Generated by All in One SEO v5.0.0.1, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # A Thoughtful Faith Podcast Conversations about the religious and spiritual life on the other side of fundamentalism ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [382: Accepting the Shadow and Light of the Church](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/382-accepting-the-shadow-and-light-of-the-church/) - The shadow and light of the church are a part of the same story. Integrating the suffering and the healing that the church created is part of our necessary preparation for the next part of our journey. Acceptance of our past life in church with its blessings is a wholesome alternative to staying locked in - [381: The Reconstruction Series: Encountering Fear at the Threshold of Leaving](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/381-the-reconstruction-series-encountering-fear-at-the-threshold-of-leaving/) - It’s one thing to know that letting go is possible and even necessary. But it’s another to stand at the threshold of leaving without feeling fear. Most of us will carry some fear. In this episode I discuss the DNA of Mormon fear of leaving the church. Photo Credit: 'Fear' by Oliver Degabriele - [380: Letting the Church Go With Graciousness](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/380-letting-the-church-go-with-graciousness/) - In this episode: "Letting go needn't be feared. Letting go can become a friend to us, releasing us into the flow of an abundant and growthful life." - [379: The Beginning of the End: Gina Colvin](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/379-the-beginning-of-the-end-gina-colvin/) - This episode is the beginning of the end of my time as host of A Thoughtful Faith Podcast. - [378: When the Church isn't Enough: Tali Aitofi](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/378-when-the-church-isnt-enough-tali-aitofi/) - Some years ago, Tali Aitofi found Mormon podcasts and became hooked. But Tali isn't Mormon, he's Pentecostal. Yet, his own spiritual and religious journey has played out with the hum of Mormon faith crises in the background.Tali recently came out as gay; he left his family church, and is currently suffering from a life threatening - [Bright Spark: The Reconciliation of Artist Trevor Southey: Director, Nathan Florence](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/bright-spark-the-reconciliation-of-artist-trevor-southey-director-nathan-florence/) - Painter and documentary film maker Nathan Florence joins me to discuss ‘Bright Spark: The Reconciliation of Trevor Southey’ For eleven years, artist Nathan Florence documented Trevor Southey's life with his heart and with his lens in order to tell an unfolding story that ended in Trevor’s death in 2015. It’s an unusual documentary, but nonetheless affecting - [376: Doing Our Inner Work: Jana Spangler](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/376-doing-our-inner-work-jana-spangler/) - The 2022 A Thoughtful Faith Podcast season kicks off with a conversation about faith deconstruction and life reconstruction! Utah based life coach, Jana Spangler, reflects on her extensive work with Mormons who are in the thick of deconstruction and reconstruction. She argues that being in healthy relationship with our bodies will yield precisely the wisdom - [375: Let's Cancel Christmas! Nicola Petty](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/375-lets-cancel-christmas-nicola-petty/) - If you love Christmas, then this episode isn't for you. But, if you or someone you know doesn't approach Christmas with merriment and cheer, then this conversation between me and my good friend Nicola Petty might be worth listening to. Both of us are avowed Grinches. As a concession to those who have to put - [374: Trauma & Moral Injury in Mormonism: Dr. Sean Aaron](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/374-trauma-moral-injury-in-mormonism-dr-sean-aaron/) - In this episode, clinical psychologist Dr. Sean Aaron joins me to discuss moral injury. Many coming from the LDS tradition have been taught to spiritually bypass our gut reactions to practices or doctrines, chalking our doubts up to our personal failings and faithlessness. Dr Sean Aaron draws on the concept of moral injury to help us understand what is happening when we do so, and how we can trust and respond to our emotions in healthy ways. - [373: The LDS Church's Response to Sexual Abuse: Neville Rochow QC](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/373-the-lds-churchs-response-to-sexual-abuse-neville-rochow-qc/) - Child sexual abuse in the church is pernicious and confounding. Why anyone purporting to be Christian would sexually abuse a child is beyond the imagination of many. Yet it happens, and far too often to be dismissed.The Royal Commissions of Inquiry into Sexual Abuse in Ireland and Australia, and currently being conducted in New Zealand, - [372:The Spiritual Formation of Children: Amanda Suarez and Drew Hansen](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/372the-spiritual-formation-of-children-amanda-suarez-and-drew-hansen/) - Author of the Spiritual Child, Professor of Psychology Lisa Miller writes in ‘The Spiritual Child’: “Spiritual development through the early years … provides a protective health benefit, reducing the risk of depression, substance abuse, aggression, and high-risk behaviors.” It’s for this reason that the team at Upliftkids has created a resource for parents to help - [371: The LDS Church & Its Business: Neville Rochow QC Part 2](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/371-the-lds-church-its-business-neville-rochow-qc-part-2/) - In part two of this series, Neville joins me to discuss the LDS Church and its financial activities. - [370: The LDS Church and its Legal Machinations Part One: Neville Rochow QC](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/370-the-lds-church-and-its-legal-machinations-part-one-neville-rochow-qc/) - Australian barrister Neville Rochow QC has offered the LDS Church legal advice over the years and has appeared for the church at parliamentary committees on the question of religious freedom. For two years, he also represented the church at the European Parliament in Brussels. He has been intimately involved in the church's legal concerns and - [369: The DNA Story of Polynesian Origins: Dr. Simon Southerton](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/369-the-dna-story-of-polynesian-origins-dr-simon-southerton/) - [368: The Illegitimacy of Jesus: Mark Crego](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/368-the-illegitimacy-of-jesus-mark-crego/) - [367: The Law of Chastity or Sexual Ethics?: Linkhart, Ross & Mangelson](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/367-the-law-of-chastity-or-sexual-ethics-linkhart-ross-mangelson/) - [366: Breaking Up Well: Dr. Nicola Petty](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/366-breaking-up-well-dr-nicola-petty/) - When I began questioning the LDS Church, I did not expect the Stake Relief Society president to join me. Nicola Petty went from orthodox and loyal member guided by the priesthood to a Stake Relief Society President who had been woken up by the Ordain Women movement. It was in this capacity that I watched her press priesthood button after priesthood button advocating intelligently and determinedly for the women in our stake. When the church - [365: Sealed: A Memoir by Katie Langston](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/365-sealed-a-memoir-by-katie-langston/) - Born and raised a devout Mormon in Utah, Katie Langston chronicles her unexpected conversion to orthodox Christianity with candor and theological depth. Her remarkable debut memoir explores themes of religious fundamentalism, mental illness, and family belonging—culminating in her surprising and liberating encounters with the grace of God in Jesus Christ. - [364: Death By a Thousand Cuts: Ordinary Mormon Trauma: Lindsay Hansen Park](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/364-death-by-a-thousand-cuts-ordinary-mormon-trauma-lindsay-hansen-park/) - We were made for tenderness, gentleness, openness, authenticity, vulnerability, compassion and caring. We are threaded through with the strands of genuine goodness. Our true selves, our inner landscapes are beautiful and potentiated for wholeness, fullness and love. Mormon trauma is most profoundly felt into being culturally, or institutionally permitted to be our true selves but - [Why the RLDS Reformed but the LDS Didn't: Prof. David Howlett](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/why-the-rlds-reformed-but-the-lds-didnt-prof-david-howlett/) - Some people say that Community of Christ is just LDS lite. This simply isn't true. Despite their common roots, you would be unlikely to find two more differently wired faith traditions than the Community of Christ (RLDS) and the LDS (Mormons). To discuss how this came to be and why the RLDS set about revising and reforming their church in the 1960's while the LDS took on a renewed commitment to restoration fundamentalism and American political conservatism, Professor of American religion, David Howlett from Smith College joins A Thoughtful Faith Podcast. - [362: 'That Was Not of God': Natasha's Witnesses Speak Up](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/362-that-was-not-of-god-natashas-witnesses-speak-up/) - [361: American Excommunication: Spencer Wells & Isaac Barnes May](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/361-american-excommunication-spencer-wells-isaac-barnes-may/) - Religious history scholars, Spencer Wells and Isaac Barnes May, seek to put the recent ex-communication/name removal of Natasha Helfer from the LDS Church into the broader context of church boundary maintenance in America. - [360: Perfoming Art with Bread: Andi Pticher Davis](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/360-perfoming-art-with-bread-andi-pticher-davis/) - As a performance artist, Andi has been feeding her culture with bread for many years. She bakes, graffitis and gifts her bread warm to those in need. Artistically weaving mountains, fire, lament, and bread comes from an elemental and a cosmic drive to make the spiritual immanent. Andi and I talk about how the material becomes - [359: When a Woman's Professional Expertise Becomes a Question of LDS Apostasy: Natasha Helfer](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/359-when-a-womans-professional-expertise-becomes-a-question-of-lds-apostasy-natasha-helfer/) - Natasha Helfer (LCMFT, CST, CSTS )is a licensed clinician and mental health professional who has been summoned to a LDS Church trial for her public stance on sexual health. Taking offence at the idea that the LDS Church is a toxic religious home for our LGBTQIA+ community, and that masturbation can be both appropriate and - [358: The Spiritual Advice Line With Katie Langston: March 2021](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/358-the-spiritual-advice-line-with-katie-langston-march-2021/) - This month, our discussion comes from listeners' questions about; white supremacy, intra-faith marriage, community belonging, spirituality and the true church! (photo credit: Shital Kandar 'Spirituality' @Flickr) - [357: An Ordinary Unordinary Life as a Polygamist's Daughter: Mary Jayne Blackmore](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/357-an-ordinary-unordinary-life-as-a-polygamists-daughter-mary-jayne-blackmore/) - One of 150 siblings, Mary Jayne Blackmore is the daughter of Mormon leader Winston Blackmore. Mary Jayne Blackmore grew up within the closed-off polygamist community of Bountiful, BC. Her family’s staunch Fundamentalist Mormon faith imposed fanatical doomsday preparation and carried an instilled fear of the world outside her community. Mary Jayne has written a memoir - [356: The Spiritual Advice Line: February 2021](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/356-the-spiritual-advice-line-february-2021/) - Today Katie Langston joins the Spiritual Advice Line. We discuss spiritual abuse; unhelpful images of God; spiritual direction; the necessity of community, and how to read the Bible. If you would like to submit a question you may do so by going to katielangston.com(These discussions are not necessarily representative of the official positions of either - [355: Eco-spirituality, Eco-justice and Eco-Feminism: The New Christianity: Emily Rose](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/355-eco-spirituality-eco-justice-and-eco-feminism-the-new-christianity-emily-rose/) - Emily Rose is the Campus Minister for Faith, Justice and Solidarity at a Jesuit University in Kansas City, Missouri. In this episode, Emily Rose joins me to discuss eco-spirituality, eco-justice and eco-feminism and the way that the environment undergirds her relationship with her faith, the Divine and ultimately with the rest of the human family.As - [354: The Spiritual Practice of Earth Care: Prof. George Handley](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/354-the-spiritual-practice-of-earth-care-prof-george-handley/) - Eco-humanitarian and eco-theologian BYU Professor George Handley joins me to discuss his immense concern for the Earth and its future. - [353: The Spiritual Advice Line with Katie Langston: December 2020](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/353-the-spiritual-advice-line-with-katie-langston-december-2020/) - Katie Langston joins me to discuss Christmas; Why its perfectly fine not to take the Bible literally; Why Jesus is not the Jehovah of the Old Testament; Finding new images and symbols for God, and the power and versatility of spiritual practice. - [352: Rigid Mormon Parents and Their Disaffiliated Children: Liz Brown MacDonald](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/352-rigid-mormon-parents-and-their-disaffiliated-children-liz-brown-mcdonald/) - Liz Brown MacDonald was curious about the effect of the behaviour of religiously rigid parents on their children who disaffiliate from the LDS Church. 'It's never good,' she concludes, 'to complicate a parental relationship with an expectation of your children's life long affiliation to your religious tradition.' Liz, joins ATF Podcast to discuss why. - [351: An Advent Reflection on the Suffering of Mothers: Renee McDonald & Kristin Jensen](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/351-an-advent-reflection-on-the-suffering-of-mothers-renee-mcdonald-kirsten-jensen/) - While we honour the expectant Mary at Advent, we rarely discuss her in the context of the suffering of pregnancy and birth. Our sacred texts and Christmas stories leave out the intensely feminine experience of a mother's body, bruised and broken for the sake of Jesus. Too often written out of the reflections on Advent - [349: Spiritual Autonomy When Gay, Mormon & Samoan: Doron Semu](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/349-spiritual-autonomy-when-gay-mormon-samoan-doron-semu/) - How does a young gay, afakasi, Samoan, Mormon man put his spiritual life together when he sits across many religious and cultural divides? When the moorings of fixed belief systems that defined prior generations fall away, what of the spiritual life that is so integral to Māori and Pasifika mental health? Is it even possible? - [350: The Spiritual Advice Line One: Katie Langston & Gina Colvin](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/350-the-spiritual-advice-line-one-katie-langston-gina-colvin/) - Lutheran Ordinand Katie Langston and Community of Christ Elder, Gina Colvin get together in this monthly series to offer our responses to Mormons who are grappling with their spiritual and religious deconstruction and reconstruction. Today's topics, Grace; The Trinity; Telling family you no longer believe Show Notes Link to Katie LangstonPhilip Yancy, 'What's So Amazing - [348: Unravelling the Mystery of Utah Politics: Dr Roger Hendrix](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/348-unravelling-the-mystery-of-utah-politics-dr-roger-hendrix/) - To help unravel the politics of the state that (on the surface) seems at odds with the faith that dominates, scholar, strategic planner, author and former mission president Roger Hendrix joins A Thoughtful Faith Podcast. - [347: The Surprise of Section 132: Michael Mathews II](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/347-the-surprise-of-section-132-michael-mathews-ii/) - Blogger Michael Mathews II shares his exegesis of Doctrine & Covenants Section 132. While Mormons socially read Section 132 as pointing to the endurance of familial ties after death, Mathews argues, that there is no evidence to suggest that this is the case at all. Mormons are making of Section 132 and the Temple covenants - [346: Laie, Hawaii: What the Haole Did There: Maoputasi Young](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/346-laie-hawaii-what-the-haole-did-there-maoputasi-young/) - Are unique Mormon communities like Laie, in Hawaii worth celebrating? Absolutely. Mormon communities like Laie on Hawaii's North shore, which are uniquely indigenous Mormon, have made good homes that have been blessed by the confluence of culture, faith, history, structure, spirituality and solidarity. But, that's not the whole story. This conversation is an invitation to - [345: Sex, Sexuality and Gender in Modern Mormonism: Prof. Taylor Petrey](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/345-sex-sexuality-and-gender-in-modern-mormonism-prof-taylor-petrey/) - Whatever your position on LDS Studies, it can't be said that the Mormonism is boring. Socially, historically, culturally, politically and theologically its a gold mine of intrigue and interest. Nevermore so than on the topic of sex. Taylor G. Petrey’s history of sexuality and gender in modern Mormonism is a rollicking and delightfully thorough documentation - [344: Mormon Divorce: Les Butterfield](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/344-mormon-divorce-les-butterfield/) - Not all Mormon marriages are doomed, but some are. When divorce happens acrimoniously it's never a better time to observe the LDS church's position on the wellbeing of women and children. The wife of a physician and the mother of four children Lesley felt that she was fulfilling 'the measure of her creation' until she - [343: Radical Christian Youth Development: Cat McFedries](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/343-radical-christian-youth-development-cat-mcfedries/) - Cat McFedries joins me to talk about youth spiritual and religious formation and how some radical pastoring that she received as a young person might have put her off the church, but it didn't put her off the person of