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501: Centering in God: Experiences and Insights from the Living School for Action and Contemplation

500: Making It Safe Again for Open Proselytizing: Charles Randall Paul and His Very Practical Conflict Engagement Theories

499: Faith Journeying with Matt Jones — Rambunctious Youth to LDS Bishop and Wise Soul

498: Mormon Difference Makers

496-497: (Encore) Mormonism As a “Religion”

494–495: “What Do We Do with All This?”: Sunstone and Today’s Uncorrelated Mormon Discussions

492–493: Women’s Ordination and Congregational Leadership: Exploring New Research

491: Mormonism and Depression, Suicide, and Medication: A Larger Context

488–490: Resurrecting Atonement

487: Exclusivism

485–486: An Open-Hearted Wrestle with Temples, Tithing, and Other Church and Personal Priorities

484: Robert Kirby: Mormonism’s Lampoonist Extraordinaire

483: The Prayer Wheel: “An Early Christian Handheld Device”

481–482: Mental and Spiritual Gymnastics: Might Something Deeper Be Going On?

479–480: (Encore) Mormon Views on Satan and the Origins of Evil

477–478: Improving the Way Mormons Discuss Anger

476: A Healer’s Healing Journey: An Interview with Dr. Julie de Azevedo Hanks

475: “Revelation” and “The Will of the Lord”: Changing Rhetoric and Its Effects in Today’s Mormonism

473–474: First Reactions to the April 2018 General Conference and Its Big Announcements

471–472: Reflections on the Recently Revealed MTC Sexual Abuse Cases

470: Mormon Matters Events and Holy Week Resources

469: Human Development and Parenting

467–468: The Work of Peace in Mormonism and the Religious World: An Interview with Charles Randall Paul

465 –466: Deeper Readings of Misunderstood and Under-Appreciated Scriptures

464: Protecting Ourselves and Loved Ones in Ecclesiastical Situations

462–463: Lessons From the Historical Jesus

449–461: (Encore Releases) The Old Testament—Teaching and Study Resources

448: Shadow Practice

446–447: What Does it Mean to “Sustain” Our Leaders and Fellow Church Members?

444–445: A New LDS First Presidency

443: Seeking a Good Death: Spiritual Practice and Framings to Help Us Prepare Now for Our Eventual Deaths

441–442: Living in (and Growing through) Tension: An Interview with Bill Reel

438–440: Prayers for the New Year

436–437: New Temple Baptisms Announcements

433–435: Revelation

430–432: Mormons Encountering Death

428–429: Restoring a Lost Jesus and Beautiful Vision of God’s Work and Glory

427: (Encore) “Living” Stories

424-426: Celebrating the Different Spiritualities in the Two Halves of Life

421–423: Examining Mormon Apologetics, Neo-Apologetics, and Informational Obligations to Church Members and Investigators

420: (Encore) The Abuse and Forgiveness Dilemma

418–419: Exploring the Messages in and Responses to Elder Dallin H. Oaks’s Recent General Conference Talk

416–417: Assessing the History and Value of Mormon Apologetics

415: “That We May Be One”: A Gay Mormon’s Perspective on Faith and Family

414: (Encore) Engaging Constructively with General Conference

413: The New Plan for Relief Society and Adult Priesthood Meetings

412: Announcing the October 2017 Mormon Matters Retreat

410–411: (Encore) Theologies of Nature: Mormon Resources for Thinking about Natural Disasters

407-409: The Wilderness of Faith

403–406: Revelations of Joseph Smith and Others: A Naturalistic Hypothesis

401–402: The Uncontrolling Love of God—Talking Theology and Community, and Meeting a Fellow Traveler in Thomas Jay Oord

400: “Yep, We’re Fringe . . . and So Are You!”— Rejecting Toxic “Acceptability” Scripts Sunstone Style!

398–399: Staying Actively Engaged in Mormonism

396–397: Spiritual Journeys Outside of Mormonism

395: Spiritual Mentors and Heroes

393–394: Does “Certainty” Hinder Living Faith?

390–392: Mormon Women Gaining Spiritual Confidence within a Patriarchal Church

388–389: Our Brains and Faith

387: LDS Church Changes to Its Scouting Program

386: Announcing a July 2017 Mormon Matters Retreat!

