Explore every episode of the podcast Latter Day Struggles
| Title | Pub. Date | Duration | |
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| 🔒 258: Introducing "ASK VAL ANYTHING!" | 06 Sep 2024 | 00:50:05 | |
Hey, amazing Friday subscribers! You have questions? Val has responses! For the next few Fridays (and other Fridays in the future) she’ll be answering YOUR questions. Want to support Valerie & Nathan? Become a Monday & Friday Listener: Limited-time Sale on Annual Subscription $69: app.helloaudio.fm/feed/455929cb-0267-4c17-aa18-9469c4003feb/signup Monthly Subscription: $9.99. app.helloaudio.fm/feed/45de445a-7109-4ad4-a670-231a20dc02d9/signup Make a donation: Venmo or Patreon Join a group: https://valeriehamaker.com/support-groups/ Visit our website: https://valeriehamaker.com/ | |||
| 257: Creating Communities of Unconditional Belonging with Aubrey Chaves | 02 Sep 2024 | 01:22:14 | |
Join Valerie and fellow podcaster Aubrey Chaves of the Faith Matters podcast as together they discuss the vision and purpose of the Restore Conference. Want to support Valerie & Nathan? Become a Monday & Friday Listener: Limited-time Sale on Annual Subscription $69: app.helloaudio.fm/feed/455929cb-0267-4c17-aa18-9469c4003feb/signup Monthly Subscription: $9.99. app.helloaudio.fm/feed/45de445a-7109-4ad4-a670-231a20dc02d9/signup Make a donation: Venmo or Patreon Join a group: https://valeriehamaker.com/support-groups/ Visit our website: https://valeriehamaker.com/ | |||
| 🔒 248: Honoring & Expanding Spiritual Experiences Post LDS Faith Crisis | 02 Aug 2024 | 00:41:37 | |
Series Title: Redefining Spiritual Experiences [Part II of II] Want to support Valerie & Nathan? Become a Monday & Friday Listener: Limited-time Sale on Annual Subscription $69: app.helloaudio.fm/feed/455929cb-0267-4c17-aa18-9469c4003feb/signup Monthly Subscription: $9.99. app.helloaudio.fm/feed/45de445a-7109-4ad4-a670-231a20dc02d9/signup Make a donation: Venmo or Patreon Join a group: https://valeriehamaker.com/support-groups/ Visit our website: https://valeriehamaker.com/ | |||
| 161: Young Adults Want the Hard Conversations w/ Patrick Mason | 02 Oct 2023 | 00:59:21 | |
Series Title: Guiding & Trusting LDS Young Adults as They Navigate their Faith [Part I of II] Patrick has a unique perspective in this issue as a university professor who has recently begun holding gatherings in his home, helping young adults in and around the LDS church feel safe in their honest enquiries around spirituality in general and the LDS faith in specific. Valerie and Patrick traverse complex terrain, discussing the fear of constructive conflict within the Latter-day Saint community that often stifles genuine spiritual ministering and growth. Patrick examines this cultural practice, arguing that conflict can and should be seen as an opportunity for growth rather than a threat to unity and peace. Info on how to subscribe to listen to Friday’s episode is directly below. See you there! Want to support Valerie & Nathan? Become a Monday & Friday Listener: Limited-time Sale on Annual Subscription $69: app.helloaudio.fm/feed/455929cb-0267-4c17-aa18-9469c4003feb/signup Monthly Subscription: $9.99. app.helloaudio.fm/feed/45de445a-7109-4ad4-a670-231a20dc02d9/signup Make a donation: Venmo or Patreon Join a group: https://valeriehamaker.com/support-groups/ Visit our website: https://valeriehamaker.com/ | |||
| 🔒 160: Why Scientific & Academic Inquiry IS Spiritual Seeking! | 29 Sep 2023 | 00:43:09 | |
Series Title: Analysis of E. Corbridge's BYU Devotional “Stand Forever [Part II of II]
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| 159: LDS University Students Pressured to Not Ask Hard Questions | 25 Sep 2023 | 00:40:41 | |
Series Title: Analysis of E.Corbridge BYU Devotional “Stand Forever [Part I of II] According to him, once these “primary questions” are answered, no “secondary questions” need be asked. In this series Valerie and Nathan challenge both the proposed four “primary questions” themselves and the premise that it is wrong to enquire about anything related to our unique faith journeys. FRIDAY’S episode tackles Val’s and Nathan’s responded to E Corbridge’s proposal that scientific and other academic inquiry is not spiritual in nature and explore why the experience of doubt is evidence of spiritual questing and courage. Podcast-related resources: Info on how to subscribe to listen to Friday’s episode is directly below. See you there! Want to support Valerie & Nathan? Become a Monday & Friday Listener: Limited-time Sale on Annual Subscription $69: app.helloaudio.fm/feed/455929cb-0267-4c17-aa18-9469c4003feb/signup Monthly Subscription: $9.99. app.helloaudio.fm/feed/45de445a-7109-4ad4-a670-231a20dc02d9/signup Make a donation: Venmo or Patreon Join a group: https://valeriehamaker.com/support-groups/ Visit our website: https://valeriehamaker.com/ | |||
| 🔒 158: Letting Go of the ‘Mormon Parenting Scoreboard' w/ Christian Kimball | 22 Sep 2023 | 01:02:48 | |
Series Title: “On the Inside of the Edge” Exploration w/ Christian Kimball [Part IV of IV] They share their own tender experiences navigating parenting, realizing that while their faith journeys complicated their parenting identities, ultimately they had no choice in the matter and their deepening faith was something that strengthened their ability to love their children and allow their children their own beautiful journeys too. Chris and Valerie talk about fears that they have or have overcome in raising their children on the edge, knowing that others may well see them and/or their children as failures on the Mormon scoreboard. Want to support Valerie & Nathan? Become a Monday & Friday Listener: Limited-time Sale on Annual Subscription $69: app.helloaudio.fm/feed/455929cb-0267-4c17-aa18-9469c4003feb/signup Monthly Subscription: $9.99. app.helloaudio.fm/feed/45de445a-7109-4ad4-a670-231a20dc02d9/signup Make a donation: Venmo or Patreon Join a group: https://valeriehamaker.com/support-groups/ Visit our website: https://valeriehamaker.com/ | |||
| 157: The Spiritual Dangers of Magical Thinking w/ Christian Kimball | 18 Sep 2023 | 00:35:40 | |
Series Title: “On the Inside of the Edge” Exploration w/ Christian Kimball [Part III of IV] Want to support Valerie & Nathan? Become a Monday & Friday Listener: Limited-time Sale on Annual Subscription $69: app.helloaudio.fm/feed/455929cb-0267-4c17-aa18-9469c4003feb/signup Monthly Subscription: $9.99. app.helloaudio.fm/feed/45de445a-7109-4ad4-a670-231a20dc02d9/signup Make a donation: Venmo or Patreon Join a group: https://valeriehamaker.com/support-groups/ Visit our website: https://valeriehamaker.com/ | |||
