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 | DownloadTwo 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?’
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.
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…
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.
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…
Jenne de Normandie Eregiro Alderks was a teen convert from Unitarian Universalism. When she joined the LDS church her mother, knowing somewhat of the strict gender roles in Mormonism, asked her, ‘Can you really be a Mormon woman?’ Jenne…
Gina Colvin and Bill Reel (host of the popular podcast Mormon Discussions) get together for a chat about what it takes to still be engaged in the LDS Church when so many of their friends have left. They discuss…
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Dr Alan Jamieson is the senior pastor at the South West Baptist Church in Christchurch, New Zealand. He is an author of multiple books on faith development. He took an interest in why people leave the church as a young…
LDS Bishops are at the front line as Mormons facing their own questions, concerns and doubts seek their counsel. Too often these local leaders surmise that the person expressing doubt must have done something wrong to get there.…