Jesus. - [342: Polynesian Musings on White Supremacy: Maoputasi Young](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/342-polynesian-musings-on-white-supremacy-maoputasi-young/) - Two Afakasi (half-castes), (Tasi a Samoan and Gina who is Maori) ponder what it means to be Polynesian/Pasifika in a white supremacist church. - [341: A Community of Christ View of the Book of Mormon: Elray Henriksen](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/341-a-community-of-christ-view-of-the-book-of-mormon-elray-henriksen/) - Community of Christ peace and non-violence activist, Norwegian Elray Henrickson, joins me from Belgium where he lives with his husband, Anton. Elray attends the Graceland University seminary and has been working on repurposing and rethinking the Book of Mormon for a post-literal context. - [340: Out from Under the Sacred Canopy: Prof. Rick Phillips](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/340-out-from-under-the-sacred-canopy-prof-rick-phillips/) - Rick Phillips joins me to discuss his subtle evolution from a profoundly vested believer of Mormonism to a deeply interested non-believer. - [339: Mormon Women Claiming Power: Franzoni Thorley, Ross, Olsen Hemming](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/339-mormon-women-claiming-power-franzoni-thorley-ross-olsen-hemming/) - Exponent II Editor, Margaret Olsen Hemming says of the Exponent guest edition of Dialogue, "In this issue, we asked women to write about claiming power. We hoped that writers would think creatively about the idea of power, including traditional forms of authority in an organizational hierarchy but also going beyond this sometimes-limiting definition. We wanted - [338: Finding Freedom For the Mind: Luna Lindsey Corbden](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/338-finding-freedom-for-the-mind-luna-lindsay-corbden/) - Wherever you are in relation to the LDS Church, it is useful to understand the science of belief and how we can indeed cultivate healthy cognitive responses to life's most vexing questions. - [337: Mourning America's Brokenness: The Rev. Dr Fatimah Salleh](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/337-mourning-americas-brokenness-rev-dr-fatimah-salleh/) - Liberation theologian James Cone has said:“It is ironic that America, with its history of injustice to the poor, especially the black man and the Indian, prides itself on being a Christian nation.” So, what sense does a profoundly faithful black Christian woman make of America still mired in its many racial sins? What can be - [336: Kingdom of Nauvoo: The Rise and Fall of a Religious Empire on the American Frontier: Ben Park](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/336-kingdom-of-nauvoo-the-rise-and-fall-of-a-religious-empire-on-the-american-frontier-ben-park/) - Is the USA a democracy, a nascent theocracy, or a mobocracy? Perhaps it's all of those things and all at the same time. The Mormon Nauvoo experience gives us a strong sense of the unsettled ideological, economic and religious arguments that remain unresolved in the United States. Powder Keg is what the United States feels - [335: Mormonism and White Supremacy: Joanna Brooks](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/335-mormonism-and-white-supremacy-joanna-brooks/) - In this much-needed volume that follows the evolution of LDS Church thought about race from its earliest beginnings to its contemporary constructions, Professor Brooks seeks to account for a religious tradition that has never made a definitive departure, nor offered an explanation or an apology for why being racist is not a matter for Mormon - [334: Women, Pandemic and an Uncertain Future: Prof. Annick Masselot](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/334-women-pandemic-and-an-uncertain-future-prof-annick-masselot/) - Professor of Law, Annick Masselot and I reflect on the many gender inequalities that the COVID-19 pandemic has made apparent. With research foci on equality and anti-discrimination law, gender equality, pregnancy and maternity rights, and work-life balance, Annick argues that world leaders are well-positioned to create new economic and social arrangements that are fairer and - [333: Then I stopped listening to Rush Limbaugh: Steve Otteson](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/333-then-i-stopped-listening-to-rush-limbaugh-steve-otteson/) - One of the great American phenomena is the enmeshment of religion and politics. That relationship is never more present than in the Book of Mormon belt where being Republican is a matter of faithfulness. From Southern Alberta down to Arizona being Mormon means listening to Fox news like its a sermon; supporting the NRA like its a mission and loving the Constitution like its scriptur - [332: History is not Theology: Lachlan MacKay](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/332-history-is-not-theology-lachlan-mackay/) - Great, great-great-grandson of Joseph and Emma Smith, Lachlan Mackay, is a member of the Council of Twelve Apostles in Community of Christ. A native of Independence, Missouri, Lach argues that context is absolutely critical when doing church history. Unbundling theology from history offers these disciplines the integrity they both need and deserve. This has been important - [331: A Church Without Borders: John Hamer](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/331-a-church-without-borders-john-hamer/) - John Hamer, the Pastor of Centre Place in Toronto, joins me to talk about how technology has radically changed his congregation. This Toronto community has had a long and continuous presence in Canada since the very early days of the Restoration. Now, from a congregation of dwindling numbers, the pastorate team have transformed Centre Place - [330: Covid-19 On the Navajo Nation: The Fatal Effects of Health Injustice: Jo Overton](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/330-covid-19-on-the-navajo-nation-the-fatal-effects-of-health-injustice-jo-overton/) - “As of Monday evening, there are 1,769 positive COVID-19 cases on the Navajo Nation, more than one per cent of the residents on the reservation...The total number of deaths remains at 59.” - [329: Utah In Pandemic: Ross and Mangleson](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/329-utah-in-pandemic-ross-and-mangleson/) - In this episode, my guests Nancy Ross (St George) Brittany Mangleson (Saratoga Springs) discuss the Utah response to COVID-19 including some of the philosophical, ideological and religious issues with which this disease intersects. Important Links: Coronavirus.utah.gov Ph. 1-800-456-7707 healthcare.utah.edu - [328: What of Easter if Jesus Didn't Rise?](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/328-what-of-easter-if-jesus-didnt-rise/) - This episode is for those who find themselves in this sometimes lonely corner of the Christian world where there's still faith even when literal belief in Christianity's more persistent supernatural claims are no longer. - [327: Science and Morality in a Time of Pandemic: Dr Joanne LaFleur](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/327-science-and-morality-in-a-time-of-pandemic-dr-joanne-lafleur/) - Dr Joanne LaFleur is Associate Professor in the College of Pharmacy at the University of Utah. Joanne has taken an interest in questions that lie at the intersection of science and morality. - [326: Community, Italy and Online Church in the Time of Covid-19: Michael Wright](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/326-community-italy-and-online-church-in-the-time-of-covid-19-michael-wright/) - To discuss Italy's lockdown, its cultural impact and the comfort hope he’s found in online Community of Christ ministry, Michael Wright joins me from the Eternal City. - [325: Reading The Book of Mormon for Social Justice: Salleh & Olsen Hemming](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/325-reading-the-book-of-mormon-for-social-justice-salleh-olsen-hemming/) - Salleh and Olsen Hemming offer a much-needed commentary on the Book of Mormon that promises to move it from where it has been too long marooned in the dead space of religious point-scoring. - [324: Reconstruction, Deconstruction and Spiritual Formation: Gina Colvin](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/324-reconstruction-deconstruction-and-spiritual-formation-gina-colvin/) - In this episode, I discuss deconstruction and reconstruction from a personal perspective for those who are curious about how others proceed across the bridge of what once was to a new phase of faith and into a reconstructed spiritual life. - [323: Making Money for Jesus: The LDS Church's Untaxed Wealth: Mark Barnes](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/323-making-money-for-jesus-the-lds-churchs-untaxed-wealth-mark-barnes/) - "When Jesus said, “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth” (Matthew 6:19), the term “lay-up” did not simply speak of having possessions, but of your possessions having you. “Lay up” could be better translated “hoard” or “stockpile.” - Greg Laurie - [322: 'It's not a sin if it's secret': Brigham, Joseph, Wives, Sex and Priesthood: Joe Geisner](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/322-its-not-a-sin-if-its-secret-brigham-joseph-wives-sex-and-priesthood-joe-geisner/) - Joe Geisner joins me to discuss wives, sex, priesthood, power in Joseph's inner circle. - [321: Mary Christmastide: Re-reading the Christmas Story: Maxine Hanks](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/321-mary-christmastide-re-reading-the-christmas-story-maxine-hanks/) - According to Maxine Christmas is Mary’s holy time. Mary symbolizes so much more than the vessel through which the Christ child emerged into the world. Mary is prophetic, priestly and queenly. - [320: Gen Y's and Gen Zeds: Faith on their Own Terms: Franka Brouwer](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/320-gen-ys-and-gen-zeds-faith-on-their-own-terms-franka-brouwer/) - Dutch religious studies teacher and theologian Frank Brouwer joins me to discuss this fascinating question of how the young in Western Europe are responding to the deeper questions of life, how they understand the church and how, most interestingly, they are building their own spiritual literacy, on their own terms. - [319: The LDS Church and its Billions: Prof. Sam Brunson](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/319-the-lds-church-and-its-billions-prof-sam-brunson/) - On the 17th December, the Washington Post published an article about a former employee of Ensign Peak Advisors, (a not for profit corporation constituted under the direction of of the Corporation of the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints). The article tells of the whistleblower's complaint to the IRS alleging that - [318: An Atheist's Enthusiasm for The Mormons: David Fitzgerald](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/318-an-atheists-enthusiasm-for-the-mormons-david-fitzgerald/) - David’s book 'The Complete Heretic’s Guide to Western Religion: The Mormons' is not your usual snipe at faith that Atheists can bore you with. His history of the Mormons is straight-shooting without being unfeeling; it's efficient without cutting too many corners, and it leaves one feeling both impressed and rightly appalled at the faith that - [317: Managing the Hardness of Church and the Tenderness of Spiritual Growth: Jana Johnson Spangler](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/317-managing-the-hardness-of-church-and-the-tenderness-of-spiritual-growth-jana-johnson-spangler/) - Jana Johnson Spangler, a recent graduate from Richard Rohr's 'Living School', joins me to discuss the spiritual formation and potential richness of the place between the sometimes intractable institution, and the soul's organic growth. We address the questions: How do we manage and trust our growth when there is little in the way of a - [316: What Gave Brigham the Right to the Presidency?: Joe Geisner](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/316-what-gave-brigham-the-right-to-the-presidency-joe-geisner/) - Brigham Young's status in the early LDS Movement needs to be understood in order to tackle the hard question of what gave him the right to claim the presidency, particularly in light of the fact that it is now well known that the transfiguration of Brigham was a myth. Joe Geisner joins me to discuss - [315: Between Mormon Thought and Mormon Authoritarianism: Brittney Hartley](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/315-between-mormon-thought-and-mormon-authoritarianism-brittney-hartley/) - Where one stands in relation to this tension between the Big ‘C’ Church’s bent toward authoritarianism, and the small ‘c’ church’s concern for keeping the Mormon theological conversation expanding and emerging is where the heart of faith crisis lies. - [314: Factioning Over Questions of Authority: Cristina Rosetti](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/314-factioning-over-questions-of-authority-cristina-rosetti/) - Cristina Rosetti is a Roman Catholic woman and scholar who is interested in Mormon Fundamentalism. She joins me to discuss her own religious and spiritual path. Oddly her inquiry into Mormon Fundamentalism comes out of an interest in how certainty shapes and creates religious identities. Her scholarship in Mormonism was initially a way of helping - [313: Murderous Times: The Mormon Reformation: Lindsay Hansen Park](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/313-murderous-times-the-mormon-reformation-lindsay-hansen-park-2/) - In order to really understand the LDS Church, one absolutely needs to understand Mormon history. There are few periods in Mormon history that are darker and more defining than the Mormon Reformation. Lindsay Hansen Park characterizes this period of Mormon history as best understood by imagining what you’d get if you introduced the wild, wild - [312: Spiritually Full, Religiously Included: Michael Wright](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/312-spiritually-full-religiously-included-michael-wright/) - Michael Wright participates fully in the spiritual and missional life of Community of Christ from his home in Rome, Italy. He has discovered, God and Jesus Christ and the Spiritual life as a gay man married to the love of his life, Antonio. - [311: The General Conference Fall-Out: Sara Hughes-Zabawa and Carrie Salisbury](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/311-the-general-conference-fall-out-sara-hughes-zabawa-and-carrie-salisbury/) - For most Mormons, General Conference is a happy interruption to the general business of running their stakes and wards. Twice a year members get to take a couple of days off from running things in order to enjoy being lead. It’s also a time where the general church body gets to hear about any important - [310: Brigham Young, 'I don't care about my character on Earth!': Dr David Vaughn Mason](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/310-brigham-young-i-dont-care-about-my-character-on-earth-dr-david-vaughan-mason/) - Dr David Mason is the author of Brigham Young: Sovereign in America and he joins me to discuss the man who made the Mormons. - [309: 'OWL' Rethinking Sex and Sexuality Education: Dr Melanie Davis](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/309-309-owl-rethinking-sex-and-sexuality-education-dr-melanie-davis/) - The perennial question is where, how and what do we teach our children about sex and sexuality? What is appropriate, and what isn't? Additionally, those who have come from orthodox faith traditions are often on the back foot and at a loss as to how to re-think sex let alone teach their children about sex - [308: Singing of Zion to a Kingdom People: Andrew Bolton](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/308-singing-of-zion-to-a-kingdom-people-andrew-bolton/) - Those who grew up in the Restoration tradition will be familiar with the songs of Zion; That place where God and community meet. But, despite his original intentions Joseph Smith was corrupted by his 'Kingdom' ego. Kirtland and Nauvoo failed as intentional communities, and Utah has not been faithful to the promise and hope of - [118-119: Mormonism through the eyes of Swedish women](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/mormonism-through-the-eyes-of-swedish-women/) - Marion Fust Saeternes, Kristina Olergard Tenney and Wiktoria Heinz join me at A Thoughtful Faith to discuss the differences between Swedish culture and Mormon culture and the invariable tension that creates. Recorded during a week where we are discussing and debating the benefits of cultural diversity in the upper echelons of the church Marion, Kristina and - [165: Elise Boxer: The Dakota Access Pipeline and the Sacred Work of Environmental Protection](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/elise-boxer-the-dakota-access-pipeline-and-the-sacred-work-of-environmental-protection/) - Dr Elise Boxer (Dakota) joins me to discuss the Dakota Access Pipeline. - [166: Emily Quinn: "I'm a Girl with Testes": How intersex upsets our notions of the male/female sex binary](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/emily-quinn-im-a-girl-with-testes-how-intersex-upsets-our-notions-of-the-malefemale-binary/) - A conversation with intersex activist Emily Quinn - [167: Racism, Mormonism, the US Presidential Election and Women of Color](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/racism-mormonism-us-presidential-election-and-women-of-color/) - Kalani Tonga, Fatimah Salleh and Mica McGrigg discuss the history of racism in the United States that made Trump's vulgar racial politics possible. - [168: The Mormon Election Autopsy: Madson, Kramer & Baradaran](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/the-mormon-election-autopsy-madson-kramer-baradaran/) - Mehrsa Baradaran, Joshua Madson and Brad Kramer discuss the history of the recent US Presidential Election. They talk about the uncoupling of the Democratic party from the working class, the rise of neo-liberalism on the left, and the way in which identity politics have come to replace class politics effectively allowing both the Republicans and the Democrats to usher in an era of market fundamentalism in which everyone but the wealthy suffer. - [169: Finding Renewal, Wisdom and Peace Post-Election: Wotherspoon, Colvin and Money](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/finding-renewal-wisdom-and-peace-post-election-wotherspoon-colvin-and-money/) - Dan Wotherspoon, host of Mormon Matters and Kristy Money, host of Mormon Transitions join me to discuss how to manage self and relationships post-election. - [170 & 171: Enmeshed Family