| 🔒 156: From Baring your Shoulder to Bearing your Testimony w/ Christian Kimball | 15 Sep 2023 | 00:51:48 | |
Series Title: “On the Inside of the Edge” Exploration w/ Christian Kimball [Part II of IV] Helpful podcast-related resources: Want to support Valerie & Nathan? Become a Monday & Friday Listener: Limited-time Sale on Annual Subscription $69: app.helloaudio.fm/feed/455929cb-0267-4c17-aa18-9469c4003feb/signup Monthly Subscription: $9.99. app.helloaudio.fm/feed/45de445a-7109-4ad4-a670-231a20dc02d9/signup Make a donation: Venmo or Patreon Join a group: https://valeriehamaker.com/support-groups/ Visit our website: https://valeriehamaker.com/ | |||
| 155: LDS Church as Neither Magic Kingdom nor Evil Empire w/ Christian Kimball | 11 Sep 2023 | 00:52:41 | |
Series Title: “On the Inside of the Edge” Exploration w/ Christian Kimball [Part I of IV] In today’s episode Chris and Val will focus on the topic of how prone we as Latter Day Saints (as are others in early stage spiritual and psychological development) are to think in BINARIES: good/bad, right/wrong, in/out. Their invitation is to break out of binary-thinking and begin to see your relationship with the church on your own terms, emphasizing that your relationship with your current spiritual practice WILL CHANGE, because our life’s experiences change us all. In Friday’s episode Val and Chris focus on finally *truly* growing up in our relationship with the church! This episode digs into the concept of obtaining a differentiated [read: adult-to -adult] relationship with the church and how this adult-to-adult dynamic might look on the ground in real life relationships, especially with your bishop. Helpful podcast-related resources: Want to support Valerie & Nathan? Become a Monday & Friday Listener: Limited-time Sale on Annual Subscription $69: app.helloaudio.fm/feed/455929cb-0267-4c17-aa18-9469c4003feb/signup Monthly Subscription: $9.99. app.helloaudio.fm/feed/45de445a-7109-4ad4-a670-231a20dc02d9/signup Make a donation: Venmo or Patreon Join a group: https://valeriehamaker.com/support-groups/ Visit our website: https://valeriehamaker.com/ | |||
| 🔒 154: The Internal & Relationship Anguish of LDS Faith Crisis | 09 Sep 2023 | 00:36:33 | |
Series Title: Valerie’s 2023 Sunstone Symposium Address [Part II of II] These observations might be of particular interest as they come exactly 10 years following the creation of an exhaustive report (linked in full below) created for (then) President Dieter F. Uchtdorf as a way to help LDS general authorities better understand the nature of the suffering of so many members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in faith and trust crises. Valerie’s analysis in today’s episode covers the following (among other things):
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| 153: The State of LDS Faith Crisis Ten Years Post 2014 Official “Faith Crisis Report” Research | 04 Sep 2023 | 00:45:26 | |
Series Title: Valerie’s 2023 Sunstone Symposium Address [Part I of II] These observations might be of particular interest as they come exactly 10 years following the creation of an exhaustive report (linked in full below) created for (then President) Dieter F. Uchtdorf as a way to help LDS general authorities better understand the nature of the suffering of so many members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in faith and trust crises. Valerie’s analysis in this episode and Friday’s episodes covers the following (among other things):
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| 🔒 152: A Feminist Version of 'Work for the Dead' w/ Carol Lynn Pearson | 01 Sep 2023 | 01:08:25 | |
Series Title: Tribute to Carol Lynn Pearson's Groundbreaking Play "Mother Wove with Morning" [Part II of II] Carol Lynn’s classic one-woman play “Mother Wove the Morning” is an invitation to walk back in time and learn how women always have sought their Mother. Carol Lynn feels that perhaps a most sacred “work for the dead” we can each do is honor and follow those who have gone before us in their search of the lost feminine divine. She does this very thing with a dramatic flare in both her full length play (linked at the bottom of show notes for purchase on her website) and through her performance of a part of this theatrical work right here on today’s episode. If you have ever loved the creative flair of Carol Lynn, this episode will having you smiling with love and gratitude for her passion, talent, and feminist ministry. Please enjoy the ENTIRE PLAY and SCRIPT available for purchase at carollynnpearson.com where she also has a myriad of other books that will delight and educate you about many important issues of our day. Want to support Valerie & Nathan? Become a Monday & Friday Listener: Limited-time Sale on Annual Subscription $69: app.helloaudio.fm/feed/455929cb-0267-4c17-aa18-9469c4003feb/signup Monthly Subscription: $9.99. app.helloaudio.fm/feed/45de445a-7109-4ad4-a670-231a20dc02d9/signup Make a donation: Venmo or Patreon Join a group: https://valeriehamaker.com/support-groups/ Visit our website: https://valeriehamaker.com/ | |||
| 247: Processing Former Spiritual Experiences after LDS Faith Crisis | 29 Jul 2024 | 00:53:02 | |
Series Title: Redefining Spiritual Experiences [Part I of II] You definitely won't want to miss Part II in this Friday’s subscriber-exclusive episode either, where Valerie and Nathan delve deeper into how to move from a transactional relationship with God that was often connected to former spiritual experiences and how the faith journey is about expanding one's capacity to embody spiritual experiences rather than just having them. Want to support Valerie & Nathan? Become a Monday & Friday Listener: Limited-time Sale on Annual Subscription $69: app.helloaudio.fm/feed/455929cb-0267-4c17-aa18-9469c4003feb/signup Monthly Subscription: $9.99. app.helloaudio.fm/feed/45de445a-7109-4ad4-a670-231a20dc02d9/signup Make a donation: Venmo or Patreon Join a group: https://valeriehamaker.com/support-groups/ Visit our website: https://valeriehamaker.com/ | |||
| 151: In Search of Mother God w/ Carol Lynn Pearson | 28 Aug 2023 | 00:43:47 | |
