Why many evangelicals don't see Latter-day Saints as Christians | Episode 443
For about a decade, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has been in a costly rebrand aimed in part at shoring up its bona fides as a Christian denomination. Not everyone is convinced, incl...
10 Kesä 30min
Poet Carol Lynn Pearson on how she left 'parts' of the church | Episode 442
Carol Lynn Pearson, renowned Latter-day Saint poet, playwright and activist, began keeping a nearly daily diary when she was a senior at Brigham Young High School in 1956. And she never stopped. The f...
3 Kesä 36min
The 'crisis' of members leaving the LDS Church | Episode 441
Jeff Strong, a former bishop, mission president and BYU faculty member, finds himself in a similar position to an increasing number of parents in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. While...
27 Touko 52min
It’s time for members to call out racism, says Black Latter-day Saint leader | Episode 440
Ronell Hugh says he was recently hiking a trail in Highland, Utah, when a white man in a gray truck leaned out his window and shouted a racist threat. It was a moment both startling and deeply troubli...
20 Touko 44min
LDS women who pursued careers when it was seen as a no-no | Episode 439
It’s the late 1960s to mid-1970s. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints continues a century-old priesthood and temple ban against its Black members. It takes a high-profile public stance aga...
13 Touko 34min
What does a ‘sustaining’ vote really mean in the church? | Episode 438
On April 4, millions of Latter-day Saints worldwide raised their hands to show symbolic support for their new prophet-president, Dallin H. Oaks. It was a rare ritual, called a solemn assembly, done pr...
6 Touko 40min
Why peace lovers aren’t enough. Jesus called for peacemakers. | Episode 437
Nearly 50 years ago, Latter-day Saint prophet-president Spencer W. Kimball warned boldly and directly about the dangers of war, including the vast resources used in the destruction of America’s enemie...
29 Huhti 34min