Systems, Differentiation and Faith Crisis: A Discussion with Wendy Christian and Friends](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/enmeshed-family-systems-differentiation-and-faith-crisis-a-discussion-with-wendy-christian-and-friends/) - A discussion about enmeshed family systems, differentiation and faith crisis with Wendy Christian and friends. - [172: When Young Mormons Question: Isabella Parker](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/when-young-mormons-question-isabella-parker/) - When Isabella Parker's Bishop discovered her social justice activities everything changed for her and her family. - [173: LDS Finances: What happens to our donations? Chris Mace](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/lds-finances-what-happens-to-our-donations-chris-mace/) - In the United States LDS Church finances are not transparent because of its legal status as a corporation sole this is not the case in certain Commonwealth nations where the church is generally registered as a charitable trust. As a charitable trust there is a legal imperative to publish its annual financial records. In this podcast Chris Mace (Yorkshire) provides an overview of the publically available financial reports from Canada, the UK, Australia, New Zealand and Ireland. - [174: Richard Ostler: A Bishop Ministering to the Fringes of the Ward](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/richard-ostler-a-bishop-ministering-to-the-fringes-of-the-ward/) - Recently released Mormon Bishop, Richard Ostler, reflects on his time ministering to those at the fringes of the church. - [175: A 16-Year-Old's Questions to a Sunday School Teacher: Abel Nelson](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/a-16-year-olds-questions-to-a-sunday-school-teacher-abel-nelson/) - A discussion about 16-Year-Old Abel Nelson's questions to his Sunday School Teacher. - [176: In Faithful Defiance: Peter Bleakley](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/in-faithful-defiance-peter-bleakley/) - A discussion with Peter Bleakley about faithful defiance in Mormonism. - [177: The Mormon Tabernacle Choir at Trump's Inauguration: International Voices Speak Up](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/the-mormon-tabernacle-choir-at-trumps-inauguration-international-voices-speak-up/) - Mormons from Australia, New Zealand, Belgium, the UK, Finland and Sweden share their objections to the Mormon Tabernacle Choir's forthcoming appearance at President-Elect Donald Trump's inauguration, in January 2017. - [178 & 179: The Truths About Marital Intimacy: A Critique of Wendy Nelson's Sex Talk: Helfer-Parker and de Azevedo-Hanks](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/the-truths-about-marital-intimacy-a-critique-of-wendy-nelsons-sex-talk-helfer-parker-and-de-azevedo-hanks/) - A candid chat with sex, marriage and family therapists Natasha Helfer-Parker and Julie de Azevedo Hanks about Wendy Nelson's controversial talk at the January 2017 Young Single Adult World Wide Broadcast - [180: Mormon Women and the Challenge of Assertiveness: Julie de Azevedo Hanks](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/mormon-women-and-the-challenge-of-assertiveness/) - A conversation about Mormon women and the challenge of assertiveness, with author Julie de Azevedo Hanks. - [181: Moana The Film - A Critique: Kalani Tonga & Moana Uluave-Hafoka](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/181-moana-the-film-a-critique-kalani-tonga-moana-uluave-hafoka/) - Moana Uluave-Hafoka (Tongan) and Gina Colvin (Māori) discuss Moana and the deeper significance it has for them as a reclamation of the lost language of the Polynesian/Pasifika feminine. - [182: LDS Inc. and the Commodification of Faith: Ron & Josh Madson](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/182-lds-inc-and-the-commodification-of-faith-ron-josh-madson/) - How did The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints become an over-bloated corporate bureaucracy and what are the implications for the way it practices religion and the way it inspires faith? Ron and Josh Madson address these questions along with meditations on how all of this squares up with the God's passion for justice and Jesus' call for the relief of the poor. - [183: In Sacred Defiance: A Reflection on the Women's March](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/in-sacred-defiance-a-reflection-on-the-womens-march/) - Natasha Helfer Parker, Mindy Gledhill, Jana Spangler, Andrea Radke-Moss and Rachel Hunt Steenblik discuss their experiences at the Women's March in Washington DC and New York City. Contrary to Sister Elaine Dalton's observation each of these women found the event to be sacred and transformative. - [184: Big Ocean Women - Maternal Feminism and Faith: Carolina Allen](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/big-ocean-women-maternal-feminism-and-faith-carolina-allen/) - Carolina Allen, founder of Big Ocean Women, discusses the motivation behind her desire to find a space for women away from some of the more aggressive politics that progressive feminism is known for. Rather than seeing a more gentle and inclusive feminism as weak, she sees a peaceful, non-combative and inclusive posture and as powerful and inviting. - [185: Growing the Narrative and Speaking with Candor: Richard Bushman](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/185-growing-the-narrative-and-speaking-with-candor-richard-bushman/) - Professor Richard Bushman's contribution to contemporary Mormon Studies cannot be overstated. In this interview we discuss the need for a refreshed understanding of the idea of the 'translation' of the Book of Mormon; the imperative for a more supple Mormon conversation, and the urgency for us to speak up with candor at church. We also talk about the upcoming Mormon Art Center Festival at Riverside Church in New York City. - [186: Mormon Studies: Attending to the Difficult Issues: Philip Barlow](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/mormon-studies-attending-to-the-difficult-issues-philip-barlow/) - Philip Barlow, Leonard J. Arrington Chair of Mormon History and Culture, and the 2017 fellow at the Maxwell Institute at BYU joins me to discuss the importance of Mormon Studies in the tradition. We discuss the need for new conversations regarding the Book of Mormon and the place of Joseph Smith in the tradition. - [187: 'Translation' and the Book of Mormon in this Historical Moment: Sam Brown](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/translation-and-the-book-of-mormon-in-this-historical-moment-sam-brown/) - I catch up with Sam Brown (author and ICU physician) for a very quick chat about this cultural moment that sees us grappling with the question of the Book of Mormon as a 'translation'. - [188: "Exploiting Congruences": Mormons in Nazi Germany: David Conley Nelson](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/exploiting-congruences-mormons-in-nazi-germany-david-conley-nelson/) - David Conley Nelson has written an extensive account of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Nazi Germany in his book "Moroni and the Swastika'. Desperate to keep the church alive during World War II the Mormons exploited congruences between the faith and the Nazi Party with shocking results. - [189: The Book of Mormon as a 19th Century Political Commentary: Christopher C. Smith](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/the-book-of-mormon-as-a-19th-century-political-commentary-christopher-c-smith/) - Christopher C. Smith argues that the Book of Mormon is not a literal history of an extinct Native American civilization. Unless the Nephites and Lamanites were experiencing exactly the same political, social, economic, racial and cultural issues that characterized antebellum USA. - [190: On the Erasure of Native Americans from the Book of Mormon Conversation: Thomas Murphy](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/on-the-erasure-of-native-americans-from-the-book-of-mormon-conversation-thomas-murphy/) - The Book of Mormon has been claimed by the LDS Church to be a history of Native Americans. While this proposition has been scaled back over the years it’s still somewhat present in a literalist view of the text. But why is it that Native Americans are rarely and then only selectively consulted in the - [191: When God becomes More: Rev. Dr. Fatimah Salleh](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/when-god-becomes-more-rev-dr-fatimah-salleh/) - Rev. Dr. Fatimah Salleh began life as Muslim, converted as a teenager to the LDS Church, served a mission, taught LDS Institute and then, responding to a call, she attended Duke Divinity School. Following a period of discernment, she was recently ordained a Baptist minister. Her call to ministry is part of a colourful journey into finding a God for all and for the least. God is too often the product of a White Western Patriarchy and as a Black, Brown women whose spiritual life was percolated in the intersection of different faith traditions Fatimah is passionate about preaching a God that holds, loves and ministers to everyone. - [192: Kava, Culture, Indigeneity and Mormonism: Daniel Hernandez](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/kava-culture-indigeneity-and-mormonism-daniel-hernandez/) - Daniel Hernandez, PhD Candidate at the University of Auckland, is an Urban Diasporic Mayan but grew up in Rose Park, Salt Lake City, Utah among a mostly Tongan and Samoan community. As researcher, observer and participant in the various cultures of 'Brown Utah' we discuss Kava and the importance of cultivating and preserving traditional practices that build connection to roots. - [193: God, the Image of God, Theosis, Sex and Godly Creation: Blaire Ostler](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/god-the-image-of-god-theosis-sex-and-godly-creation-blaire-ostler/) - Blaire Ostler joins me to discuss God. God as feminine and masculine; God in Mormon theology; God as a plurality; God as a creator; God without the biological need to procreate; the God of our own imagination ...and much more. - [194: Dancing Like No One's Watching: John Bonner](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/dancing-like-no-ones-watching-john-bonner/) - John Bonner (clinical social worker, singer and grower of flowers) joins me to talk about his growth into manhood as young and gay in one of the most religiously conservative areas in the Mormon corridor. He shares his story of trying to make sense of his young self in a religious and social context in which his kind of manhood was daily rejected - [195: Global Mormonism: Nepia Mahuika - Mormon or Māori? (New Zealand)](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/global-mormonism-nepia-mahuika-mormon-or-maori-new-zealand/) - During the month of May 2017, we look at Mormonism across the world and how Mormonism has made its way into cultural, national and social systems beyond the United States. We discover that Mormonism isn't the clean and tidy fit that some have romanticised it to be. Mormons outside of the United States invariably pay a heavy tax in trying to negotiate the cultural, social, economic and political demands placed on them by their Utah-based faith tradition. In this episode I speak with Nepia Mahuika of Mormon Māori descent. - [196 & 197: Global Mormonism: Azul Uribe - What Does Belonging Mean? (A Bicultural US Mexican Deportee)](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/196-197-global-mormonism-azul-uribe-what-does-belonging-mean-a-bicultural-us-mexican-deportee/) - When Azul Uribe 11 years old she was sent from Mexico to live with her Grandmother in the US. She lived there for 15 years when she tragically discovered that she was undocumented. After a 2.5 year battle in the courts, she was deported to the Mexico with a 10 year ban from reentering the US, leaving behind a life, friends and loved ones. - [307: Nick Literski: Spiritually Fulfilled (and Gay)](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/307-nick-literski-gay-and-spiritually-fulfilled/) - Nick Literski discusses the many and varied ways that he has found a vibrant spiritual life after leaving active involvement as a family man in the LDS Church. It has surprised and delighted him that having a deep and rewarding spirituality did not depend on him denying his sexuality. Nick and I talk early - [198: Global Mormonism: Chantal Muller-Mukamurera - Living Graciously with Change (Rwanda & Germany)](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/global-mormonism-chantal-muller-mukamurera-living-graciously-with-change-rwanda-germany/) - Chantal Mukamurera is Rwandan. She was born in Burundi, raised in Rwanda and grew up in Germany where she joined the LDS Church and married. She's been Catholic, Mormon and is now preparing for the priesthood ordination in the Community of Christ. - [199: Global Mormonism: Lindy Yamamoto and Robert Slaven - Sleeping Next to an Elephant (Canada)](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/global-mormonism-lindy-yamamoto-and-robert-slaven-sleeping-next-to-an-elephant-canada/) - In this podcast, Lindy Yamamoto and Robert Slaven call for more Canadian authenticity in the Mormon experience. They also give Southern Alberta a hard time! - [001: The Cheeky Mormon Movie Review: The Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/001-the-cheeky-mormon-movie-review-the-guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2/) - Join Gina Colvin and Derrick Clements for a fun, cheeky, slightly irreverent but joyful review of the latest at the box office! This week we review 'The Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2'. - [002: The Cheeky Mormon Movie Review: Get Out](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/002-the-cheeky-mormon-movie-review-get-out/) - Get out is Jordan Peele's break out satirical horror featuring British actor Daniel Kaluuya, and US actress Alison Williams. Get Out might not be your typical church or Family Home Evening activity but it needs to be seen nevertheless because of its biting and clever treatment of White American middle-class liberalism. - [200: Online Unchurched Mormonism: Lindsay Hansen Park & Natasha Helfer-Parker](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/200-online-unchurched-mormonism-lindsay-hansen-park-natasha-helfer-parker/) - Lindsay Hansen Park, Natasha Helfer-Parker (who joins us later on in the conversation) and I talk about the benefits and challenges of Mormonism's fastest growing congregation. - [003: The Cheeky Mormon Movie Review: Wonder Woman](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/the-cheeky-mormon-movie-review-wonder-woman/) - This week Derrick Clements and Gina Colvin review 'Wonder Woman'. - [201: Ministering to Those In Faith Crisis: Bishop Matt Jones](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/ministering-to-those-in-faith-crisis-bishop-matt-jones/) - In this episode, we discuss how those in faith crisis are often at their most vulnerable and afraid and how they can be ministered to with kindness and spiritual presence. - [202: Stages of Faith, God and Church: What to do when things change: Pastor Alan Jamieson](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/alan-jamieson/) - Alan Jamieson and I discuss the stages of faith, in particular, the sacredness and importance of doubt in the development of faith. We talk about the implications for those ministering to those in faith crisis and how church leaders and communities can best respond to those with doubts and questions. - [203: Still on the Pews: A Heart to Heart: Gina Colvin and Bill Reel](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/bill-reel/) - 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. - [204b: Can you really be a Mormon woman?: Jenne Erigero Alderks](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/jenne-alderks/) - One of the hallmarks of the restoration was Joseph Smith's openness to other spiritual traditions and ideas and this seeking has been kept alive in Mormon feminism. Jenne's spiritual seeking is part of a rich intergenerational tradition of Mormon women who quietly keep the faith's mystical roots alive. - [204: Civil Dialogue in Difficult Times: Rich Vial](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/civil-dialogue-in-difficult-times-rich-vial/) - In this episode, we discuss how to go about having difficult conversations with those who are ideologically and religiously different from ourselves, and how to do that with grace and compassion. - [205: Joseph Smith the Occultish Bricoleur: Sheldon Kent](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/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. - [206: Mother's Milk: Poems in Search of Heavenly Mother: Rachel Hunt Steenblik](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/mothers-milk-poems-in-church-of-heavenly-mother-rachel-hunt-steenblik/) - For this book, Rachel Hunt-Steenblik wrote 246 small poems exploring aspects of our Heavenly Mother. And BCC’s own Ashley Mae Hoiland complemented these poems with more than 40 original drawings. The result is an intimate discussion of the deep human longing for a Mother God. - [207: A White Supremacist Church No More?: Moroni Benally](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/207-a-white-supremacist-church-no-more-moroni-benally/) - Moroni Benally (Navajo) discusses the implications for a church where white supremacy and its many manifestations have been at the very heart of the church's identity and its organizational world view. For the first time, the church has publically called themselves into question. And not a moment too soon for these indigenous Mormons! - [208: Transplanting Mormonism: Missions and Culture: Prof. Laurie Maffly-Kipp](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/208-transplanting-mormonism-missions-and-culture-prof-laurie-maffly-kipp/) - In this conversation, Laurie and I discuss Mormonism as a Wasatch Front cultural transplant and consider the issues that arise for both local cultures and for the church as it seeks to be a relevant and vibrant worldwide faith tradition. - [209: Creating Religious Pollution: The LDS Church & Latin America: Samy Galvez](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/creating-religious-pollution-the-lds-church-latin-america-samy-galvez/) - Low retention and a failure to contextualize means that the LDS Church continues to be a minority faith tradition in Latin America. Missionaries who are called to serve from nations outside, are more often than not culturally incompetent to proselyte in this region of the world and sometimes do more mischief than good. With - [210: On The Edge: Melissa Inouye](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/210-on-the-edge-melissa-inouye/) - Melissa Inouye is Chinese, Japanese American and grew up as Mormon in California, aware of her cultural and ethnic differences from the general LDS population. Melissa reflects on the experience of growing up Asian in the LDS Church along with other reflections on Mormonism and God and spirituality in the religious margins. - [211: How to Research Mormons and other Stories from the Oakland First Ward: Amiee Flynn-Curran](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/211-how-to-research-mormons-and-other-stories-from-the-oakland-first-ward-amiee-flynn-curran/) - Amiee Flynn-Curran shares some of her research conclusions as an observer looking into how social politics is played out in an LDS ward widely hailed as one of Mormonism's most liberal congregations. - [212: The Trouble with Excommunication: Ian Thomson](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/212-the-trouble-with-excommunication-ian-thomson/) - In this podcast, we deconstruct the ideology and practice of excommunication. We also discuss how enmeshed LDS excommunication is with the US judicial system. - [213: How Did the Mormons Get So Vested in the Political Battle over Homosexuality?: Kendall Wilcox](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/213-how-did-the-mormons-get-so-vested-in-the-political-battle-over-homosexuality-kendall-wilcox/) - Filmmaker, Kendall Wilcox and I delve into the question of why the LDS Church has poured so much legal and political energy into the preservation of heterosexual marriage and its corollary debates over religious freedom. - [214: That We May Be One: A Gay Mormon's Perspective on Faith and Family: Tom Christofferson](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/214-that-we-may-be-one-a-gay-mormons-perspective-on-faith-and-family-tom-christofferson/) - Tom Christofferson is gay and he's Mormon. His recently published book 'That We May Be One' is a touching memoir of love, loss, and faith. We discuss the story within his story that our life's journey be underscored by a demonstrative, kind and gentle love, particularly for our LGBTQ brothers, sisters and children. - [215: When a Former Mormon Becomes Your Prime Minister: Reflections on Jacinda Ardern and the LDS Church in New Zealand](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/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. - [216: From Mormon Missionary to Catholic Priest: Rima Tamaiparea-Puki](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/from-mormon-missionary-to-catholic-priest-rima-tamaiparea-puki/) - Rima Tamaiparea-Puki's spiritual journey as a gay man took him from Catholicism to Mormonism and back to Catholicism through the Reformed Old Catholic Church. - [217: How Patriarchy Hurts Men and Boys: Wendy Christian](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/how-patriarchy-hurts-men-and-boys-wendy-christian/) - Manhattan-based Psychotherapist Wendy Christian discusses patriarchy in the LDS Church and how this system hurts men and boys. - [218: Growing as an Intrafaith Marriage: Gina Colvin & Nathan McCluskey](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/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 their occupying different moral worlds, their differentiation has given rise to new and more profound - [219: Growing up Tongan in Salt Lake City: Moana Uluave Hafoka](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/219-growing-up-tongan-in-salt-lake-city-moana-uluave-hafoka/) - What are the psychic and cultural costs for those children who live between two worlds without really being grounded in either? - [220: When Mormons need a Psychiatrist: Neuroplasticity, Scrupulosity, and Children Hoarding: Dr. Bill Bunn](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/when-mormons-need-a-psychiatrist-neuroplasticity-scrupulosity-and-children-hoarding-dr-bill-bunn/) - Dr.Bill Bunn is a BYU psychiatrist who specializes in adolescent and young adult psychiatric disorders. He joins me to discuss mental illness, the brain and neuroplasticity. - [221: Mormon Women at Divinity School: Fatimah Salleh & Katie Langston](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/mormon-women-at-divinity-school-fatimah-salleh-katie-langston/) - In this discussion The Rev. Dr Fatimah Salleh, and candidate for ordination, Katie Langston, talk about where their calls to ministry have taken them - [222: Further Gendering the Temple Baptistry: Joanna Smith & Paula Baker](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/222-further-gendering-the-temple-baptistry-joanna-smith-paula-baker/) - Joanna Smith and Paula Baker join me to discuss the implications of the 14 December 2017 Temple Baptism policy change for Mormon girls and women. - [004: The Cheeky Mormon Movie Review: Star Wars: The Last Jedi](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/004-the-cheeky-mormon-movie-review-star-wars-the-last-jedi/) - Derrick Clements and Gina Colvin give a quick nod to Thor: Ragnarok and then provide a thoroughly Mormon review of Star Wars VIII. - [223: Motherhood on the Big Tent Side of Mormonism: Rebecca Sachiko Burton](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/223-motherhood-on-the-big-tent-side-of-mormonism-rebecca-sachiko-burton/) - In a frank discussion, Rebecca Sachiko Burton talks about being the mother of seven children, and how she manages parenting on the 'Big Tent' side of Mormonism. - [224: January Homily: Divine Absence: Gina Colvin](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/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. - [225: Finding a Faithful Leadership Response to Faith Crisis: Richard Tenney & Ganesh Cherian](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/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?' - [226 & 227: Prophets and Prophecy from the outside and the inside: Rev. Megan Herles-Mooar & Chris Kimball](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/226-prophets-and-prophecy-from-the-outside-and-the-inside-revd-megan-herles-mooar-chris-kimball/) - With all of the chatter happening in Mormon circles about Prophets, Apostles and Presidents I talk to two people about prophets and prophecy. - [228: Mormons and Meditation: Thomas McConkie](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/228-mormons-and-meditation-thomas-mcconkie/) - Mindfulness teacher; author of ‘Navigating Mormon Faith Crisis’, and Founder of the Lower Lights Sangha, Thomas McConkie, joins Gina to discuss contemplative Mormonism and some of the spiritual practices that are attached to the contemplative traditions. Thomas also offers January 2018’s guided meditation on ‘Healing’, and we chat about some of the resources available that support the Mormon contemplative community. - [229: Mormons and the Historical Jesus: Judith and James McConkie](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/mormons-and-the-historical-jesus-judith-and-james-mcconkie/) - Co-authors Judith and James McConkie discuss their breakthrough historical Jesus primer for Mormons; 'Whom Say Ye That I am?: Lessons from the Jesus of Nazareth. - [230: Race and the Making of The Mormon People: Max Mueller](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/230-race-and-the-making-of-the-mormon-people-max-mueller/) - Historian Max Mueller, author of 'Race and the Making of The Mormon People', joins me to discuss the foundational racial ideas abroad during the early days of the Mormon Movement, and where they ended up in LDS theology. - [231: Revisiting Fowler's Stages from 0-6: Stage 0-1: Sara Hughes-Zabawa](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/revisiting-fowlers-stages-from-0-6-stage-0-1-sara-hughes-zabawa/) - In this series of podcasts with Sara Huges-Zabawa (LMSW) we revisit and consider each of these stages and their spiritual usefulness. Sara also offers a guided meditation that helps us reconnect with their beauty and wisdom. - [232: A God Who Changes: Blaire Ostler](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/232-a-god-who-changes-blaire-ostler/) - The God of process theology doesn't entirely fit the script of the male, authoritarian, patriarchal, unchanging, anthropomorphic God written into the contemporary LDS curriculum. But it does fit an early Mormon emergent theology that brings God closer to the chaos and change of humanity. To be God and human, Blaire argues, IS to change. - [234: The Plural Marriage Revelation and its Nauvoo Context: William V. Smith](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/234-the-plural-marriage-revelation-and-its-nauvoo-context-william-v-smith/) - William V. Smith joins me to discuss his forthcoming book, ‘Textual Studies of the Doctrine and Covenants: The Plural Marriage Revelation.’ - [233: Renewing Spiritual Practice after a Faith Deconstruction: The Lent Series](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/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 for contemplation and the renewal of our faith lives. - [236: Hope and Change for the Church: Is it all worth it? Jana Spangler and Peter Bleakley](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/236-hope-and-change-for-the-lds-church-is-it-all-worth-it-jana-spangler-and-peter-bleakley/) - In this episode, Jana Spangler (Salt Lake City) and Peter Bleakley (London) have a hard conversation about what is troubling the LDS Church and if there is a reason to hope. - [237: Finding Jesus All Over Again: Hagen & Otteson: The Lent Series](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/237-finding-jesus-all-over-again-hagen-otteson-the-lent-series/) - In this Lent series episode #3 Katie Hagen and Steve Otteson talk about rediscovering Jesus, finding new stories of the Christ and their journey to discern the spiritual disciplines and practices that support these new awakenings. - [241: Revisiting Fowler's Stages from 0-6: Stage 2: Myths and Symbols: Sara Hughes-Zabawa](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/241-revisiting-fowlers-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 human need for signs, symbols, and stories. - [153: Daniel Parkinson & Tom Christofferson: LGBTQ Youth Suicide: A Discussion](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/daniel-parkinson-tom-christofferson-lgbtq-mormon-youth-suicide-a-discussion/) - A Discussion with Parkinson and Christofferson and LGBT Mormon Youth Suicide. - [261: Understanding the Conditions that lead to Church Related and Clergy Perpetrated Sexual Abuse: Dr. Rocio Figueroa](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/rocio-figueroa/) - Drawing on the research relating to sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church Rocio joins me to discuss the conditions that enable sexual abuse in religious contexts. - [264: I Am Woman, Hear Me Roar: Jan Tyler](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/jantyler/) - Jan Tyler's story is one of plucky and determined resolve to support women's rights in the face of institutions, culture and even her own faith tradition. - [238: How we ended up living in Warren Jeff's house: Glyn & Jena Jones](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/238-how-we-ended-up-living-in-warren-jeffs-house-glyn-jena-jones/) - A couple of years ago Jena and Glyn Jones sold up everything they had and went on the road on a hunch that God had a mission for them. On their last dollars, and to their great surprise they ended up parking their RV in Short Creek and their lives changed. - [296: A Woman's Story of Spiritual Formation: Community of Christ Apostle Janné Grover](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/295-a-womans-story-of-spiritual-formation-community-of-christ-apostle-janne-grover/) - Apostle, Janne joins me to discuss spiritual formation and what it means for a woman to be in senior ecclesiastical leadership in a progressive worldwide church. - [300: For New Beginnings: Gina Colvin](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/300-for-new-beginnings-gina-colvin/) - Gina Colvin, host of A Thoughtful Faith Podcast offers a reflection on her personal spiritual and religious journey - [297: Women's Abuse, Oppression and Trauma in the Patriarchy: Understanding and Healing the System: Lesley Butterfield](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/297-womens-abuse-oppression-and-trauma-in-the-lds-patriarchy-understanding-and-healing-the-system-lesley-butterfield/) - Today we discuss the role that women play in the revictimization of female trauma victims in the LDS Church, and the lack of protection and safety for women who find themselves in abusive situations. - [302: FLDS, Section 132 & The Handmaid's Tale: Brenda Nicholson](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/302-flds-section-132-the-handmaids-tale-brenda-nicholson/) - Brenda Nicholson joins me to discuss the social life of women in the FLDS church where she grew up under Rulon and Warren Jeffs. She’s since left the sect and fiercely argues that there is no way, that polygamy benefits anyone. - [240: A Feminist Response to Church Sexual Abuse: Staheli-Hanks & Brown Edmunds](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/240-a-feminist-response-to-church-sexual-abuse-staheli-hanks-edmonds-brown/) - Mormon feminist writers and commentators Sara Katherine Staheli-Hanks and Tresa Brown Edmunds respond to the MTC President sex-scandal, and generally to the problem of sexual abuse in the LDS Church. - [239: Improving Women's Ministry in the LDS Church: Dipadova-Stocks, Otteson, Hall](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/239-improving-womens-ministry-in-the-lds-church-dipadova-stocks-otteson-hall/) - Laurie Dipadova-Stocks, a former Stake Relief Society President; Royleane Otteson, a former Ward Relief Society President, and Laurie Lee Hall a former Stake President and now an excommunicated transwoman attending Relief Society discuss women's ministry in the LDS Church. They speak candidly about what has gone wrong and how it can be fixed. - [242: Interrupting General Conference with a Reflection on Holy Week: Bob Rees](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/bob-rees/) - In this discussion, Bob and I share our passion for Holy Week and talk about how we would love to see it taken up in LDS liturgical and contemplative practice. - [243: Listening For God: Prof. Nancy Ross](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/nancy-ross/) - Nancy reflects on the place of art as an 'approximation' of the Christian faith in the West. She offers a heartfelt reflection on how art has shaped her own understandings of the divine and her faith development. - [244: Uncovering a Doctrine of Black Priesthood Denial: Newell Bringhurst](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/newell-bringhurst/) - Historian Newell Bringhurst discusses the background to his seminal work, "Saints, Slave and Blacks: The Changing Place of Black People Within Mormonism." - [245: Reading the Old Testament and Loving it: David Bokovoy](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/245-reading-the-old-testament-and-loving-it-david-bokovoy/) - Biblical scholar Prof. David Bokovoy, joins Gina Colvin to discuss the things that are handy to know in order to really appreciate the Old Testament as a sacred text worth reading today! - [246: "There's a world of ideas competing for access to human brains": Souls, Brains and the Divine: Dr Michael Ferguson](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/246-theres-a-world-of-ideas-competing-for-access-to-human-brains-souls-brains-and-the-divine-dr-michael-ferguson/) - Michael joins Gina to discuss the relationship between religion, church, spirituality and God. They go deeply into the question of where and how we feel the spirit, and how the spirit is ultimately an embodied experience. We share our wonder at the integrity of God's mystery. - [005: The Cheeky Mormon Movie Review: Love, Simon](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/005-the-cheeky-mormon-movie-review-love-simon/) - Gina and movie reviewer Derrick Clements discuss Love, Simon. - [247: Commentary: The Ministering Programme & President Nelson's World Ministering Tour: Peter Bleakley](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/247-commentary-the-ministering-programme-president-nelsons-world-ministering-tour-peter-bleakley/) - In Part One, Peter Bleakley (London) offers optimistic and enthusiastic commentary on the new ministering programme currently being rolled out to replace Home and Visiting Teaching. In Part Two the World Ministry Tour of President Russell Nelson, Sister Wendy Watson Nelson, Elder Jeffrey Holland and Sister Patricia Holland comes under fire. - [275: Spiritual Formation through the Liturgical Year: Maxine Hanks](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/275-spiritual-formation-through-the-liturgical-year-maxine-hanks/) - When Maxine Hanks returned to the LDS Church after being excommunicated with the September 6 in 1993, she returned to the LDS Church having taken a spiritual formation pathway in the Gnostic tradition. One of her great passions upon her return to Mormonism has been to surface the LDS Church's own spiritual formation pathway. In this - [006: Women's Bodies, Motherhood, Sex and Oblivious Husbands: A Review of Tully: The Cheeky Mormon Movie Review](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/006-womens-bodies-motherhood-sex-and-oblivious-husbands-a-review-of-tully-the-cheeky-mormon-movie-review/) - Derrick Clements and Gina Colvin get real about the price of motherhood in this Mormon flavoured review of Tully by Jason Reitman, starring Charlize Theron. - [248: What happened to the Cross?: Michael Reed on Free Masonry, Roman Catholics and Mormonism's perplexing relationship with the Cross](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/248-what-happened-to-the-cross-michael-reed-on-free-masonry-roman-catholics-and-mormonisms-perplexing-relationship-with-the-cross/) - Mormons don't have a robust theology of the cross. They are more inclined to say that, 'We celebrate the Living Christ, not the death of Christ'. Though Mormons claim to be Christian this defining sign of Christianity is missing, while other symbols taken from Free Masonry are abundant. Michael Reed, author of 'Banishing the Cross: - [250: Living Honestly with Mormonism's Past and Present: Brian Whitney](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/250-living-honestly-with-mormonisms-past-and-present-brian-whitney/) - Brian and Gina discuss the complexity of the experience of Mormonism when confronted with eyes wide open to both its past, its present and its