Series Title: Tribute to Carol Lynn Pearson's Groundbreaking Play "Mother Wove with Morning" [Part I of II] However, the struggle to understand the unequal status of women is not just an LDS in nature. It is MUCH bigger than that. And it is deeply connected to the loss of our collective knowledge of the feminine divine. This is what this week’s Latter Day Struggles episodes plans to explore. And who better to take us on this journey than own beloved poet laureate, author, and feminist extraordinaire—Carol Lynn Pearson. The specific topic of this two-episode series is Carol Lynn’s one-woman play titled “Mother Wove the Morning”. In Carol Lynn’s typically beautiful and dramatic way, we learn all about women throughout the ages their ongoing search for the divine face of God. Monday’s episode offers context to the creation of this play—her personal experiences that led up to the realization of this idea, where, how, when it was performed and how it was received. She shares her experience deciding to address the feminine divine in an era where feminist and heavenly mother scholarship was under the critical scrutiny from the leadership of the church and how she decided to answer the call notwithstanding the risks. In Friday’s episode Carol Lynn will delight us all with an overview of the cast of characters whom she selected to perform through her and actually performs a portion of the play for us all to enjoy! If you loved the little portion that you heard on the podcast, don’t hesitate to go to her website carollynnpearson.com and buy the entire play and the book that goes with it. It is time for a resurrection of this amazing one-woman play in the ongoing celebration of the feminine face of God with whom so many of us are finding deep connection. Want to support Valerie & Nathan? Become a Monday & Friday Listener: Limited-time Sale on Annual Subscription $69: app.helloaudio.fm/feed/455929cb-0267-4c17-aa18-9469c4003feb/signup Monthly Subscription: $9.99. app.helloaudio.fm/feed/45de445a-7109-4ad4-a670-231a20dc02d9/signup Make a donation: Venmo or Patreon Join a group: https://valeriehamaker.com/support-groups/ Visit our website: https://valeriehamaker.com/ | |||
| 🔒 150: Accessing the Impact of "To the Mothers in Zion" w/ Dr. Julie Hanks | 25 Aug 2023 | 01:21:54 | |
Series Title: Analysis of Ezra Taft Benson's "To the Mothers in Zion" Infamous Address [Part II of II] Julie and Valerie are LDS women, wives, and mothers themselves and were in their adolescence when this address was given, eventually becoming the position statement for acceptable womanhood in the LDS church for decades. In this episode they reflect on the profound impact this talk had on their lives as young, highly motivated, but devoted-to-the-church women, navigating the complexities of emerging womanhood, their own personal hopes and dreams, and desires for both motherhood and also personal development beyond motherhood. The fruits of this address for each of them? A lot of guilt, shame, anxiety, and fears that they were "bad” women, mothers, and daughters of God for having desires beyond that of caregiving. In their typical respectful but direct way, Julie and Val evaluate many teachings from this talk from the perspective of psychological, developmental, spiritual, and relationship health and offer thoughts and feelings about different and healthier ways that we might model a path towards adult womanhood. The offer hope for a wide open space where women can choose if motherhood is right for them and how motherhood might look if that is the direction they go. They encourage courage, autonomy, personal authority, and self confidence as the foundation of healthy womanhood—whether that be full-time motherhood, a choice not to be a mother, or motherhood blended with other personal and professional pursuits. Every choice is worthy. Because women are infinitely worthy and capable of choosing for themselves the lives they want to lead. The talk addressed in this episode: https://emp.byui.edu/satterfieldb/pdf/tomothersofzion.pdf Want to support Valerie & Nathan? Become a Monday & Friday Listener: Limited-time Sale on Annual Subscription $69: app.helloaudio.fm/feed/455929cb-0267-4c17-aa18-9469c4003feb/signup Monthly Subscription: $9.99. app.helloaudio.fm/feed/45de445a-7109-4ad4-a670-231a20dc02d9/signup Make a donation: Venmo or Patreon Join a group: https://valeriehamaker.com/support-groups/ Visit our website: https://valeriehamaker.com/ | |||
| 149: Sociopolitical Forces that Led to Ezra Taft Benson's "To the Mothers in Zion" | 21 Aug 2023 | 00:29:56 | |
Series Title: Analysis of Ezra Taft Benson's "To the Mothers in Zion" Infamous Address [Part I of II] To say the very least, it made its mark on thousands of women during this era and beyond. In today’s episode Valerie offers a truckload of VERY SIGNIFICANT context that will help each of us better understand the reasons for this heavy-handed mandate for women to stay in the home. Some of the context addressed in this episode includes:
In FRIDAY’S episode, Valerie and friend and colleague Julie Hanks together walk through their own formative years as LDS girls and how this talk impacted them personally. They also jump into the address itself and talk about several sections from a psychological, spiritual, and relational health standpoint. Link to "To the Mother's of Zion" talk: https://emp.byui.edu/satterfieldb/pdf/tomothersofzion.pdf Want to support Valerie & Nathan? Become a Monday & Friday Listener: Limited-time Sale on Annual Subscription $69: app.helloaudio.fm/feed/455929cb-0267-4c17-aa18-9469c4003feb/signup Monthly Subscription: $9.99. app.helloaudio.fm/feed/45de445a-7109-4ad4-a670-231a20dc02d9/signup Make a donation: Venmo or Patreon Join a group: https://valeriehamaker.com/support-groups/ Visit our website: https://valeriehamaker.com/ | |||
| 🔒 148: How I Might Also Be Marginalizing Someone | 18 Aug 2023 | 00:41:04 | |
Series Title: How & Why Power Hierarchies Were Created [Part VI of VI] In the past several episodes they defined why power hierarchies are created, how this plays out in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and the six-step process followed in creating systems of dominance. They used a variety of examples of what this looks like both within the LDS context and zooming out much broader in time and place. This week they are ending this series focusing on strategies for change in hopes to awaken our own minds and hearts to how we might contribute to a healing of our own systems where dominance continues to wound those seen as “other”. TODAY’S final episode of this series breaks down the last few recommendations that we can each integrate into our own growth journeys as we endeavor to become more and more capable of truly loving our fellow humans. Topics addressed includes ways that we can get involved in speaking up against systemic marginalization and how we can leverage our own self interest in this process—knowing that even if we are currently in a powerful “in-group”, our status could easily change due to any number of life’s circumstances and while this system is in place, we will inevitably eventually be wounded too. Want to support Valerie & Nathan? Become a Monday & Friday Listener: Limited-time Sale on Annual Subscription $69: app.helloaudio.fm/feed/455929cb-0267-4c17-aa18-9469c4003feb/signup Monthly Subscription: $9.99. app.helloaudio.fm/feed/45de445a-7109-4ad4-a670-231a20dc02d9/signup Make a donation: Venmo or Patreon Join a group: https://valeriehamaker.com/support-groups/ Visit our website: https://valeriehamaker.com/ | |||
