Conversations about the religious and spiritual life on the other side of fundamentalism
 
Category: <span>Podcasts</span>

129: Face to Face with Mindy Gledhill

  This podcast is Part 3 of a Mormon Stories and A Thoughtful Faith Collaboration.   Mindy Gledhill is an American indie pop music singer-song writer. She has five albums, the Sum of all Grace, Anchor, …

128: Joanna Brooks: Mormon Feminist Writings and Other Stuff

Joanna discusses the new anthology Mormon Feminism: Essential Writings co-edited with Rachel Hunt Steenblick and Hannah Wheelwright.  We talk about the state of Mormon feminism  its past and future, and venture into the personal as …

127: Jacob Hess: Dialogues with a Conservative Friend

“I can imagine some ways we’ll try to work with different feelings in this space together – but our request would (and should) never be that you stop feeling what you are feeling. On the contrary, …

126: Church Policy Changes and their Legal Contexts: James Ord

If you want to understand the legal context behind the recent changes to church policies concerning same-gender marriage and the children of gay and lesbian partnered parents this podcast is a must listen. Salt Lake City …

125: Julie de Azevedo Hanks: A Highly Creative Life

Gina and Julie mull over music, marriage, motherhood and Mormonism. In this discussion Julie discusses her commitment to authenticity and her desire to understand herself and give expression to her creative impulses. Julie has led a colourful life, …

124: Thomas Wirthlin McConkie: Navigating Mormon Faith Crisis

“What if we understood faith crisis as part of a natural cycle of spiritual growth, a breaking open to make room for new life and new faith?” So posits Thomas McConkie in his new book “Navigating Mormon Faith …

123: Kristy Money: Processing Church Essay Exasperation

Today (Friday 23 October 2015) the church published their much anticipated “Joseph Smith’s Teachings about Priesthood, Temple and Women”  and a further essay “Mother in Heaven”.  For those who would like some clarification on the church’s …

122: C. Jane Kendrick: Life Under the Spotlight

C.Jane (Courtney) Kendrick needs very little by way of introduction.  An uber popular ‘mommy’ blogger (she doesn’t like to be called a mommy blogger) Courtney began blogging ten years ago beginning with intimate posts about …

121: Carl Youngblood on Transhumanism and Mormon Myth-Breaking

What happens when the stories we’ve grown up with turn out to not be as historically accurate as we thought they were? For many, this not only causes cognitive dissonance, but plenty of pain. Carl …

120: Got a Sermon October 2015

This week our sermons come from Trace Rogers, (Come Unto Christ),   Doug Christensen (Holiness), and Fatimah Salleh (An Introduction to the Book of Mormon).