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
176: Grace as Taught in the Book of Mormon 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 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
175a: What is Latter-day Faith Podcast? What Do Dan and Mark Really Think? Part 1 Read More »
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
174: The Debate About the Power Women Actually Hold Within the Church Read More »
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
173: On the Death of Nephi Read More »
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 »
This episode celebrates Thomas McConkie’s incredible new book, At-One-Ment: Embodying the Fullness of Human-Divinity, and dives into several of its topic areas that LDF Host Dan Wotherspoon chose as potentially helpful to this listening audience. In both a personal and descriptive tone they discuss the importance of training our minds to “concentrate,” for it is the primary key that can
167: Thomas McConkie, “At-One-Ment”: Embodying the Fullness of Human-Divinity Read More »
http:// Note: This two-part episode is a departure from the usual focus of Latter-day Faith, which emphasizes teaching about and encouraging healthy faith development through introducing listeners to wise and powerful teachers in this area as well as to spiritual practices that can help us face our struggles with faith and church, families, communities, and
165–166: Wrestling with Grooming and Polygamy Read More »