| 147: Protecting Those on the Margins Out Loud | 14 Aug 2023 | 00:48:30 | |
Series Title: How & Why Power Hierarchies Were Created [Part V of VI] The recommendations explored today are as follows:
FRIDAY’S final episode of this series breaks down the last few recommendations that we can each integrate into our own growth journeys as we endeavor to become more and more capable of truly loving our fellow humans. Books referenced in this episode: Want to support Valerie & Nathan? Become a Monday & Friday Listener: Limited-time Sale on Annual Subscription $69: app.helloaudio.fm/feed/455929cb-0267-4c17-aa18-9469c4003feb/signup Monthly Subscription: $9.99. app.helloaudio.fm/feed/45de445a-7109-4ad4-a670-231a20dc02d9/signup Make a donation: Venmo or Patreon Join a group: https://valeriehamaker.com/support-groups/ Visit our website: https://valeriehamaker.com/ | |||
| 🔒 146: How Hierarchies Hold Onto their Power | 11 Aug 2023 | 00:37:00 | |
Series Title: How & Why Power Hierarchies Were Created [Part IV of VI] As a reminder, steps one through three are as follows:
This episode tackles steps four through six:
The last two episodes of this series explores how individuals can contribute to the reversing of this systemic phenomenon. Each individual's heightened consciousness around issues of hierarchy and oppression slowly moves the world in the direction of increased love and connection. Book being referenced in this series: Living with History: Making Social Change by Gerta Lerner Want to support Valerie & Nathan? Become a Monday & Friday Listener: Limited-time Sale on Annual Subscription $69: app.helloaudio.fm/feed/455929cb-0267-4c17-aa18-9469c4003feb/signup Monthly Subscription: $9.99. app.helloaudio.fm/feed/45de445a-7109-4ad4-a670-231a20dc02d9/signup Make a donation: Venmo or Patreon Join a group: https://valeriehamaker.com/support-groups/ Visit our website: https://valeriehamaker.com/ | |||
| 145: When & Why Diverse People Becomes Marginalized | 07 Aug 2023 | 00:33:44 | |
Series Title: How & Why Power Hierarchies Were Created [Part III of VI] This episode tackles in detail the first three steps:
FRIDAY’S episode four tackles steps 4-6. In these next two episodes (today’s and Fridays) Val and Nathan will offer both historical and current examples of how each of these steps in the creation of marginalized “out-group” populations looks both within the LDS faith and in other contexts. Get ready to have your mind further expanded. Referenced in this series: Living with History: Making Social Change by Gerta Lerner Want to support Valerie & Nathan? Become a Monday & Friday Listener: Limited-time Sale on Annual Subscription $69: app.helloaudio.fm/feed/455929cb-0267-4c17-aa18-9469c4003feb/signup Monthly Subscription: $9.99. app.helloaudio.fm/feed/45de445a-7109-4ad4-a670-231a20dc02d9/signup Make a donation: Venmo or Patreon Join a group: https://valeriehamaker.com/support-groups/ Visit our website: https://valeriehamaker.com/ | |||
| 🔒 144: In-Groups & Out-Groups at a Regular Sacrament Meeting | 04 Aug 2023 | 00:38:11 | |
Series Title: How & Why Power Hierarchies Were Created [Part II of VI] They will then break down how within the LDS church there are a variety of more subtle hierarchies and disempowered out-groups that may seem invisible because they are so entrenched in the culture and theology such as the early-returned missionaries, unwed mothers, and non-temple recommend holders. Their desire in shining a light on this phenomenon in this series is to help our community root out the multiple layers of hierarchy to create a community bonded not by hierarchies of powerful in-groups and powerless out-groups, but by equality and Christ-like love. Want to support Valerie & Nathan? Become a Monday & Friday Listener: Limited-time Sale on Annual Subscription $69: app.helloaudio.fm/feed/455929cb-0267-4c17-aa18-9469c4003feb/signup Monthly Subscription: $9.99. app.helloaudio.fm/feed/45de445a-7109-4ad4-a670-231a20dc02d9/signup Make a donation: Venmo or Patreon Join a group: https://valeriehamaker.com/support-groups/ Visit our website: https://valeriehamaker.com/ | |||
| 143: How & Why Some People Oppress Others | 31 Jul 2023 | 00:38:48 | |
Series Title: How & Why Power Hierarchies Were Created [Part I of VI] In Episode 1 of this series Val and Nathan will explore why collectives organize themselves into a dominating few who find identity in their rule over designated disempowered out-groups, how those in power use differences in others to dominate them, how some disempowered ‘out groups’ are common throughout time and place [gender, class, race], and how unique out-groups are arbitrarily selected within micro-cultures. This Friday’s episode Val and Nathan will discuss how this concept applies to hierarchical structures in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, both through macro-issues such as their historical and current struggles with institutional patriarchy, racism, and issues around disempowering gender and sexual minorities. Their desire in shining a light on this phenomenon in this series is to help our community root out the multiple layers of hierarchy to create a community bonded not by the division between powerful in-groups and powerless out-groups, but by equality and Christ-like love. Info on how to subscribe to listen to Friday’s episode is directly below. See you there! Want to support Valerie & Nathan? Become a Monday & Friday Listener: Limited-time Sale on Annual Subscription $69: app.helloaudio.fm/feed/455929cb-0267-4c17-aa18-9469c4003feb/signup Monthly Subscription: $9.99. app.helloaudio.fm/feed/45de445a-7109-4ad4-a670-231a20dc02d9/signup Make a donation: Venmo or Patreon Join a group: https://valeriehamaker.com/support-groups/ Visit our website: https://valeriehamaker.com/ | |||
| 🔒 142: Our Sacred Imperative to Critique Unrighteous Dominion w/ Taylor Petrey | 28 Jul 2023 | 00:35:01 | |
Series Title: "Tabernacles of Clay” Analysis with Taylor Petrey [Part IV of IV] In this episode Val and Taylor address the following:
