“There’s no point at which we can say, ‘I’ve got it.’ Always and forever, mystery gets you. Our searching for God is a search for symbols, analogies and metaphors. All theological language is an approximation, offered tentatively in holy awe. …
Category: Belief Crisis
241: Revisiting Fowler’s Stages from 0-6: Stage 2: Myths and Symbols: Sara Hughes-Zabawa:
Sara Hughes-Zabawa returns to discuss Fowler’s Stage Two: The Mythic Literal stage. We discuss the power of story and mythology as important tools of meaning meaning-making. Rather than see them as inducements into lives of unreality, we celebrate the universal…
237: Finding Jesus All Over Again: Hagen & Otteson: The Lent Series
Faith change or Impasse is often met with a resistance to our early life stories of the Divine. In this Lent series episode #3 Katie Hagen and Steve Otteson talk about rediscovering Jesus, finding new stories of the Christ and…
235: When Forgiveness is More: The Lent Series
Thomas Merton poses a question for Lent, “Where do we turn for Forgiveness?” In this panel discussion from the ‘Mormon Lenten Study Group’, Jennifer Koski, Sara Bybee Fisk and Elisabeth Boothe join me to revisit the idea of forgiveness as…
233: Renewing Spiritual Practice after a Faith Deconstruction: The Lent Series
Lindsay Denton, Melissa Beh and Josh Brazier and I are members of a Lenten Study Group for Mormons. Together we discuss the journey into renewing our spiritual practices. We talk about Lent and how it serves as an ideal time…
Renewing Spiritual Practice after a Faith Deconstruction: The Lent Series Play Now | Play in Popup | Download225: Finding a Faithful Leadership Response to Faith Crisis: Richard Tenney & Ganesh Cherian
Two former Bishops, who have both experienced a faith crisis, respond to the question: ‘How can LDS leaders behave more sensitively and with more wisdom to those experiencing a faith crisis?’
224: January Homily: Divine Absence: Gina Colvin
The 2018 A Thoughtful Faith Podcast theme is ‘Faithful Change.’ Every month we provide a Homily, a meditation on spiritual matters. For January Gina shares a reflection on Divine Absence.
218: Growing as an Intrafaith Marriage: Gina Colvin & Nathan McCluskey
In May 2015 Gina Colvin & Nathan McCluskey recorded a frank conversation about how faith crisis was affecting their marriage. Two and a half years later they find that their differences are now even more marked. Yet, in spite of…
215: When a Former Mormon Becomes Your Prime Minister: Reflections on Jacinda Ardern and the LDS Church in New Zealand
Ganeshji Cherian, Sarah Howard, Quintin Howard and Nathan McCluskey discuss the cultural mismatch of American Mormon culture with New Zealand culture in the wake of Jacinda Ardern’s becoming the Prime Minister of New Zealand.
205: Joseph Smith the Occultish Bricoleur: Sheldon Kent
Lancaster University PhD student, Sheldon Kent discusses the esoteric and mystical influences abroad during the early days of Mormonism. In particular, he discusses Emmanual Swedenborg and the impact that this 18th-century philosopher and church man had on Joseph Smith’s…