changing contexts. Brians' Website: Mormonism in Context - [251: Impasse: When your ward turns on you: Sabine](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/251-impasse-when-your-ward-turns-on-you-sabine/) - Sabine's is one of many stories in which solvable interpersonal problems are compounded by poor pastoral practice, an attachment to affirming the status of leaders, and a subtle rejection of parents as the ultimate authority when it comes to their children. - [252: 'It wasn't God's Will': Reflections on the 4th Anniversary of Kate Kelly's Excommunication](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/252-it-wasnt-gods-will-reflections-on-the-4th-anniversary-of-kate-kellys-excommunication/) - Katie Langston, Nancy Ross and Brittany Mangleson, women who arrived at an impasse after the excommunication and chose to pursue ordination in other faith traditions join me to discuss the impact of Ordain Women on them and the Mormon feminist community. - [287: Māori, Mormon, Anglican and Muslim: The Faith Journey of Rev. Rob McKay](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/287-maori-mormon-anglican-and-muslim-the-faith-journey-of-rev-rob-mckay/) - Rob McKay and I have a delightful conversation about the many unexpected places to which God calls us home. - [253: Revisiting Fowler's Stages of Faith: Stage Three - A Synthetic-Conventional Faith: Sara Hughes-Zabawa](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/253-revisiting-fowlers-stages-of-faith-stage-three/) - Sara Hughes-Zabawa rejoins me to discuss Fowler's Stages of Faith: The Synthetic-Conventional Stage. - [254: When a Woman Leads the Church: Women's Ordination in the USA: Benjamin Knoll & Cammie-Jo Bolin](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/254-when-a-woman-leads-the-church-womens-ordination-in-the-usa-benjamin-knoll-cammie-jo-bolin/) - Benjamin Knoll and Cammie-Jo Bollin discuss their new book, 'She Preached the Word: Women's Ordination in Modern America.' - [255: Mormon Culture and Sexual Abuse: Tara Workman-Tulley](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/255-mormon-culture-and-sexual-abuse-tara-workman-tulley/) - Tara joins me to discuss sexual abuse and sex trafficking in Mormon communities. - [256: Including LGBTI+ Children of God in the LDS Plan of Salvation: Duane Jennings](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/256-including-lgbti-children-of-god-in-the-lds-plan-of-salvation-duane-jennings/) - In this conversation, we consider (notwithstanding current LDS policy) an LDS queer theology through the Wesleyan Quadrilateral of scripture, reason, tradition, and experience. - [257: The Sins of Brigham: The granddaughters of Brigham's wives speak out: Jacobs, Jensen & Chamberlain](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/257-the-sins-of-brigham-the-granddaughters-of-brighams-wives-speak-out-jacobs-jensen-chamberlain/) - Great, great, great granddaughters of Brigham, Kristen Jensen and Crystal Chamberlain along with the great great great granddaughter of Zina Huntington (one of Brigham's wives) join me to discuss what it means to have inherited Brigham's legacy along with the wounds of their grandmothers. - [258: Taking the Mormons to Court: Defending Sexual Abuse Victims against the LDS Church: Tim Kosnoff](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/258-taking-the-mormons-to-court-defending-sexual-abuse-victims-agains-the-lds-church-tim-kosnoff/) - Tim joins me to discuss his experiences as a representative and advocate for sexual abuse victims against the LDS Church. - [259: The Feasibility of Staying: Tom Mikota](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/259-the-feasibility-of-staying-tom-mikota/) - n this interview, we walk through Tom's faith crisis and we confront the question, 'Is Mormon orthopraxy feasible when Mormon orthodoxy ceased?' - [260: Reckoning with the Corruption of Brother Joseph: Andrew Bolton](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/260-reckoning-with-the-corruption-of-brother-joseph-andrew-bolton/) - Andrew Bolton, a former apostle of the Community of Christ, joins me to discuss ‘the problem of Nauvoo.' - [262: Let Us Worship How We May: Bradley Burgess](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/262-let-us-worship-how-we-may-bradley-burgess/) - Bradley Burgess a convert to the LDS Church from South Africa, is a graduate of the Yale Institute of Sacred Music. A professional organist and church musician, Bradley currently serves as the full-time Associate Director of Music and Worship Arts at a large North Carolina Methodist Church. He joins me to discuss his hope for an ecumenical model of LDS worship that draws on the best of other Christian traditions. - [263: The Spiritual Journey that Led to an Excommunication: Sam Young](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/263-the-spiritual-journey-that-led-to-an-excommunication-sam-young/) - In this interview, we explore the spiritual journey that brought Sam to a reckoning with the church to which he has given his life. - [268: What Do Your Temple Garments Mean to You?: Nancy Ross and Jessica Finnigan](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/temple-garments/) - A few years ago, Nancy Ross and Jessica Finnigan set about trying to find out something about the relationship that members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have with their temple garments. Around 4,500 Mormons responded to their question "What do your garments mean to you?" - [269: What are they doing with tithing in the UK? Chris Mace](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/269-what-are-they-doing-with-mormon-tithing-in-the-uk-chris-mace/) - Chris Mace joins me once again to dive into the public record to see what the latest figures and sums reveal about the LDS Church's financial operations in the United Kingdom. - [273: Advent Study: A Faithful Witness of Spiritual Change: Royleane Otteson](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/273-advent-study-a-faithful-witness-of-spiritual-change-royleane-otteson/) - How to be a faithful witness of a changing spiritual journey. - [277: It's Not Faithless to Doubt: Spiritual Formation & Faith Crisis: Katie Harmon McClaughlin](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/277-its-not-faithless-to-doubt-spiritual-formation-faith-crisis-katie-harmon-mcclaughlin/) - We shouldn't be more worried about Faith Crisis than we are about our response to it. A poor response to faith crisis can cause spiritual havoc and immense emotional damage. - [284: The Next Mormons: Jana Riess](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/284-the-next-mormons-jana-riess/) - Jana Riess discusses her study 'The Next Mormons' and how the changing worldviews of Millennials will impact the Church of Jesus Christ Latter-day Saints. - [286: Abducted in Plain Sight: The Broberg Women Speak Out](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/286-abducted-in-plain-sight-the-broberg-women-speak-out/) - The Broberg women sit down with me in order to set the record straight about their beloved parents. Their only motivation in telling this sometimes excruciating story is to have families, churches and communities speak up courageously about the banality of grooming and sexual abuse among our own. - [288: Boy Scouts, the LDS Church and Sexual Predators: Tim Kosnoff](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/288-boys-scouts-the-lds-church-and-sexual-predators-tim-kosnoff/) - Tim Kosnoff, victims' advocate and attorney, returns to the podcast to discuss the growing wave of sexual abuse allegations being made against the Boys Scouts and the long-standing relationship between the BSA and the LDS Church. - [289: Section 132: Read In Plain English by Gina Colvin](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/289-section-132-read-in-plain-english-by-gina-colvin/) - Gina Colvin reads Section 132 in Plain English - [291: "Your Children Are Not Safe!": Alice Koivu & Kelly Plante](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/291-your-children-are-not-safe-alice-koivu-kelly-plante/) - Alice Koivu and Kelly Plante join me to talk about their journey back as uninvited guests with a message to the LDS Church pulpit. - [294: Māori and LDS: A Complex History of the LDS Church in New Zealand: Prof. Peter Lineham](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/294-maori-and-lds-a-complex-history-of-the-lds-church-in-new-zealand-prof-peter-lineham/) - Peter's fluency and his impressive breadth of understanding of the New Zealand Mormon history highlight the issues arising out of an American church who are in a complex relationship with New Zealand Māori. - [295: The Beginning and End of Church College of New Zealand: Witehira & Puriri](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/295-the-beginning-and-end-of-church-college-of-new-zealand-witehira-puriri/) - Peter Witehira, former Chair of the Temple View Heritage Committee, and Rā Puriri join me to discuss the beginning and end of Church College of New Zealand. - [298: How to Read the Bible Properly (and Other Heresies): Dr Taylor Petrey](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/298-how-to-read-the-bible-properly-and-other-heresies-dr-taylor-petrey/) - Dr Taylor Petrey and I talk about the Bible, its wonders, its frustrations and its possibilities. And we discuss openly and honestly the widely felt frustration that Sunday School classes are not always welcoming of the skills of Biblical interpretation, while the formal Sunday School curriculum is not always sound as it could be. - [299: The Reconstructing Death Series](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/299-the-reconstructing-death-series/) - Join LDs health care and medical professionals who discuss death and dying on the other side of religious orthodoxy. - [301: Ministering to those who Question: David Ostler](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/301-ministering-to-those-who-question-david-ostler/) - David Ostler, author of 'Bridges; Ministering to those who Question' joins me to discuss ministering to those who question! - [303: Why Theological Training?: Dr Matt Frizzell](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/303-theological-training-is-foundational-dr-matt-frizzell/) - Dr Matt Frizzell (former Dean of the Graceland University Seminary) and I get deep and animated about Restoration theology. Theological conversations by their very nature are porous, expansive and self-reflexive. Theology is all about breathing in the mystery and letting the mystery discover the words that have always pulled at our souls. Theology is profoundly - [304: A Faithful Response to the Sins of Church and State - Christian Anarchism: Alexandre Christoyannopoulos](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/304-a-faithful-response-to-the-sins-of-church-and-state-christian-anarchism-alexandre-christoyannopouloss/) - Alex joins me to discuss the radical character of the Jesus Way that has shaped Christian Anarchist thinking. - [305: Ministering to the Dying: An Introductory Guide for the Layperson: Sue Bergin](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/305-ministering-to-the-dying-an-introductory-guide-for-the-layperson-sue-bergin/) - How can our service to the dying be improved? What pastoral practices are helpful in order to help our loved ones or those to whom we’ve been called to minister pass away in peace?Sue Bergin, a hospice chaplain and spiritual carer with more than 10 years of experience in Salt Lake City and Utah County - [306: What About the Straight Wife?: Understanding the Women's Experience in Mixed-Orientation Marriage: Debra Brown Gordy](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/306-what-about-the-straight-wife-understanding-the-womens-experience-in-mixed-orientation-marriage-debra-brown-gordy/) - After Debra Brown Gordy (President-Elect of the Mormon Mental Health Association) discovered that her husband, a BYU Professor, was gay her world fell apart. They tried to keep the marriage together but it wasn't to be. After the divorce, Debra went back to graduate school and conducted research about the experience of women in - [270: Serving Up Children to Paedophiles: The Church and the West Virginia Michael Jensen Sex Abuse Case: Tom and Juliette](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/270-serving-up-children-to-paedophiles-the-lds-church-and-the-west-virginia-michael-jensen-sex-abuse-case-tom-and-juliette/) - Tom and Juliette and their children were an ordinary family in Michael Jensen's West Virginia Mormon community when they were asked to provide a home for him. Little did they know what everyone else knew. Jense was a convicted serial paedophile. - [271: Meditations for Advent Week Two: England and Beh](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/271-meditations-for-advent-week-two-england-and-beh/) - Advent marks the beginning of the Church year. Jody England Hansen and Melissa Beh join me to discuss the Way of Love as part of our Advent Study series. This week we found ourselves discussing the feminine journey in the Way of Love and that defining moment when two surprised and expectant mothers (Mary and Elizabeth) meet to affirm each other's journey with blessing. - [272: A Māori Reflection on LDS Church Culture and Discipline: Mahuika, Rangiwai, Hikairo](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/272-a-maori-reflection-on-lds-church-culture-and-discipline-mahuika-rangiwai-hikairo/) - Dr Byron Rangiwai, Dr Nepia Mahuika and TeRata Hikairo discuss LDS Church practices, policies and discipline through the lens of Tikanga Māori. - [280: A Cathedral Surrounded By Temples: Episcopalian in Utah: The Rev. Tyler Doherty and Cody Hatch](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/280-a-cathedral-surrounded-by-temples-episcopalian-in-utah-the-rev-tyler-doherty-and-cody-hatch/) - The Rev. Tyler Doherty, Priest in charge at St. Marks Cathedral Church in downtown Salt Lake City and parishioner Cody Hatch.Tyler and Cody join me in this ecumenical/interfaith conversation to talk about what the Episcopal Church has to offer a community that is home to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. - [267: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Affinity Fraud: Mark Pugsley](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/267-the-church-of-jesus-christ-of-latter-day-saints-and-affinity-fraud-mark-pugsley/) - Salt Lake City Lawyer, Mark Pugsley talks about Affinity Fraud and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints/ - [265: Let's Talk About Religious Abuse: Kathleen Shannon](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/265-lets-talk-about-religious-abuse-kathleen-shannon/) - An ecumenical conversation about religious and spiritual abuse with Kathleen Shannon. - [266a: Fowlers Stages of Faith: Developing a Healthy Individuative-Reflective Faith: Sara Hughes-Zabawa](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/266a-fowlers-stages-of-faith-developing-a-healthy-individuative-reflective-faith-sara-hughes-zabawa/) - Sarah calls for the celebration and normalisation of the individuative-reflective stage of faith and for more openness and acceptance of its necessity in everyone's spiritual becoming. - [274: A Complex Spirituality: Fowler's Stage Five: Sara Hughes-Zabawa](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/274-a-complex-spirituality-fowlers-stage-five-sara-hughes-zabawa/) - Sara Hughes-Zabawa and I discuss a spirituality that pays attention to both the church's tendency to spiritually wound and spiritually enlivening. We discuss Fowler's Stage Five in the context of spiritual practice and suggest those moves that we can make to support our living with a complex spirituality that refuses the easy binaries and judgements - [276: The NakedPastor: David Hayward](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/276-the-nakedpastor-david-hayward/) - David Hayward is popularly known by his cartoons his blogs and his books as The NakedPastor. - [278: To Win at All Costs: The Church and its Heartless Legal Machine: Craig Vernon](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/278-to-win-at-all-costs-the-lds-church-and-its-heartless-legal-machine-craig-vernon/) - Litigating cases against the LDS Church shows them to be formidable adversaries who are motivated to win at all costs - after all - they are defending the Kingdom of God. - [279: Finding the Divine and Community Again: John Hamer](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/279-finding-the-divine-and-community-again-john-hamer/) - John Hamer comes from a family who has long been a part of the Latter-day Saint movement. Once a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, today, John pastors a bustling downtown Toronto Community of Christ congregation. \ We explore John's personal journey of how he reconstructed his faith, found community and - [281: God Invites our Disappointment: Praying the Psalms: Katie Langston](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/281-god-invites-our-disappointment-praying-the-psalms-katie-langston/) - Katie Langston, LDS Church returned missionary and now a Lutheran seminarian joins me to discuss her spiritual journeying and her developing prayer practice through the Psalms. - [282: Fostering Restoration Ecumenism: Apostle Richard James](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/282-fostering-lds-restoration-ecumenism-apostle-richard-james/) - In the spirit of LDS Restoration ecumenism Richard James and I discuss where, historically, spiritually and missionally, the Community of Christ fits into the LDS Restoration movement. - [283: We Hold Your Name: Joanna Brooks and Kalani Tonga](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/283-we-hold-your-name-joanna-brooks-and-kalani-tonga/) - Joanna Brooks and Kalani Tonga join me to discuss their book of women's blessings and poetry, 'We Hold Your Name' (2019) - [285: Fowler's Stage 6: A Universalizing Faith: Sara Hughes-Zabawa](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/285-fowlers-stage-6-a-universalizing-faith-sara-hughes-zabawa/) - Sara Hughes-Zabawa joins me for the final episode of the Fowler's Stages of Faith series. In this episode we discuss the failings of Fowler's stages. We also talk about how we can notice or engage stage 6 without falling into the trap of imagining that a universalizing faith is the terrain of the political - [290: Reflecting on Childhood Sexual Abuse: Lucy Cammock](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/290-reflecting-on-childhood-sexual-abuse-lucy-cammock/) - Lucy discusses the ideas that she has worked through