The book being analyzed in this series: Podcast episodes mentioned in this series:
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| 🔒 246: Personal Reflections on Learning How to Love as God Loves with Steve Young | 26 Jul 2024 | 00:26:45 | |
Series Title: Moving Beyond the Transactional Gospel [Part II of II] With personal examples from his own journey, Steve and Val hone in on four concepts that have shaped Steve's own spiritual life and personal work: gentle persuasion, meekness, long suffering and love unfeigned. This discussion exemplifies how one can commit to personal discipleship and practice these principles in their own realms--whether it be in personal relationships, professionally, or in formal spiritual settings. Val and Steve's hope in this series is to ignite further interest in first seeing more clearly where transaction exists, articulating how this way of relating is spiritually damning, and inviting each of us and our religious system into a higher, holier way of discipleship. Want to support Valerie & Nathan? Become a Monday & Friday Listener: Limited-time Sale on Annual Subscription $69: app.helloaudio.fm/feed/455929cb-0267-4c17-aa18-9469c4003feb/signup Monthly Subscription: $9.99. app.helloaudio.fm/feed/45de445a-7109-4ad4-a670-231a20dc02d9/signup Make a donation: Venmo or Patreon Join a group: https://valeriehamaker.com/support-groups/ Visit our website: https://valeriehamaker.com/ | |||
| 141: Gender, Sexuality, & Mormonism's Participation in Modern Politics | 24 Jul 2023 | 00:42:27 | |
Series Title: "Tabernacles of Clay” Analysis with Taylor Petrey [Part III of IV]
In Friday's Final episode, Val and Taylor wrap up this fascinating series responding to those out there who claim that “No doctrine has ever changed regarding gender and sexuality in the LDS church". In short...nothing could be more false! They will walk you through a lengthy list of all of the ideas forwarded by various official leaders throughout the years on pre-mortal gender, post-mortal gender, birth control, sexually acceptable behaviors amongst married cisgendered people, and so much more. They also will walk you through a historical list of proposed causes and cures forwarded by the Church for homosexuality over the years. They conclude Friday’s episode on a personal note, sharing how work in this area has deeply impacted them and why they both care so much about shining a light on this history. Its all about healing our community and helping expand our ability to love. Info on how to subscribe to listen to Friday’s episode is directly below. See you there! Want to support Valerie & Nathan? Become a Monday & Friday Listener: Limited-time Sale on Annual Subscription $69: app.helloaudio.fm/feed/455929cb-0267-4c17-aa18-9469c4003feb/signup Monthly Subscription: $9.99. app.helloaudio.fm/feed/45de445a-7109-4ad4-a670-231a20dc02d9/signup Make a donation: Venmo or Patreon Join a group: https://valeriehamaker.com/support-groups/ Visit our website: https://valeriehamaker.com/ | |||
| 🔒 140: Psychologists Versus LDS Authorities in Sexual Identity Issues | 21 Jul 2023 | 00:45:46 | |
Series Title: "Tabernacles of Clay” Analysis with Taylor Petrey [Part II of IV]
Thank you for supporting Val's countless hours devoted guests on the podcast like Taylor Petrey to enriching your spiritual journey! She is deeply grateful for you!!! Want to support Valerie & Nathan? Become a Monday & Friday Listener: Limited-time Sale on Annual Subscription $69: app.helloaudio.fm/feed/455929cb-0267-4c17-aa18-9469c4003feb/signup Monthly Subscription: $9.99. app.helloaudio.fm/feed/45de445a-7109-4ad4-a670-231a20dc02d9/signup Make a donation: Venmo or Patreon Join a group: https://valeriehamaker.com/support-groups/ Visit our website: https://valeriehamaker.com/ | |||
| 139: A History of the Evolving Definition of a Legitimate LDS Marriage | 17 Jul 2023 | 00:46:07 | |
Series Title: "Tabernacles of Clay” Analysis with Taylor Petrey [Part I of IV]
Friday's episode continues the conversation covering the following:
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| BONUS: How to subscribe to Friday Latter Day Struggles Episodes | 14 Jul 2023 | 00:17:41 | |
I see you! You're missing your Friday morning fix with Valerie and the Latter Day Struggles Podcast! Well, I gotcha covered :) This quick bonus episode walks you through step by step HOW to subscribe to the Friday episodes of this podcast no matter what provider you use (you do NOT need to listen on Spotify but you DO need to subscribe THROUGH Spotify...just to answer a question asked many, many times!) Here is the link on how to subscribe This episode will walk you through what to do once you click this link! If you want step by step WRITTEN and visual instructions with screen shots of each page in the subscription process, click here. ————————————————————————————————————— SUBSCRIBE: All Friday episodes of Latter Day Struggles can be accessed through a paid subscription ($9.99/month). Thank you for supporting Valerie’s professional commitment to your LDS Faith expansion journey! Click here to subscribe to all Friday Latter Day Struggles Episodes —————————————————————————————————————— SUPPORT: Like what you’re hearing at Latter Day Struggles Podcast? You can support Valerie’s efforts by becoming a recurring donor on Patreon.com! —————————————————————————————————————— SUPPORT GROUPS: You are invited to join one of Valerie’s space-limited Faith Crisis and Expansion Support and Processing Groups! As a trauma therapist, she continues to help our LDS faith expansion community become psychologically healthier and spiritually well in and around the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Details about availability on latterdaystruggles.com. These groups ALWAYS FILL UP, so ju Want to support Valerie & Nathan? Become a Monday & Friday Listener: Limited-time Sale on Annual Subscription $69: app.helloaudio.fm/feed/455929cb-0267-4c17-aa18-9469c4003feb/signup Monthly Subscription: $9.99. app.helloaudio.fm/feed/45de445a-7109-4ad4-a670-231a20dc02d9/signup Make a donation: Venmo or Patreon Join a group: https://valeriehamaker.com/support-groups/ Visit our website: https://valeriehamaker.com/ | |||
| 🔒 138. Potential Blind Spots Connected to the "One True Church" Bias | 14 Jul 2023 | 00:34:45 | |
Series Title: End of LDS Growth Analysis [Part VI of VI] In this final episode Nathan and Val talk about perhaps the most fascinating finding of this article, where the researchers merge administrative issues with theological issues. This episode answers the following questions:
