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?’
The 2018 A Thoughtful Faith Podcast theme is ‘Faithful Change.’ Every month we provide a Homily, a meditation on spiritual matters. For January Gina shares a reflection on Divine Absence.
In a frank discussion, Rebecca Sachiko Burton talks about being the mother of seven children, and how she manages parenting with wisdom and openness on the ‘Big Tent’ side of Mormonism.
Derrick Clements and Gina Colvin give a quick nod to Thor: Ragnarok and then provide a thoroughly Mormon review of Star Wars VIII.
Mormon Temple policy doesn’t change a great deal from year to year, so the 14 December 2017 announcement that extends the rights of Baptistry officiation to 16-17-year-old boys was a surprise. While this might bring gasps of pleasure for the…
It seems most unMormon for anyone to receive a call to ministry. Mormons are supposed to wait for someone in the church to extend that call and as things stand no call for women in the LDS Church involves ordination. But…
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. We also consider how scrupulosity and anxiety disorders present in LDS communities. Link to…
With the promise of education, social mobility and gathering in Zion, many Tongan and Samoan Mormons have made Utah their home. But what are the challenges for Polynesians growing up in Salt Lake where wealth, church leadership, education, and opportunity…
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…
