Most Viewed Podcasts
J. Kirk Richards: How Creative Tension Can Build Our Faith
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9M3WDig9AQ In this beautifully honest interview, J Kirk Richards gives us a glimpse into how he discovered his artistic gifts as a child and how he used his agency to develop those gifts as an expression of his love for God and...
Melissa Inouye: Creating Joyful Faith in the Real World
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Kah5irFC74 We're release this special interview this week to celebrate the rich, joyful, and unique life of Melissa Inouye. With charming enthusiasm and humor, Melissa shares her unique perspective on managing the sometimes heavy...
Kristine: Personal Faith Crisis Survivor Who Is Now Thriving
After being raised in an orthodox home where questions about faith were not encouraged, Kristine had to learn to revise her belief-system when she received an unexpected and unorthodox answer to a prayer. Kristine had grown up in a world with black and white thinking and had to learn to overcome her certainty in order to start to see nuances in her life and in her belief system. She talks about how her husband’s willingness to try and and understand her helped her survive her faith crisis, especially when other loved ones reacted with fear and criticism.
Ben: Openly Gay and Openly Faithful
Ben shares his captivating story about his experience of being an openly gay, active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Through his experience of coming out to his family, he learned the value of astonishing value of unconditional love as his family allowed him to make his own choices without judgement. Ben also learned to wrestle with uncertainty as he weighed his options and ultimately decided to remain active in the Church. He offers unique counsel for gay members, family members, and for ward members.
Emily: Being Divorced in a Family-Centered Church
Jenna: Your Faith Doesn’t Have to Stay the Same–Healthy Faith Is Growing Faith
Jenna had always assumed that once she had faith, it would basically remain the same as it always had. It wasn’t until her sister chose to leave the Church that Janna had to reevaluate her definition of what faith is. Janna beautifully describes how she learned that healthy faith grows, matures, and progresses as we do.
Cynthia: Women’s History and Creative Tension
https://youtu.be/CEw71HD-we8Studying Women’s History in graduate school caused Cynthia to question aspects of the church for the first time, making her feel tension and anger. She didn’t want to give up her faith, but she wasn’t sure how to reconcile what she was...
Bruce Hafen : My Story of How I Found My Own Testimony
Elder Bruce Hafen is co-author of Faith is Not Blind and is an emeritus General Authority for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In this interview, Elder Hafen details the role of questioning in distinguishing between Gospel belief and knowledge in his own life. He shares his own experience with doubt and with his own questions as he learned to develop his testimony, and offers a refreshing look at how we all need to work to develop our beliefs.
Jenae Nelson: From Homeless to Finding My Home with God
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQAssjRbQu4Conversion is not just a faith moment. It is the process that comes after the conversion story. As an agnostic and homeless sixteen-year-old, Jenae decided to search for her biological father. When she met him for the first...
Janae : Discovering That You Can Believe, and Then Doubt, and Then Choose to Stay
Kate Barker: How My Questions Strengthen My Faith
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hz6xSB77kG8 You never “arrive” at a testimony. You’re constantly building it. It’s not a present-wrapped box. It’s a house you're building, and you continue to do remodeling and refurbishing. Kate expected her faith to be...
Christian: A Modern Prodigal Son–A Story of Redemption and Reconversion
Christian shares his remarkable story about leaving the Gospel at a young age and what prompted his return to the Church years later. He speaks openly about what led him away from the Church and then shares the incredible story of what led him to return to his family and to the Church and to then choose a life of complete spiritual devotion.
Sarah: Women’s Studies: Finding Women’s Value
Erica: How a Questioner Learned that She Belongs and Can Thrive in the Church
Since she was little, Erica has always appreciated the value of asking sincere religious questions. Unfortunately, she has experienced a variety of responses to her questions, some of which made her feel like perhaps she didn’t belong in the church. Erica shares how her relationships with others have been both challenged and ultimately strengthened as she has learned how to use the process of seeking answers to her questions to develop her relationship with her Heavenly Parents.
Leo: My Reconversion from Atheist to Believer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9lLsOs-13Q Leo’s testimony was shattered when he discovered some details he hadn’t known about Church History. Learn about how he rebuilt his testimony with the help of his old religion professor so that it became more nuanced,...
David P : A Historian’s Look at Church History
Marcus : A Stanford Professor Uses Both Faith and Reason
Eric: A Mixed-Faith Home, Divorced Parents, and Loss : Choosing a Faithful Narrative
Leif Mattsson (Sweden): Research Helped Me Nurture My Faith and Nurture Others
For Leif Mattsson, building the kingdom has meant not only appreciating his heritage of faith and walking three miles to church when he was a child, but also finding out for himself that what his ”grandfather and father and mother knew and felt was true.” His father...
Bill: An Attorney’s Insights About the Burden of Proof and Weighing Evidence
As a trial lawyer, Bill has a unique perspective about using the concept of the burden of proof when doing religious research. Drawing on their years of legal experience, Elder Hafen and Bill discuss how to weigh evidence and listen to both sides as a juror might in a court case. Bill also shares how his battle with cancer expanded the strength of revelatory evidence in his life.
Dan Ellsworth: Surviving a Faith Crisis and Learning About Redemption
Dan Ellsworth says his faith crisis made him feel like “a bomb went off.” In this episode, Dan’s shares the personal details and painful realities that accompanied his own crisis of faith. He then describes how he eventually found personal redemption that helped him not only survive the crisis but emerge from it a stronger, more spiritually settled person. Dan also offers seasoned advice that will help both those experiencing a faith crisis and those who have loved ones struggling with deep doubts.
Tori: Coping with Racism in the Church: “Ye Are All One in Christ”
As a biracial member of the church, unfortunately Tori has had to deal with ignorant questions and racist comments from other members of the church. With complete honesty Tori shares how painful these interactions have been, but she also shares how she has learned to be forgiving and patient because she wants to help others understand how it feels to be marginalized. Her willingness to share both her sacred and her challenging experiences will inspire you to be more open-minded, more loving, and to remember, as Tori quotes Paul as saying, “[Y]e are all one in Christ” (Galatians 3:28).
Geoff: A Convert’s Balance of Faith and Analysis
Connie: Learning to Have Charity for Our Gay Daughter: Ricks Family Part II
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