Thank you for supporting Val and Nathan’s countless hours devoted to enriching your spiritual journey by subscribing to Latter Day Struggles Friday Episodes! They are deeply grateful for you!!! Link to the article analyzed in this series: Want to support Valerie & Nathan? Become a Monday & Friday Listener: Limited-time Sale on Annual Subscription $69: app.helloaudio.fm/feed/455929cb-0267-4c17-aa18-9469c4003feb/signup Monthly Subscription: $9.99. app.helloaudio.fm/feed/45de445a-7109-4ad4-a670-231a20dc02d9/signup Make a donation: Venmo or Patreon Join a group: https://valeriehamaker.com/support-groups/ Visit our website: https://valeriehamaker.com/ | |||
| 137: When 'Quick Conversion' Leads to Attrition Rather than Growth | 10 Jul 2023 | 00:41:10 | |
Series Title: End of LDS Growth Analysis [Part V of VI] In today’s episode, the focus of analysis is on the following three points:
The next and final episode of this series tackles perhaps the most fascinating concept explored in this report: a proposal that the LDS church's stance as God's only "true church" is at the foundation of the various administrative struggles that have impeded the church's ability to grow. Link to the article analyzed in this series: https://jmssa.org/stewart Want to support Valerie & Nathan? Become a Monday & Friday Listener: Limited-time Sale on Annual Subscription $69: app.helloaudio.fm/feed/455929cb-0267-4c17-aa18-9469c4003feb/signup Monthly Subscription: $9.99. app.helloaudio.fm/feed/45de445a-7109-4ad4-a670-231a20dc02d9/signup Make a donation: Venmo or Patreon Join a group: https://valeriehamaker.com/support-groups/ Visit our website: https://valeriehamaker.com/ | |||
| 🔒 136: Gerontocracy, Escalating Young Adult Attrition & LDS Growth Stagnation | 07 Jul 2023 | 00:32:39 | |
Series Title: End of LDS Growth Analysis [Part IV of VI] In today’s episode, Nathan and Val work through three more reasons exploring why the LDS church has not grown into the "next Islam" as forecasted about 40 years ago. This episode focuses on these three points:
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| 135: Shrinking Missionary Force Means Shrinking LDS Church | 03 Jul 2023 | 00:42:06 | |
Series Title: End of LDS Growth Analysis [Part III of VI] This episode focuses on the following:
Nathan and Val break down each of these topics and weigh in on how each each of these research findings represents (in their opinion) either an administrative situation, gradual and unable-to-predict-societal-evolution, or perhaps a subtle trending towards personal authority and spiritual autonomy that does not concurrently translate into LDS institutional nominal growth. In the next episode Nathan and Val tackle topics 4-6 of the ten topics covered explaining lower than expected LDS church growth according to the journal article linked below. Stay tuned! Want to support Valerie & Nathan? Become a Monday & Friday Listener: Limited-time Sale on Annual Subscription $69: app.helloaudio.fm/feed/455929cb-0267-4c17-aa18-9469c4003feb/signup Monthly Subscription: $9.99. app.helloaudio.fm/feed/45de445a-7109-4ad4-a670-231a20dc02d9/signup Make a donation: Venmo or Patreon Join a group: https://valeriehamaker.com/support-groups/ Visit our website: https://valeriehamaker.com/ | |||
| 134: Impressive LDS Church Growth in Africa, With some Caveats | 30 Jun 2023 | 00:29:36 | |
Series Title: End of LDS Growth Analysis [Part II of VI] Questions answered in this episode:
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| 133: LDS Growth Not Exponential as Predicted. Why? | 26 Jun 2023 | 00:31:02 | |
Series Title: End of LDS Growth Analysis [Part I of VI] In the mid 80’s a team of social scientists predicted that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was on track to become “The next Islam”, projecting that if the LDS church stayed on track with its current growth, it would achieve a membership between 36.4-121 million members by the year 2020. At year end 2019 the LDS church reached a mere 16.5 million members, less than half of the number projected by these social scientists. What Happened? This is the topic of the next several episodes of the Latter Day Struggles Podcast. In this specific episode, Nathan and Val offer an overview of six “misses” that the research team did not account for and then they break down each general area: including (but not limited to) serious issues of member retention, a significant drop in child-of-record baptisms, the shrinking size of the church’s missionary force, unexpected shrinking LDS fertility rates, and skewed membership record keeping practices. IN FRIDAY’S EPISODE Nathan and Val tackle the topic of church growth specifically in Africa (the LDS church’s current missionary growth emphasis) and put the LDS church’s relative success in this geographic area in context by looking at the astronomical growth in Africa of two “cousin” church traditions—the Seventh Day Adventist’s and the Jehovah’s Witnesses. Nathan and Val then discuss some valid reasons why these other faith traditions might be enjoying exponentially more growth in Africa and how the LDS church might benefit from learning from their religious counterparts, who seemed to have cracked some codes in multicultural membership growth and retention. Link to the article analyzed in this series Info on how to subscribe to listen to Friday’s episode is directly below. See you there! Want to support Valerie & Nathan? Become a Monday & Friday Listener: Limited-time Sale on Annual Subscription $69: app.helloaudio.fm/feed/455929cb-0267-4c17-aa18-9469c4003feb/signup Monthly Subscription: $9.99. app.helloaudio.fm/feed/45de445a-7109-4ad4-a670-231a20dc02d9/signup Make a donation: Venmo or Patreon Join a group: https://valeriehamaker.com/support-groups/ Visit our website: https://valeriehamaker.com/ | |||
| 245: Transaction as the "Pee Wee Level" of True Discipleship with Steve Young | 22 Jul 2024 | 00:57:30 | |
