Expectations/Disappointment 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...

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.

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.

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.