This episode features reflections on a wonderful experience the two panelists and I shared this past week in Albuquerque, NM. All three of us—Jana Spangler, …
485–486: An Open-Hearted Wrestle with Temples, Tithing, and Other Church and Personal Priorities
Every time a new temple is announced, especially when it is to be built in the developing world, it’s not very long before discussions begin …
424-426: Celebrating the Different Spiritualities in the Two Halves of Life
The four people on this three-part podcast episode love Richard Rohr’s book, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life. If you find …
407-409: The Wilderness of Faith
This three-part episode features Kim Puzey and Lisa Scott, two brilliant and insightful people who are deeply familiar with both wilderness living and faith journeying. Drawing on their backgrounds as …
386: Announcing a July 2017 Mormon Matters Retreat!
A MORMON MATTERS RETREAT! “Understanding and Navigating Healthy Perspectives and Journeys within Mormonism” Led by Dan Wotherspoon, Ph.D. Natasha Helfer Parker, LCMFT, CST, Marty Erickson, …
355: Personal and Spiritual Renewal Following a Difficult Election Season
Many people are feeling beat-up emotionally and spiritually right now on the heels of such a difficult and ugly election season. Regardless of whether “our” preferred candidate …
337: The Next Mormons
Standout Mormon author, scholar, and commentator Jana Riess is working on her next book, which will focus on Mormonism’s “Millennial” generation (those now between ages …
278: Encountering Other Traditions, Part 2: Roman Catholicism
This episode is the second installment in the Mormon Matters “Encountering Other Traditions” series that explores the fruits that come from bringing Mormonism into dialogue …
269: The Effects of Excommunication on All of Us: Healing Perspectives
This week’s excommunication from the LDS Church of John Dehlin, and its making fresher the memory of Kate Kelly’s excommunication last summer as well as …
262: Gospel Burn-Out
Ever feel worn down, your spiritual life lagging, feeling like all you are doing is going through the motions, and church engagement is feeling more …
260: Introversion and the Mormon Experience
No two individuals are exactly alike, and no schema can fully capture our particular essence or personality. Yet it is sometimes helpful to speak about …
236: Encountering Other Traditions, Part 1: Freemasonry
Mormon Matters is launching a new series that focuses on Latter-day Saints who, in addition to their Mormonism, are intimately familiar with another religion or …
184–185: Hugh Nibley—Part 1: A Fascinating Life
These episodes launch a three-part series on Hugh Nibley (1910–2005), a towering figure in twentieth-century Mormonism who every Latter-day Saint deserves to know better. Most …
139: A Beautiful Vision of Mormonism
This episode was planned to be an exploration of the joys and perils of being a public face of Mormonism, especially as a woman, and …
133–134: LDS Spiritual Supplementing
Studies are showing a huge increase in the number of people who claim hybrid spiritual identities, in which their religious lives include a combination of …
131–132: The Word of Wisdom
The Word of Wisdom has been in the news again, triggered by a claim about caffeine made on a network news show, which led to …