Series Title: Moving Beyond the Transactional Gospel [Part I of II] Together they explore ideas from Steve's book, "The Law of Love," highlighting the journey from transaction towards an upward leaning desire towards selfless love as the foundation of all belief and relationship. Together, they address the inevitable anxieties surrounding non-transactional relationships with God and challenge listeners to embrace a higher, more intimate relationship with the divine, moving away from prescriptive (transactional) guidelines towards personal, holistic engagement with self, faith, others, and ultimately with God. This episode offers a profound perspective on love's capacity to evoke authenticity and divine potential in ourselves and others. Friday's episode is a tender conversation between Steve and Val where they share how their own strivings to embody the Law of Love has changed them and enriched their relationships. Want to support Valerie & Nathan? Become a Monday & Friday Listener: Limited-time Sale on Annual Subscription $69: app.helloaudio.fm/feed/455929cb-0267-4c17-aa18-9469c4003feb/signup Monthly Subscription: $9.99. app.helloaudio.fm/feed/45de445a-7109-4ad4-a670-231a20dc02d9/signup Make a donation: Venmo or Patreon Join a group: https://valeriehamaker.com/support-groups/ Visit our website: https://valeriehamaker.com/ | |||
| 🔒 132: The Scary & the Sacred of LDS Reform Work | 23 Jun 2023 | 00:43:03 | |
Series Title: Valerie’s Personal Journey [Part II of II]
Books mentioned in this episode as most impactful for Valerie:
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| 131: Choosing Love & Healing Over Silence & Fear | 19 Jun 2023 | 00:46:57 | |
Series Title: Valerie’s Personal Journey [Part I of II] In those two episodes Valerie responds to a variety of personal questions including (but not limited to):
And much more! Latter Day Struggles Podcast Episodes mentioned in this episode as most impactful for Valerie:
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| 🔒 BONUS! | 18 Jun 2023 | 00:08:19 | |
In this brief minisode, Val gets everyone (especially those not on social media) up to speed on the many directions that she is going to help you in your faith journey. Here’s what I talk in more detail about on this bonus episode:
—————————————————————————————————————— SUPPORT: Like what you’re hearing at Latter Day Struggles Podcast? You can support Valerie’s efforts by becoming a recurring donor on Patreon.com! —————————————————————————————————————— SUPPORT GROUPS: You are invited to join one of Valerie’s space-limited Faith Crisis and Expansion Support and Processing Groups! As a trauma therapist, she continues to help our LDS faith expansion community become psychologically healthier and spiritually well in and around the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Details about availability on latterdaystruggles.com. These groups ALWAYS FILL UP, so jump in asap! Click here for a step-by-step guide on how to join a support group —————————————————————————————————————— COURSES: Now available! “A Couple’s Guide to Faith Crisis and Expansion” parts I and II. See what else is offered on latterdaystruggles.com Want to support Valerie & Nathan? Become a Monday & Friday Listener: Limited-time Sale on Annual Subscription $69: app.helloaudio.fm/feed/455929cb-0267-4c17-aa18-9469c4003feb/signup Monthly Subscription: $9.99. app.helloaudio.fm/feed/45de445a-7109-4ad4-a670-231a20dc02d9/signup Make a donation: Venmo or Patreon Join a group: https://valeriehamaker.com/support-groups/ Visit our website: https://valeriehamaker.com/ | |||
| 130: More Latter-day Saint stories of overcoming queerphobia | 16 Jun 2023 | 00:58:48 | |
Series Title: PRIDE and Personal Growth [Part II of II] Unlearning can be more challenging than learning, especially in a religious system that has focused so strongly on heteronormativity. But these beautiful people show that is can indeed be done and that the journey is sacred and one worth celebrating and sharing. Please note: In the section featuring Kit and Bree and their beautiful love story, I want to make clear that the manner in which they have been able to navigate their marriage is a representation of what has felt congruent to each of them in their own personal story. I do not want to communicate that other outcomes in other marriages are not acceptable or reasonable. I believe that giving each individual in each couple the liberty follow what is most congruent to them is the path to wholeness. Books and podcasts recommended in this episode:
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| 129: How Someone Like You Can (or Maybe Did) Overcome Queerphobia | 12 Jun 2023 | 00:44:49 | |
Series Title: PRIDE and Personal Growth [Part I of II] First and most importantly, Valerie has invited several individuals (like yourselves!) from her small groups to share their own growth journeys in the context of PRIDE month. In each of these stories shared you will learn from gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, and straight ally individuals who learned profound lessons about love over fear, love over judgment, and love over unhealthy theology. They share the beauty of being a work in progress and each model how it is okay to believe one way until we experience enough life to teach us to belief another way that is more aligned with God’s love for the diversity of their sacred creations. Books and podcasts recommended in this episode:
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| 🔒 128: Supporting Your Struggling LDS Marriage | 09 Jun 2023 | 00:42:42 | |
Series Title: When Marriage Doctrines Unintentionally Divide a Couple [Part II of II] She reviews key components to every section of her six self-guided online classes titled created to help the LDS couple struggling due to the faith journey of one of the partners. —————————————————————————————————————— CONSULTING: Interested in doing individ Want to support Valerie & Nathan? Become a Monday & Friday Listener: Limited-time Sale on Annual Subscription $69: app.helloaudio.fm/feed/455929cb-0267-4c17-aa18-9469c4003feb/signup Monthly Subscription: $9.99. app.helloaudio.fm/feed/45de445a-7109-4ad4-a670-231a20dc02d9/signup Make a donation: Venmo or Patreon Join a group: https://valeriehamaker.com/support-groups/ Visit our website: https://valeriehamaker.com/ | |||
| 127: When it Feels Like Your Spouse Chooses the Church over Your Marriage | 05 Jun 2023 | 00:38:22 | |
