Faith journeys are insanely difficult. Why?
In this episode, Lindsay Hansen Park, Jon Grimes, Brian Whitney, and Emily Grover join Mormon Matters host Dan Wotherspoon in a spirited discussion about a few of the many factors that come into play when one’s faith and understandings about God, church, and ourselves are challenged. The group occasionally offers suggestions about possible approaches for mitigating some of the most painful aspects of our journeys, but mostly it just tries to stand in solidarity and empathy for the challenges.
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Links:
Emily Grover, “Recovering My Sea Legs on the Old Ship Zion,” ByCommonConsent blog, 12 October 2015
Eugene England, “Why the Church Is As True As the Gospel,” Sunstone magazine, June 1999
“The State of Public History in Today’s Mormonism,” Mormon Matters podcast, 23 September 2015 (earlier episode with Lindsay Hansen Park, Brian Whitney, and Jon Grimes)
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I may be missing something, but I hear the Church responding to doubts members are expressing over the historical findings and revelations, which leave people feeling like they’ve been lied to and hence, doubt leadership. It seems like everyone is playing into the resulting faith crisis as if the Church is directing the discussion. I’d like to hear more clear discussion about the distinction between deep disappointment in Church leadership and belief that constitutes a testimony.
When I was in high school and almost extremely TBM, I planned on telling my future husband that he was the second most important thing in the world to me, God/the church being the first. I have since changed my mind about many things about the church, but I never realized how painful that mindset could have been to my future husband (btw, I have not married yet). Yes, individuals first, institutions second. Institutions cannot have their hearts broken because of things people say about them, but individuals can. Thank you, Jon Grimes, for sharing that story.