as she tries to get into a healthy relationship with her childhood sexual abuse. - [292: Deconstruction Done Graciously: Anthony Miller](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/292-lds-deconstruction-done-graciously-anthony-miller/) - Anthony Miller lives in Billings Montana. He grew up Mormon. He did all the things required of good Mormon boys, and he thought he knew where his life was heading. But a dramatic and sudden period of faith deconstruction had him reconsidering everything about his religious life. Mormon leave-takers don’t usually manage the God and - [293: Preventing Child Abuse in Utah: Gwen Knight](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/293-preventing-child-abuse-in-utah-gwen-knight/) - Gwen Knight joins me for a very pragmatic discussion about what child abuse is in all of its forms and varieties, what to notice, and how to respond when you suspect it. - [235: When Forgiveness is More: The Lent Series](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/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 a practice that includes both grace and lament. Far from being a legal calculation based - [023-026: John Gustav-Wrathall - Story of a Gay, Legally Married, Active Latter-Day Saint](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/023-026-john-gustav-wrathall-story-of-a-gay-legally-married-active-latter-day-saint/) - We are incredibly excited to feature this fascinating interview by Daniel Parkinson at Gay Mormon Stories Podcast of John Gustav-Wrathall. John shares his amazing story, including his LDS upbringing, his wrestling with his sexual identity, his journey away from Mormonism, his sexual awakening, and the path that led him back to the LDS Church. John's - [164: J. Kirk Richards: Painting into Mystery](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/j-kirk-richards-painting-into-mystery/) - A conversation with contemporary spiritual artist J. Kirk Richards - [163: Mormon and Gay: A Response to the New LDS Website](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/mormon-and-gay-a-response-to-the-new-lds-website/) - A discussion about the new Mormon and Gay website with Kimberly Anderson, Lisa Tensmeyer Hansen and Natasha Helfer Parker - [162: Suzy Benson Gillies: After the Shelf Broke - Divorce, Transition and Rediscovering Self](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/162-suzy-benson-gillies-after-the-shelf-broke-divorce-transition-and-rediscovering-self/) - Suzy shares her story about recovery and growth, and the joy that waiting for her on the other side of suffering. - [160 & 161: Carol Lynn Pearson: The Ghost of Eternal Polygamy with Lindsay Hansen Park and Gina Colvin](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/carol-lynn-pearson-the-ghost-of-eternal-polygamy-with-lindsay-hansen-park-and-gina-colvin/) - Join Lindsay Hansen Park and Gina Colvin as they interview Carol Lynn Pearson, author of 'The Ghost of Eternal Polygamy.' - [159: Lindsay Hansen Park: Critiquing Progressive Mormonism](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/lindsay-hansen-park-critiquing-progressive-mormonism/) - Lindsay Hansen Park, assistant director of Sunstone, host of Year of Polygamy Podcast and blogger returns to A Thoughtful Faith to discuss the state of progressive Mormonism. - [158: Bryndis Roberts: Awakening the Mother God](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/bryndis-roberts-awakening-the-mother-god/) - For a black woman and a brown woman the notion of God as only white and only male has begun to sit more an more uncomfortably as we experience God beyond masculinity and beyond whiteness. - [157: Noah Rasheta: Secular Buddhism for Mormons](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/noah-rasheta-secular-buddhism-for-mormons/) - “Do not try to use what you learn from Buddhism to be a Buddhist; use it to be a better whatever-you-already-are.” – Dalai Lama Noah is the founder of Secularbuddhism.com where you can find his podcast, where shares his ideas about Buddhism and mindfulness/meditation, and where he hosts a blog about secular buddhist practice. Noah - [156: Adam S. Miller: Future Mormon](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/adam-miller-future-mormon/) - n this episode Adam and I discuss a few ideas that emerge from his new book Future Mormon. We range far and wide, high and low to arrive at a place where there is hope for a future Mormonism that feels capacious and expansive enough to last. - [155: Liz Johnson: The Mormon Women's Oral History Project](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/liz-johnson-the-mormon-womens-oral-history-project/) - The Mormon Women's Oral History Project is based at Claremont Graduate University and seeks to build an archive of ordinary Mormon women's stories. - [154: The Church as a Cultural Misfit: The Scottish Case](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/the-church-as-a-cultural-misfit-the-scottish-case/) - In this episode I am joined by G. Campbell McNaughton, Roy Hann and Nathan McCluskey. Together we discuss American Mormon cultural imperialism and its effects on the Scottish church - [152: Josh Brazier: Missions, 'American Saviors', Serving and Becoming Teachable](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/josh-brazier/) - A frank discussion with executive director of the Kaizen Foundation, Josh Brazier, about Missions, American Saviors and becoming teachable. - [151: Thomas McConkie: A Compassionate Response](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/thomas-mcconkie-a-compassionate-response/) - A further conversation with Thomas McConkie about the development of a compassionate response. - [150: Suzette Smith: A Personal Story of the Exponent II Magazine](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/suzette-smith-a-personal-story-of-the-exponent-ii-magazine/) - A conversation with Suzette Smith about her personal, physical and spiritual survival - and her work with The Exponent II magazine - Mormonism's oldest feminist publication. - [149: Greg Olsen: Painting Jesus](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/greg-olsen-painting-jesus/) - Greg Olsen has been a prolific artist producing some of Mormonism's most iconic paintings. - [148: Brad Levin: Religious Freedom and Belief at BYU](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/148-brad-levin-religious-freedom-and-belief-at-byu/) - A discussion with Brad Levin, founder of Free BYU about freedom of belief at BYU. - [145-147: Lynn Packer: Paul H. Dunn "Lying for the Lord"](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/lynn-packer-paul-h-dunn-lying-for-the-lord-2/) - A three part discussion by Gina Colvin and Henning Muller with journalist Lynn Packer about Paul H. Dunn. - [144: Emily Jensen & Tracy McKay-Lamb: Has Zion Fled?](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/emily-jensen-tracy-mckay-lamb-has-zion-fled/) - It turns out that there is still much for Mormons to say and do about Zion. - [143: Tariq Khan: Politics and Oppression](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/tariq-khan-politics-and-oppression/) - Tariq Khan is a hard hitting social justice activist who pulls no punches. He's gritty and blunt and has stuff to say that is 'in your face'. But he speaks of ideas that need attention. - [142: Jon Ogden: A Mormon Millennial's View on Truth, Beauty and Goodness](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/jon-ogden/) - Mormon Millennial and blogger Jon Ogden recently lit up the internet with his thought provoking essay on truth, beauty and goodness as a way of working through faith crisis. Getting the balance right, he argues, can lead us to more productive relationships with each other regardless of the state of our faith - [141: Bryndis Roberts: The Future of Ordain Women](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/bryndis-roberts-the-future-of-ordain-women/) - Bryndis Roberts discuss the future of the organisation that is pushing for Mormon women's ordination. - [140: Charles Inouye: When Justice Isn't Enough](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/charles-inouye/) - Scholar and author Charles Inouye discusses his book: The End of the World Plan B: A Guide for the Future. - [139: Caroline Kline: Exploring Mormon Feminist Theology](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/caroline-kline-mormon-feminist-theology/) - A discussion with Mormon feminist theologian Caroline Kline - [138: Mehrsa Baradaran: About the Other Half](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/mehrsa-baradaran-about-the-other-half/) - Author and academic Mehrsa Baradaran joins me to discuss her unique Mormon upbringing, her work on Wall Street, and the Christian ethics of the financial system. - [136-137: Russ Osmond: Changing the Way We Think About Mormonism](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/russ-osmond-changing-the-way-we-think-about-mormonism/) - A discussion with change designer Russ Osmond about changes in Mormonism - [135: Patrick Mason "Planted": Tackling the Hard Questions](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/patrick-mason-planted-tackling-the-hard-questions/) - Patrick Mason's new book "Planted: Belief and Belonging in an Age of Doubt" brings both thoughtfulness and compassion to the crisis of faith currently experienced by many in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Drawing on his academic training his work offers an honest and a rigorous treatment of the cultural and spiritual - [134: Katie Langston & Brian Dillman: Re-articulating Faith](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/katie-langston-brian-dillman-re-articulating-faith/) - In this discussion take the idea of faith out of its box and give it a good work over. With author Robin Meyer's proposition 'Faith IS Crisis' in mind we wonder at both the limitations of particular ways of understanding 'faith' and the breadth of other frameworks of 'faith.' - [133: Mormon LBGT Youth Speak Out: Annie Jones, Jordan Montgomery and Lottie Roberts](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/mormon-lbgt-youth-speak-out-annie-jones-jordan-montgomery-and-lottie-roberts/) - In this episode Annie Jones (16), Jordan Montgomery (17) and Lottie Roberts (17) discuss growing up in the LDS church; coming to terms with their sexuality; grappling with their place in Mormonism, and the impact of the recent policy that renders same-sex married couples as apostates and their children as ineligible for full participation in the church. - [132: Patrick Mason: Planted- Belief and Belonging in an Age of Doubt](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/patrick-mason-planted-belief-and-belonging-in-an-age-of-doubt/) - Author Patrick Mason, and Dialogue Editor Boyd Peterson join Dan Wotherspoon and I in this joint Mormon Matters and A Thoughtful Faith conversation about and around Patrick's recently published book: Planted - Belief and Belonging in an Age of Doubt. - [131: Greg Prince: Analyzing this Mormon Moment](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/greg-prince-analyzing-this-mormon-moment/) - A discussion with Greg Prince about this cultural moment in Mormonism. - [130: Jerilyn Hassell Pool: Plumbing the Depths](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/jerilyn-hassell-pool-plumbing-the-depths-2/) - In this marriage of minds Jerilyn and I get down and dirty about growing up, growing down, being bad, being good, being married and messing things up, and loving and hating being a Mormon. - [129: Face to Face with Mindy Gledhill](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/face-to-face-with-mindy-gledhill/) - This podcast is Part 3 of a Mormon Stories and A Thoughtful Faith Collaboration. Mindy Gledhill is an American indie pop music singer-song writer. Mindy’s music appears in film, television and commercials. Its has been described as 'tender, emotional, intelligent, and touchingly auto-biographical, fun flirty and heartfelt.' - [128: Joanna Brooks: Mormon Feminist Writings and Other Stuff](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/joanna-brooks-mormon-feminist-writings-and-other-stuff-2/) - Joanna Brooks discusses the new anthology Mormon Feminism: Essential Writings and other stuff. - [127: Jacob Hess: Dialogues with a Conservative Friend](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/jacob-hess-dialogues-with-a-conservative-friend/) - "I can imagine some ways we’ll try to work with different feelings in this space together – but our request would (and should) never be that you stop feeling what you are feeling. On the contrary, I see this space as radically inviting of all kinds of experience – much like a mindfulness retreat: “No matter - [126: Church Policy Changes and their Legal Contexts: James Ord](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/church-policy-changes-and-their-legal-contexts-james-ord/) - A discussion about the legal context behind the church policy changes. - [125: Julie de Azevedo Hanks: A Highly Creative Life](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/julie-de-azevedo-hanks-a-highly-creative-life/) - Gina and Julie mull over music, marriage, motherhood and Mormonism. In this discussion Julie discusses her commitment to authenticity and her desire to understand herself and give expression to her creative impulses. - [124: Thomas Wirthlin McConkie: Navigating Mormon Faith Crisis](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/thomas-wirthlin-mcconkie-navigating-mormon-faith-crisis-2/) - "What if we understood faith crisis as part of a natural cycle of spiritual growth, a breaking open to make room for new life and new faith?" So posits Thomas McConkie in his new book "Navigating Mormon Faith Crisis: A Simple Developmental Map." His central argument is that our faith crises are not the end of something but signal - [123: Kristy Money: Processing Church Essay Exasperation](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/kristy-money-processing-church-essay-exasperation/) - In this interview Kristy and I discuss the feelings of frustration and exasperation that have been ubiquitous throughout Mormon social media today in response to the Church's latest attempt to clarify Mormon theology and policy on women. Happily we conclude with ways forward! - [122: C. Jane Kendrick: Life Under the Spotlight](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/c-jane-kendrick-life-under-the-spotlight/) - C.Jane (Courtney) Kendrick needs very little by way of introduction. An uber popular ‘mommy’ blogger (she doesn’t like to be called a mommy blogger) Courtney began blogging ten years ago beginning with intimate posts about her experience with infertility, marriage and eventually motherhood. In 2008 C.Jane Kendrick.com won the Best Major blog award for the Weblog - [121: Carl Youngblood on Transhumanism and Mormon Myth-Breaking](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/carl-youngblood-on-transhumanism-and-mormon-myth-breaking/) - What happens when the stories we've grown up with turn out to not be as historically accurate as we thought they were? For many, this not only causes cognitive dissonance, but plenty of pain. Carl Youngblood joins A Thoughtful Faith contributor James Patterson to talk about the hermeneutic concept of "demythologization" also known as breaking myths. - [120: Got a Sermon October 2015](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/got-a-sermon-october-2015/) - This week our sermons come from Trace Rogers, (Come Unto Christ), Doug Christensen (Holiness), and Fatimah Salleh (An Introduction to the Book of Mormon). - [117: Jana Riess: The Roots of a Vibrant Faith Life](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/jana-riess-the-roots-of-a-vibrant-faith-life/) - Jana Riess needs little introduction. She has been a prolific author, memoirist, scholar and writer on American religion and Mormonism. A convert to the LDS church as a young adult Jana gave up her aspirations to pastor her own congregation. Her affiliation with the church required significant personal sacrifices, few of which she regrets. Yet Jana - [116: Terryl Givens at the Rockwell Museum: An American Journey Across the Landscape of Mormon Theology](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/terryl-givens-at-the-rockwell-museum-an-american-journey-across-the-landscape-of-mormon-theology/) - On 7 March 2015, Terryl Givens gave a wonderful lecture and was interviewed at the Rockwell Museum in Corning, New York. The occasion was a Mormon History Association satellite event in which Givens was asked to speak on “An American Journey across the Landscape of Mormon Theology.” Since MHA does not have a podcast, and - [113-115: John Dehlin: From the Beginning](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/john-dehlin-from-the-beginning/) - John Dehlin discusses the evolution of his faith life, his work as founder and host of Mormon Stories, his subsequent excommunication - and more. - [112: Missionary Mental Health: Dr Marlene Payne](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/missionary-mental-health-dr-marlene-payne-2/) - Marlene Payne M.D is a child and adolescent psychiatrist who has spent significant periods of her professional career treating missionaries who present on their missions with a variety of mental disorders from bipolar, to OCD, to depression and even body dysmorphic disorder. What she has discovered is that most mental disorders are treatable and that - [111: Alison Udall and the Mormon Spectrum](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/alison-udall-and-the-mormon-spectrum/) - Alison Udall and her project partners Steve Holbrook and Jason Howard have been busily putting together a website or a compendium of resources for Mormons wherever they are in their faith journey. From Orthodox Mormons to post-Mormons the Mormon Spectrum project assembles links to books, podcasts, blogs and websites (of which there are many) bringing them together in one - [110: Mormonism, Liberation Theology and Womanism: A conversation with Fatimah Salleh and Janan Graham](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/mormonism-liberation-theology-and-womanism-a-conversation-with-fatimah-salleh-and-janan-graham/) - One of the most bewildering dilemmas in LDS theology is the lack of attention to social justice. Yet born out the black experience in the US has been a compelling theology of liberation where Christianity is rooted in the experiences of those who suffer from inequality. It argues that our Christian discipleship needs to be present - [109: Got A Sermon 23 August 2015](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/got-a-sermon-23-august-2015/) - A regular series where we feature our listeners’ church talks from all around the world. Speaker #1: Corbin Volluz Corbin Volluz lives in the beautiful foothills of the Cascade Mountains in western Washington state. He has been practicing law for 25-years with a focus on criminal defense and personal injury. Corbin joined the LDS - [108: Daniel Lancaster: The Story and Psychology of a Mormon Missionary in Jamaica](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/daniel-lancaster-the-story-and-psychology-of-a-mormon-missionary-in-jamaica-2/) - In this episode author Daniel Lancaster and I discuss his book “Iron Gates: The Story and Psychology of a Mormon Missionary in Jamaica.” Daniel Lancaster did what thousands of young Mormons will do every year – serve a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS). Daniel’s autoethnography is a narrative about that experience - [107: Joseph Peterson - Talking Church Public Relations](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/joseph-peterson-talking-church-public-relations/) - LDS Church Public Relations have played a central role over the last few years in shaping Mormon public discourse and responding to institutional crises. They have come under some criticism because of how their obvious management of church communications seems to have eclipsed the role of our ecclesiastical leaders in steering the church's public affairs. - [106: Got a Sermon 12 July 2015](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/got-a-sermon-12-july-2015/) - A regular series where we feature our listeners’ church talks from all around the world. - [105: Got A Sermon 28 June 2015](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/got-a-sermon-28-june-2015/) - A regular series where we feature our listeners' church talks from all around the world. 