Series Title: When Marriage Doctrines Unintentionally Divide a Couple [Part I of II] Married couples in the LDS church tend to experience a great deal of distress when one partner begins a growth process that departs in any way from the standard beliefs and practices of the LDS faith. In this episode Valerie breaks down what she has coined “the successful failure” of LDS marriage theology, a belief system that is so incredibly successful garnering the faith and loyalty of some individuals that they would choose their religious beliefs about marriage over the marriage itself. In short, the success of the LDS indoctrination about the specific demands of an LDS marriage may strongly contribute to the failure of the actual LDS marriage. As a marriage therapist and a witness to too many LDS marriages coming undone unnecessarily, Valerie has chosen to commit the past few months creating two profound online courses to help couples not become casualties to this “successful failure” phenomenon. This episode describes the phenomenon in detail and the next episode in this mini-series describes Valerie’s overarching philosophical and psychological orientation to helping couples work through this challenge and become a stronger, more unconditionally loving couple than they ever imagined possible. Want to support Valerie & Nathan? Become a Monday & Friday Listener: Limited-time Sale on Annual Subscription $69: app.helloaudio.fm/feed/455929cb-0267-4c17-aa18-9469c4003feb/signup Monthly Subscription: $9.99. app.helloaudio.fm/feed/45de445a-7109-4ad4-a670-231a20dc02d9/signup Make a donation: Venmo or Patreon Join a group: https://valeriehamaker.com/support-groups/ Visit our website: https://valeriehamaker.com/ | |||
| 🔒 126: Fiona Givens' Tender & Inspiring Faith Journey | 02 Jun 2023 | 00:45:15 | |
Series Title: Visionary Women Past & Present [Part II of II] This story is one of all of the typical ups and downs, seemingly insignificant events that lead to other more significant events, and finally a few moments where Valerie proposes to Fiona why her unique life distinctively prepared her for the work that she is doing now; something that is profoundly blessing thousands of faith-expanding Latter Day Saints in this era. Perhaps Fiona is our own “Esther”, prepared for such a time as now. Don’t miss this truly love-filled episode if you have found healing through the work of Fiona Givens. It will endear you to her even more. Books referenced in this episode:
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| 125: Feminine Visions of Julian of Norwich w/ Fiona Givens | 29 May 2023 | 01:18:56 | |
Series Title: Visionary Women Past & Present [Part I of II] Father Richard Rohr has often called Julian his "favorite mystic" and Fiona attributes this woman as one of the most personally influential to her in the development of her own whole and holy theology of the divine. If these two recommendations aren't enough for you...then I don't know what to say! A few highlights of this episode:
Book referenced in this episode:
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| 124: Five Components of Mature Spirituality | 26 May 2023 | 00:43:15 | |
If you loved the last episode of Latter Day Struggles, you’ll love Valerie and Nathan’s discussion about the 5 components that can help each of us know that we have embraced a mature spirituality: A MATURE SPIRITUALITY:
**Each of Valerie’s Support and Processing Groups and Online Courses is Grounded in these Five Principles and offers a structure for achieving a mature relationship with spirituality. Book referenced in this episode: Want to support Valerie & Nathan? Become a Monday & Friday Listener: Limited-time Sale on Annual Subscription $69: app.helloaudio.fm/feed/455929cb-0267-4c17-aa18-9469c4003feb/signup Monthly Subscription: $9.99. app.helloaudio.fm/feed/45de445a-7109-4ad4-a670-231a20dc02d9/signup Make a donation: Venmo or Patreon Join a group: https://valeriehamaker.com/support-groups/ Visit our website: https://valeriehamaker.com/ | |||
| 🔒 244: When Loyalty is used to Undermine Love | 19 Jul 2024 | 00:41:18 | |
Series Title: A Study of Loyalty [Part II of II] Want to support Valerie & Nathan? Become a Monday & Friday Listener: Limited-time Sale on Annual Subscription $69: app.helloaudio.fm/feed/455929cb-0267-4c17-aa18-9469c4003feb/signup Monthly Subscription: $9.99. app.helloaudio.fm/feed/45de445a-7109-4ad4-a670-231a20dc02d9/signup Make a donation: Venmo or Patreon Join a group: https://valeriehamaker.com/support-groups/ Visit our website: https://valeriehamaker.com/ | |||
| 123: A Study of Immature Versus Maturing Spirituality | 22 May 2023 | 00:33:04 | |
During the Covid Pandemic, Valerie read even more than usual. One of the authors whom she binged was Jungian analyst James Hollis, who tipped her entire psychological and theological paradigm…right-side-up…finally. She passed several books off to Nathan and together they reconfigured a spirituality that is the foundation of what you hear in some way, shape, or form in each episode of Latter Day Struggles. In this episode they discuss the colossal difference between LESS MATURE and MATURE spirituality. Highlights:
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| 122: On the LDS Faith Expansion Journey & the Painful Loss of Community | 19 May 2023 | 00:37:17 | |
Author, Evangelical theologian, and recently deceased Christian reformer Rachel Held Evans poignantly stated, Our Former Inner Circle LDS tribe (both friends and family):
These divides create an added layer of grief on top of the grieve of faith and trust crisis. These divides prevent us from drawing upon our core family and friends when we’re need them most. This episode was is offered with the hope to help you feel seen, understood, and not alone as we struggle relationally in our faith expansion. Book referenced in this episode: Podcast mentioned in this episode Want to support Valerie & Nathan? Become a Monday & Friday Listener: Limited-time Sale on Annual Subscription $69: app.helloaudio.fm/feed/455929cb-0267-4c17-aa18-9469c4003feb/signup Monthly Subscription: $9.99. app.helloaudio.fm/feed/45de445a-7109-4ad4-a670-231a20dc02d9/signup Make a donation: Venmo or Patreon Join a group: https://valeriehamaker.com/support-groups/ Visit our website: https://valeriehamaker.com/ | |||
| 121: On the LDS Faith Expansion Journey & Cynicism Spirals | 15 May 2023 | 00:50:05 | |
Join Val as she breaks down a thought provoking idea about the pull of cynicism as a natural emotional component of Christian faith evolution.
As we grieve the former paradigm (and any harm done by it) and embrace our life’s experiences as platforms for deepening discernment, wrestle, and the opportunity to seize personal authority for ourselves, we can see these institutions as paradoxically instrumental in our processes of truly growing up and deciding what to accept, reject, and reconcile for ourselves. Book referenced in this episode: Want to support Valerie & Nathan? Become a Monday & Friday Listener: Limited-time Sale on Annual Subscription $69: app.helloaudio.fm/feed/455929cb-0267-4c17-aa18-9469c4003feb/signup Monthly Subscription: $9.99. app.helloaudio.fm/feed/45de445a-7109-4ad4-a670-231a20dc02d9/signup Make a donation: Venmo or Patreon Join a group: https://valeriehamaker.com/support-groups/ Visit our website: https://valeriehamaker.com/ | |||