Prosociality, Societal Shifts, and Religion Read More »
Many of us understand the basic structure of what Joseph Campbell has named “the hero’s journey” and the wrestles and transformations it requires. But one element that is usually underemphasized is the final step in the journey, which is when the hero returns to community. In most cases, the journeyer comes back to the society
137: The Hero’s Return Read More »
Elder Bruce R. McConkie once proclaimed, “Obedience is the first law of heaven,” which is an interesting statement when compared with Jesus’s declaration that the first of all laws is love.
136: Turning Obedience Upside Down Read More »
Are you ready to embrace a larger and more exciting worldview? Understanding and embracing the power of myth is absolutely vital.
135: (Encore) Embracing Myth Read More »
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints makes many claims about the importance of priesthood. It also claims that conferral of the priesthood is only to be given to men, only needed by men, not women. Why is that? Yet when LDS leaders actually talk about priesthood’s power in relation to men’s spirituality and
134: What is Priesthood, Really? Do We Know? Read More »
Can Mormon Theology support a pro-Choice stance regarding abortion?
133: Faith and Spirituality in the Wake of the Overturn of Roe v Wade Read More »