1st Speaker: Brady Bluhm Brady grew up in the church in Southern California. He was a child actor and appeared in numerous television shows and films. He most recently appeared in Dumb and Dumber and Dumb and Dumber To. He - [104: Kris Black - On her resignation and her rebaptism](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/kris-black-on-her-resignation-and-her-rebaptism/) - Twenty years ago, Kris Black resigned from the church. Wanting to be free of her ties to Mormonism she went through the then arduous process of having her name removed so that she could feel free to explore other religions and forms of spirituality unencumbered by her ties to the LDS church. Her eventful life took her - [103: Bryndis Roberts - Processing the Charleston Church Murders](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/bryndis-roberts-processing-the-charleston-church-murders-as-a-black-lds-woman/) - On the 17th of June 2015 a young white man attended the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church Wednesday night bible study class on Calhoun Street, Charleston, South Carolina. He allegedly sat with the community in their study before pulling out a fire arm and shooting dead nine worshippers - all Black. In this podcast I discuss - [102: Got a Sermon 15 June 2015](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/got-a-sermon-15-june-2015/) - A weekly series including church talks from the ATF Podcast Community - [100-101: Rock Waterman: On Being Excommunicated](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/rock-waterman-on-being-excommunicated/) - Rock Waterman Discusses his excommunication - [099: Lincoln Cannon on Mormon Transhumanism and Becoming One in the Body of Christ](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/lincoln-cannon-mormon-transhumanism-becoming-one-body-of-christ/) - Lincoln Cannon on Mormon transhumanism and Becoming One in Body of Christ - [098: Got a Sermon 7 June 2015](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/097-got-a-sermon-7-june-2015/) - ATF support group members share their church talks - [096-097: Hard to Stay - Harder to Leave](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/096-hard-to-stay-harder-to-leave/) - This episode features the wisdom, reflections and insights of several 'A Thoughtful Faith' community members. Each of them have found both reasons to leave, and to stay faithful in the church. As they balance both the good and the bad they emerge with a new and ultimately enriching language that characterises the middle road. What each - [095: James Ott Speaks About Addiction, Word of Wisdom, Recovery, and Spirituality](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/james-ott-addiction-word-of-wisdom-recovery-spirituality/) - James Ott discusses addiction, Word of Wisdom, Spirituality and recovery, Relationships and healthy boundaries. - [094: Julie Lefgren on Being Single in the Church](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/julie-lefgren-on-being-single-in-the-church/) - The recognition of adult singles in the LDS Church is usually a footnote buried in the dominate family rhetoric of Mormon culture, and yet it is estimated that 30% of Mormons are single. Julie Lefgren has never married, is a life-long active Mormon and is now in her mid-40s. A lifetime of never marrying, not - [093: Kristy Money on Belonging, Shame and Identity](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/kristy-money/) - Clinical Psychologist, Ordain Women Executive Board member, Oped writer and mother of two Kristy Money is back at A Thoughtful Faith to talk about the cost of her public life. Kirsty Money has given up a lot in order to speak bluntly and forcefully about the issues she feels spiritually compelled and directed to champion. - [092: Dialogues with a TBM Husband - Colvin and McCluskey Talk Faith Crisis](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/092-dialogues-with-a-tbm-husband-colvin-and-mccluskey-talk-faith-crisis/) - A couple's discussion about faith their mixed faith marriage - [091: Lindsay Hansen Park - After a Year of Polygamy?](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/lindsay-hansen-park-after-a-year-of-polygamy/) - A discussion with public historian Lindsay Hansen Park about her fascination with the history, narratives and stories of polygamy. - [082: Curtis Henderson - The Errant Nature of Polygamy, Fallible Prophets, and Seeking for Truth](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/curtis-henderson-errant-nature-of-polygamy-fallible-prophets-seeking-for-truth/) - Joseph Smith's Changing views on Polygamy. Polygamy wasn't ordained of God. Curtis Henderson believes in Mormonism despite it's troubled history. - [090: What's a nice girl like you doing in these here parts?: Unveiling the Sara Burlingame mystery](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/090-whats-a-nice-girl-like-you-doing-in-these-here-parts-unveiling-the-sara-burlingame-mystery/) - A chat with Sara Burlingame, non-Mormon, Mormon feminist activist. - [089: The Life and Writings of Eugene England](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/eugene-england/) - A discussion about the life and the writings of Eugene England - [088: Troubling the Church by Repudiating Polygamy: Kirk and Lindsay van Allen](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/088-troubling-the-church-by-repudiating-polygamy-kirk-and-lindsay-van-allen/) - I speak with Kirk first, and then Lindsay about what lead them to delve into polygamy as a doctrinal proposition, and what ultimately lead them to outright reject it as a Christian doctrine. - [087: The New Young Mormon Activists: A Discussion with Kristy Money and Rolf Straubhaar](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/the-new-young-mormon-activists-an-discussion-with-kristy-money-and-rolf-staubhaar/) - A Discussion with Kristy Money and Rolf Straubhaar - [086: Bob Rees: The poetic life of a devout Mormon dissident](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/bob-rees-poetic-life-of-a-devout-mormon-dissident/) - Gina Colvin interviews former Dialogue Editor Bob Rees, essayist, author, poetic and faithful veteran critic and conscience of the LDS Church. - [085: Dialoguing as Women of Colour: Bryndis Roberts & Jennifer Gonzalez](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/dialoguing-as-women-of-colour-bryndis-roberts-jennifer-gonzalez/) - What dilemmas face women of colour in contemporary Mormonism? - [083-084: Ganesh Cherian - A Former Bishop's Doctrinal Dilemmas](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/083-084-ganesh-cherian-a-former-bishops-doctrinal-dilemmas/) - A conversation with former Bishop, Ganesh Cherian - [081: Renshaw, Patterson & Grimes - Processing Polygamy](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/081-renshaw-patterson-grimes-processing-polygamy/) - In this episode prominent members of the 'A Thoughtful Faith' community, Jeralee Henderson Renshaw, James Patterson, and Jon Grimes discuss their personal positions on the topic of plural marriage and ponder on their feelings about Joseph Smith and his leadership, as both prophet and polygamist. - [080: Kendall Wilcox & Jon Hastings - Broadening the LGBT Discourse](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/078-kendall-wilcox-jon-hastings-broadening-the-lgbt-discourse/) - Kendall Wilcox and Jon Hastings talk about the necessity to deepen our conversation about LGBT folk and their concerns. - [078-079: Kirk Caudle on Mormon Studies, Teaching for BYU-Idaho, Resigning, Apologetics and More](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/kirk-caudle-on-mormon-studies-teaching-for-byu-idaho-resigning-apologetics-and-more/) - Kirk Caudle talks about Mormon Studies, his time teaching for BYU-Idaho and ultimately resigning and other topics relating to Mormonism - [075-077: Steven L. Peck — On Evolution and Mormonism, Creation, Climate Change and Stewardship, A Short Stay in Hell](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/steven-peck-evolution-science-mormonism-god-of-science-climate-change-stewardship-a-short-stay-in-hell/) - Steven Peck discusses Evolution, Science and Mormonism, A God of Science, Climate Change and Stewardship, and A Short Stay in Hell - [072-074:The Church College of New Zealand, Temple View Saga - Dialogues with Meshwayla MacDonald, Jodhi Warrick & James Ord](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/072-074the-church-college-of-new-zealand-temple-view-saga-dialogues-with-meshwayla-mcdonald-jodhi-warrick-james-ord/) - Meshweyla McDonald, Jodhi Warwick and James Ord discuss the debates around use of the Church College of New Zealand campus following the closure of the school 2009. - [070-071: Patrick Mason -- The Messiness of Mormon History, War and Peace, Mitt Romney, Cafeteria Mormonism...and More!](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/patrick-mason-messiness-of-mormon-history-war-peace-mitt-romney-cafeteria-mormonism/) - Patrick Mason talks about Mormon history, Mormonism and politics, war, peace and embracing cafeteria Mormonism - [069: James Patterson -- From Devout to Faithful Doubter](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/james-patterson-from-devout-to-doubter/) - James Patterson joins the ATF family as a new co-host and discuss his evolution from devout to faithful doubter. - [067-068: Voices from Scotland - Emma and Roy Hann: 13 Mormon Kids and Counting](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/067-voices-from-scotland-emma-and-roy-hann-13-mormon-kids-and-counting/) - Emma and Roy Hann, life long members of the LDS church from Dundee in Scotland, were featured on British reality TV series 15 Kids and Counting, 16 kids and Counting and My Big Family Wedding. They share their television experiences as they worked with the church PR department, their charity work and their faith transitions. - [062: A Thoughtful Faith Relaunch: Mark Crego and Gina Colvin](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/062-a-thoughtful-faith-relaunch-mark-crego-and-gina-colvin/) - After nearly a year break, A Thoughtful Faith podcast is back! Mark Crego and Gina Colvin are taking over the administrative reins, as well as serving as co-hosts. We are also thrilled that longtime ATF host Sarah Collett will continue conducting interviews. This “get to know the new team members” episode is hosted by Open - [063:A Conversation with Kate Kelly: Feminist and Optimist](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/063a-conversation-with-kate-kelly-feminist-and-optimist/) - Kate Kelly, a recently excommunicated Mormon feminist, is the founder of Ordain Women. Though she has attracted significant media attention she still remains a bit of an enigma. A staunch apologist for the fundamentals of Mormon theology she holds doggedly to the doctrines of continuing revelation and open canon. At the same time she is - [064: Carys Bray: British Mormon Novelist and Author of "A Song for Issy Bradley"](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/064-carys-bray-british-mormon-novelist-and-author-of-a-song-for-issy-bradley/) - Carys is a British novelist who lives with her family in Southport a seaside town in Lancashire in North West England. A Song for Issy Bradley is Carys’ debut novel and was published recently by Hutchinson Books. It has been released in the UK and is soon to be released in paperback in the US. A Song for - [065: Liz and Pete Cammock: Riffing on this Mormon moment with a feminist and her former Bishop, Kiwi husband](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/065-liz-and-pete-cammock-riffing-on-this-mormon-moment-with-a-feminist-and-her-former-bishop-kiwi-husband/) - It gives me great pleasure to introduce my former Bishop's, wife Liz Crombie, and her husband Peter Cammock! Mormonism has the potential to bring people together to have powerful and profound conversations and both as my Bishop couple while we were newly married and later as friends, Pete and Liz have stood out to me as faithful members of the church who are - [066: George Handley on Environmentalism and Mormonism](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/066-george-handley-on-environmentalism-and-mormonism/) - Jay Griffith writes: My friend Mitch called me a while back in frustration with the air pollution along the Wasatch Front. It was really bad at the time and he was concerned for the health of his young family. We talked about the seeming apathy and inaction from many within our faith and legislature—at least - [039-040: Adam Miller on Grace ](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/039-040-adam-miller-on-grace/) - While preparing for this interview with Adam Miller, whom Richard Bushman described as "the most original and provocative Latter-day Saint theologian practicing today," I was delighted to have my paradigm yanked out from under me again and again to reveal a world much richer and more colorful than I had imagined. In covering his Rube Goldberg - [041-042: Dan McDonald and Gethsemanesia](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/041-042-dan-mcdonald-and-gethsemanesia/) - Dan McDonald is a husband, father, lawyer, author. His book, Gethsemamnesia: Forgotten Lessons From Gethsemane, Golgotha and Beyond, chronicles the lessons he learned while dealing with a life threatening disease. The evolution of his faith has been shaped by his understanding of a savior who doubted and who experienced real fear. In this interview we talk about his - [043: A Conversation with Emma Lou Thayne](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/043-044-conversation-with-emma-lou-thayne/) - "I get impatient with dogma and dictum, but somewhere way inside me and way beyond impatience or indifference there is that insistent, infernal, so help me, sacred singing -- All is well, All is well. My own church, inhabited by my own people -- I would be cosmically orphaned without it."- Emma Lou Thayne I - [044-046: Dr. Jeremy Timothy on Depression, Neurology, and Theodicy](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/044-046-dr-jeremy-timothy-on-depression-neurology-and-theodicy/) - Dr. Jeremy Timothy MD is a Pediatric Neurologist for Cardon Children's Medical Center in Mesa, Arizona. In this podcast Dr. Timothy shares how his Social Anxiety Disorder presented formative challenges throughout his life, and how bouts of depression and severe anxiety during his Residency almost ended his medical career. Through a combination of good medicine - [047-048: Amy and Jeff - Are You a Member of the Mormon Club?](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/047-048-amy-and-jeff-are-you-a-member-of-the-mormon-club/) - Jeff and Amy have a unique perspective of what it is like to be fully active, participating members of the church even though they aren't members of the social club. Infertility and the struggles that come with it created a situation where they felt that they were always looking in from the outside. In this - [060-061: Elijah Abel – Early Black Mormon Priesthood Holder](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/060-061-elijah-abel-early-black-mormon-priesthood-holder/) - Black Mormon: The Story of Elijah Ables, tells of Elijah Ables, a biracial man ordained to the priesthood during Joseph Smith’s lifetime. - [055-059: Terryl Givens](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/terryl-givens/) - Terryl Givens did graduate work at Cornell University in Intellectual History and UNC Chapel Hill where he received his PhD in Comparative Literature. He holds the James A. Bostwick chair of English, and is Professor of Literature and Religion at the University of Richmond, where he teaches courses in 19th century studies, and the Bible’s - [054: Boyd Jay Petersen](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/boyd-jay-petersen-loving-on/) - Boyd shares about many aspects of his spiritual journey, centering on a several-decades-long process of coming to be able to testify that the “Church is true.” - [049-053: Richard Bushman (Mormon Stories Re-Release)](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/richard-bushman/) - Richard Bushman is the world's foremost scholar on LDS church founder Joseph Smith. He is also a former LDS church stake president and patriarch. - [Exciting News!](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/exciting-news/) - Hello A Thoughtful Faith Listeners! Sarah and I have an exciting announcement to make. We have been extremely honored by the privilege of launching and managing the A Thoughtful Faith Podcast. The past nine months have been incredibly rewarding for us personally and we are so humbled by the response and support we have received - [Prayer Beads](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/prayer-beads/) - This past December I read an amazing book called 'The Mermaid Chair'. I loved this book because of the depth of the story. The story of the main character touched me deeply but the story of a peripheral character called me to an action that changed the way I commune with God. In a small - [Imagine](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/imagine/) - By K. Ogden I was driving my three-year-old the other day and as usual, she sat in her car seat jabbering about all sorts of things like friends and SpongeBob and as usual, I mumbled the occasional, “Uh hua, yeah”. I was half-listening as I always do while driving and thinking of the 45 things - [Be Not Moved](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/be-not-moved/) - When I was fifteen years old, my father lived in the studio apartment down the hall from my own Manhattan 2-bedroom which I shared with my mom. This is about as separated as a New York City couple gets when real estate prices trump any emotional need for distance. And so my family lived this - [Keep Coming Back](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/keep-coming-back/) - In a ward I once attended, a Bishop stood in front of the opening exercises of priesthood and chastened those of us who were not dressed in white shirts. In a large meeting there were three of us not in white. I was in a dashing dark green shirt and a dark tie. The Bishop - [On doubt](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/on-doubt/) - [large portions of this post were cribbed with some adaptations from my personal blog] I searched for “doubt is” in the BYU General Conference Corpus, and this is what I came up with: a negative emotion related to fear (2009) not a principle of the gospel (2009) perhaps the beginning of his apostacy [sic] from - [Wisdom in Doubt](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/wisdom-in-doubt/) - How much anxiety, discomfort and uncertainty can you tolerate? I think this is an important question with regard to faith and faith crises. So many of us seek for certainty, truth and a life free from discomfort that we go to great lengths to avoid anything otherwise and at times end up missing opportunities. As - [Embracing the Tension](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/embracing-the-tension/) - I am the type of person who probably cares too much about what others think of me. If I donʼt check myself I have a tendency to stress about certain interactions I have had with people for days or weeks after the conversations have transpired. Although I might start up a controversial subject from time - [The Gift of Doubt](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/the-gift-of-doubt/) - Almost a decade ago, I was in Normandy. I was three months into my mission, and I was feeling good about myself—my French was decent, the branch seemed to like me, and my mission president trusted me enough to let me train a new missionary. I also knew what I was doing as a - [Earth Day: Creator and Creation](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/earth-day-creator-and-creation/) - Guest Post by: Jay Griffith As I was running with my dog Echo along a trail on the east bench the other morning I saw the sun ignite a patch of the Oquirrh mountains to the south of Kennecott. The snow white peaks lit like a match to paper. But the flame didn’t travel far - [Limping in Faith](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/limping-in-faith/) - If you’re reading this, then you’ve probably experienced religious doubt at some point in your life. Perhaps you’re currently in full-blown faith-crisis mode. Perhaps you’re just teetering, pushed to the edge of your spiritual convictions and nauseously anticipating what could be a very long fall. Perhaps you’ve already watched in horror as your beliefs toppled, - [Reconstruction as a Way of Life](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/reconstruction-as-a-way-of-life/) - When I was a college freshman I took Intro to Modern Western Philosophy. The first book we read was René Descartes’ Meditations on First Philosophy. You might not expect a 400 year old philosophy tome to precipitate a faith crisis. I didn’t either, but that’s exactly what I got. The problem was that I had - [Are you LDS?](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/are-you-lds/) - I was recently asked by a coworker if I am LDS. I’m no stranger to this question; after all, I live in Utah. Mormons are thick on the ground here, so inquiry about my membership in the dominant religion is not unheard of. “Yes,” I replied. “I never would have guessed.” That surprised me. Had - [Un-testimony](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/un-testimony/) - When I first joined the Church as a high school junior, fast and testimony meetings were my favorite. I loved the stream of affirmation that flowed down from the pulpit, assuring me that the tiny seed that had been planted in my heart was known to be true by so many. Early on, I was - [Losing Shelf Control](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/losing-shelf-control/) - I don’t know if there is a God, but I used to. I was born and raised a Mormon, and from a young age, I was taught that if I did all the right things—searching my scriptures, pondering what I learned, praying for a spiritual confirmation of truth, and keeping myself worthy all along the - [Faith Like a Ship on the Sea](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/faith-like-a-ship-on-the-sea/) - The gift of faith has never come easily to me, and from a young age I've always had my atheist doubts. Doubts about the existence of God and the inability to replicate spiritual experiences common for other Mormons made the ability to believe an enormous struggle. I would try to repress my doubts and attempt - [Ownership](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/ownership/) - Ownership—the legal right of possession. When I was in high school I worked in the mall in an earring shop. I am sure that my aversion to going into Claire's with my nearly-10-year-old-daughter has something to do with the fact that I have already spent enough of my life in the middle of earrings and - [037-038: Rebecca Maesato: Faith and A Road Less Traveled](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/037-038-rebecca-maesato-faith-and-a-road-less-traveled/) - In 2001 Rebecca Maesato founded a non-profit organization: Foundation for Children in Need. She and her two daughters traveled to Haiti in 2002 to work in orphanages and among the neediest children in the world. This began a journey that would ultimately expand their small family of four to a family of twelve and change their world view - [033-036: Andrea Radke-Moss on Mormon Women's History and Gender Equality](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/033-036-andrea-radke-moss-on-mormon-womens-history-and-gender-equality/) - This is an installment of A Thoughtful Faith that has been a long time in the making. I made contact with Andrea Radke-Moss shortly after we launched the podcast, and we recorded the first part of our interview in October 2012. Due to various circumstances, including a blunder on my part (I lost my original - [008: The Wisdom and Faith of Thomas Alexander](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/008-the-wisdom-and-faith-of-thomas-alexander/) - In this interview with our own Sarah Collett, Dr. Thomas G. Alexander covers the broad spectrum of his many historical writings and research. From Post Manifesto Polygamy, to Mormons in American Politics, to the Word of Wisdom, and Evolution, Dr. Alexander provides an overview of many topics of interest within contemporary Mormon Scholarship. Dr. Alexander's - [009: Chase and Rebecca's Story](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/009-chase-and-rebeccas-story/) - In this fascinating interview by Sarah Collett we are introduced to Chase and Rebecca and their remarkable faith journey. Shortly after Rebecca met Chase and they were married, Rebecca made an astonishing realization of the similarities between her charismatically spiritual father and the prophet Joseph Smith. But it wasn't until scandal rocked her mother and father's - [010: Terryl & Fiona Givens - Faith, Doubt, and The God Who Weeps](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/010-terryl-fiona-givens-faith-doubt-and-the-god-who-weeps/) - We are proud to release Sarah Collett's recent interview of Terryl and Fiona Givens. In this episode we are introduced to some of the beautiful themes in the Givens' new book The God Who Weeps: How Mormonism Makes Sense of Life. Terryl and Fiona also express their concern, empathy, and encouragement for those who experience - [011-012: Neylan McBaine - The Mormon Women Project and Creating Gendered Participation](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/011-012-neylan-mcbaine-the-mormon-women-project-and-creating-gendered-participation/) - In conjunction with the Winter Issue of Exponent II, which is guest edited by the Mormon Women Project, we are proud to share Sarah Collett's interview with Neylan McBaine. As an active and faithful Latter-Day Saint, Neylan shares her story of how she was led to start the Mormon Women Project, a non-profit website which features - [016: Micah and Sarah on Our Vision for ATF](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/016-micah-and-sarah-on-our-vision-for-atf/) - Since it's the beginning of a new year and all, we thought it would be a great opportunity to discuss how Sarah and I became involved in the A Thoughtful Faith Podcast, and what our collective has been so far, and where we see the podcast moving forward in 2013. We also want to take - [017: John Kesler - On Incorporating Meditation to Expand and Enrich Spiritual Experience](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/john-kesler-on-incorporating-meditation-to-expand-and-enrich-spiritual-experience/) - This week I had the pleasure of sitting down with John Kesler to hear about his conversion to the church and subsequently to eastern meditative practices years later. Lately I have been inspired by so many expressions of expanding faith and feel that this expansion is often the natural outcome of questioning and reevaluating. John Kesler offers a - [027-028: Brian C. Hales on Joseph Smith's Polygamy](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/027-028-brian-c-hales-on-joseph-smiths-polygamy/) - I had the privilege of speaking with Brian Hales about his upcoming three-volume history of Joseph Smith's Polygamy, published by Greg Kofford Books. Brian is a practicing anesthesiologist, author and scholar of Mormon History, with emphasis on Mormon Fundamentalism and Plural Marriage. He is also an active, faithful Latter-Day Saint. In this interview, Brian discusses - [029: Cognitive Dissonance and Faith Transition](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/029-cognitive-dissonance-and-faith-transition/) - The theory of Cognitive Dissonance is a well-established concept in the field of psychology that explains why we all experience discomfort and anxiety when we are exposed to new ideas and beliefs or engage in behavior that conflict with our pre-existing views, ideals, and beliefs. I've been extremely interested in producing an episode of A - [030: Feminism Wants What You Want](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/030-feminism-wants-what-you-want/) - I recently had the privilege of hearing one of the most concise, respectful, and thoughtful explanations and approaches to Mormon Feminism through this brilliant podcast by our friends at the Feminist Mormon Housewives Podcast. If you are new to the concept of feminism, and particularly how feminism fits into an LDS perspective, please enjoy this - [031-032: James McConkie: Family, Faith, and the Historical Christ](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/031-032-james-mcconkie-family-faith-and-the-historical-christ/) - Jay Griffith and I had the chance to sit with James (Jim) W. McConkie and speak to him about his personal history and family. As a nephew of Bruce R. McConkie and Joseph B. Wirthlin, Jim has a unique perspective of the Church and the brethren and a valuable approach to the Gospel. Speaking about his faith, - [022: Bob Rees - Forgiving the Church and Loving the Saints](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/022-bob-rees-forgiving-the-church-and-loving-the-saints/) - Bob Rees and I recorded this interview a little while ago. I've been holding on to it, hoping to release it to our audience at the right moment. This past week I re-listened to our conversation and found myself moved and enlightened all over again by Bob's wisdom and insight. Though I don't know what's - [019-021: Reflection and Reconstruction - The Journey of John Dehlin](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/019-021-reflection-and-reconstruction-the-journey-of-john-dehlin/) - Recently I had the opportunity to sit down with John Dehlin, creator and founder of MormonStories.org and the Open Stories Foundation, and talk about his own evolving faith and his Mormon Stories experience. In this riveting interview John shares what was occurring in his personal life behind the scenes of Mormon Stories, how his role as it's founder effected - [018: Nathaniel Givens on Epistemic Humility](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/018-nathaniel-givens-on-epistemic-humility/) - I recently had the wonderful opportunity to interview one of my new favorite LDS bloggers Nathaniel Givens. A friend of mine introduced me to Nathaniel's series on the concept of Epistemic Humility that he wrote for Times and Seasons. Embracing epistemic humility allows us to be more open to new ideas, and better equipped to - [005: John Sorenson on Book of Mormon Historicity](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/005-john-sorenson-on-book-of-mormon-historicity/) - We are proud to present this brilliant interview by Sarah Collett of Dr. John Sorenson. Dr. Sorenson is an emeritus professor of anthropology at Brigham Young University, and a renowned expert of Book of Mormon archeology and geography. His seminal work An Ancient American Setting for the Book of Mormon popularized the Limited Geography Theory within LDS culture - [015: All Enlisted's Kristina Monson on Wearing Pants to Church](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/015-all-enlisteds-kristina-monson-on-wearing-pants-to-church/) - Pantsmageddon! PantsGate! Pants-apocalypse! Whatever term you've used over the past week to describe the Mormon frenzy about All Enlisted's oddly controversial "Wear Pants to Church" event, I think most of us are intrigued about what will actually happen at church tomorrow. With the hope of providing a calm, respectful dialogue on what has become a - [013-014: RationalFaiths.com's Michael Barker on Faith Crisis and Inoculation](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/013-014-rationalfaiths-coms-michael-barker-on-faith-crisis-and-inoculation/) - We have been humbled and astonished at the caliber of guests we've been able to have on our podcast thus far. People like Greg Prince, Margaret Young, John Sorenson, Phil Barlow, and so many others are the true progenitors of the modern Intellectual Mormonism community. I was surprised to find out early on that many - [003-004: Phil Barlow and A Thoughtful Faith](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/003-004-phil-barlow-and-a-thoughtful-faith/) - John Dehlin's interview with Phil Barlow, whose book "A Thoughtful Faith" has played a pivotal role in many Mormon's faith journey's, and is also the inspiration for the theme of this podcast. - [007: Margaret Young - Race and Gender Dynamics in Modern Mormonism](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/007-margaret-young-race-and-gender-dynamics-in-modern-mormonism/) - We are grateful for Kylan Rice sharing this excellent interview with LDS author, filmmaker, and playwright Margaret Young. In this interview Margaret shares her story of how she became enthralled with Mormon Race Dynamics, and how she has spent her life as an advocate for Black Mormon issues in LDS culture. Margaret also discusses how - [Mormon Stories Classic - 026: Blacks and the LDS Priesthood - An Interview with Darius Gray and Margaret Young](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/mormon-stories-classic-026-blacks-and-the-lds-priesthood-an-interview-with-darius-gray-and-margaret-young/) - In conjunction with Kylan Rice's interview with Margaret Young for A Thoughtful Faith, we would like to feature Margaret Young and Darius Gray's Mormon Stories podcast episode from April 2006 on Blacks and LDS Priesthood. At the time of this podcast Margaret and Darius had been invited by Brigham Young University to deliver a presentation entitled, - [006: Rock Waterman - Pure Mormonism](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/006-rock-waterman-pure-mormonism/) - Rock Waterman is a popular LDS blogger runs the Pure Mormonism blog. Here Rock shares some of his experiences that motivated him to start his blog. - [002: Trent Stephens - Evolution, Science, and Faith](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/002-trent-stephens-evolution-science-and-faith/) - In this episode, Sarah Collett interviews LDS Scholar Trent Stephens, professor of anatomy and embryology at Idaho State University. Prof. Stephens has received many awards and accolades in the world of academia for his investigative research into the developmental origins of vertebrate form, and the mechanism of the drug thalidomide in causing birth defects. He has published - [001: Gregory Prince - A Manifesto For Change](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/001-gregory-prince-a-manifesto-for-change/) - Greg Prince is well known for his historical contributions and his grassroots activism within the LDS Church. - [Mormon Stories Classic: 295 Greg Prince on "Big Tent Mormonism"](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/mormon-stories-classic-295-greg-prince-on-big-tent-mormonism/) - In conjunction with my interview with Greg Prince, I thought it would be very appropriate to repost here Greg's stirring speech from the October 2011 Washington DC Mormon Stories Conference as our first installment of our Mormon Stories Classic Series. For the keynote address at the 2011 Mormon Stories Washington D.C. conference, noted author, scientist and - [Welcome to A Thoughtful Faith Podcast](https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/welcome-to-a-thoughtful-faith-podcast/) - Thank you for visiting the newest project from Open Stories Foundation! 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