384–385: Gaining Spiritual Confidence

382–383: The Living Nature of Mormon Covenants

381: Why Ritual “Makes Sense”

379–380: Effective Teaching in the Church

378: Engaging Constructively with General Conference

373–377: (Encore) An Easter Primer

372: Jesus’ Abba: The God Who Has Not Failed

371: New Perspectives on Joseph Smith and Translation

369–370: Helping Children Plant Lasting Seeds of Faith

367–368: Faith within a Mormonism that Points Beyond Itself

366: Sin

365: More on the Mormon God (with help from Process Theology)

363–364: Mormonism’s Wonderful, Vulnerable God

362: Taking Jesus Seriously

361: Joy Amidst Sadness: Kim Puzey’s Journey to Peace

360: Faith and Doubt: Balancing Truth, Goodness, and Beauty

358–359: Improving Our Conversations about Important and Emotional Topics

356–357: (Encore) A Christmas Primer: Exploring the Nativity in Scripture, Legend, History, and Hearts

355: Personal and Spiritual Renewal Following a Difficult Election Season

353–354: Championing the “Addiction” Paradigm with Regard to Pornography/Sex Addiction

351-352: “The Policy”—One Year Later

Announcing a New Survey about LDS LGBT Policies

350: The LDS Church’s New Mormon and Gay Website

349: The Leaked Videos: A Church That Is Also a Corporation

347-348: Challenging the “Addiction” Paradigm with Regard to Pornography

346: Intimacy in Mormon Marriages

345: Dialogue at Fifty!–Part 2: Present and Future

344: Dialogue at Fifty!—Part 1: History

343: An Exciting Approach to Scripture

342: Mormon Women’s Position and Organization Names and Titles

341: Teachings about War in the Book of Mormon

339-340: Mercy and the Atonement

Announcing A Mormon Matters Retreat: Navigating a Healthy Mormon Journey

338: Mormons and Humor

337: The Next Mormons

336: The Ghost of Eternal Polygamy

335: Hope

334: Growing and Living a Fully Engaged Mormon Life

333: Mormonism and Future Generations

332: Mercy

331: Reflections on Two Recent Talks and the Online Reactions They Generated

330: Mormonism’s Jesus

329: Addiction and Recovery Series—Part 4: Being an Addict and Mormon

327–328: Explorations in Depth—The Two Lost Sons and Growing in God

326: Addiction and Recovery Series—Part 3: One Family’s Story of Overcoming Pornography Addiction and Its Negative Effects

325: Addiction and Recovery Series—Part 2: Effects on an Addict’s Family

323–324: New/Old Wisdom from Mormonism and Other Traditions for Facing the End of the World

322: How Does Apocalyptic Thinking Factor into the Recent LGBT Policy Change and Reactions to It?

320–321: Addiction and Recovery—Part 1: Personal, Family, and Spiritual Dynamics

319: Is There Good News for Faith in Today’s Mormon Crises?—Part 2

318: Are There Fresh and Productive Ways to View the New LGBT Policy/Revelation?

317: Is There Good News for Faith in Today’s Mormon Crises?—Part 1

316: Reflections on the New Mormon Gender Survey

314–315: Sex-positivity in Mormonism

312–313: The Positive Spiritual Effects of Disenchantment and Demythologizing

310–311: Making Sense of the Research on Homosexuality—Parts 3 & 4: Social and Psychological Factors

308–309: Making Sense of the Research on Homosexuality—Parts 1 & 2: Biological Factors

307: Church Handbook Change Regarding LGBT Men and Women and their Children. Part 3—“Yes, and . . .” Activism and Renewal in a Tragic World

306: Church Handbook Change Regarding LGBT Men and Women and their Children. Part 2—Why? Why Now? Analyses and Possibilities

305: Church Handbook Change Regarding LGBT Men and Women and their Children. Part 1—Thoughts on How to Move Forward with Faith and Hope

304: Mormon History and Lying

Matters of Perspective 4: “What the Church Means to People Like Me”

Matters of Perspective 3: “Why the Church Is As True As the Gospel”

303: Why Is This All So Hard?

301–302: Doubt and Faith as Discussed in the October 2015 General Conference

299–300: Being Wrong (in a Church and Culture that Emphasizes Being Right)

297–298: The State of Public History in Today’s Mormonism

295–296: John Dehlin Interviewed by Dan Wotherspoon about His Beliefs, Spiritual Path, and Upcoming Projects

293–294: Dan Wotherspoon Interview by John Dehlin about Helping People Find Rich Spirituality within Mormonism

292: The Landscape of Mormon Theology: Terryl Givens at the Rockwell Museum

290–291: Past, Present, and Possible Futures of Mormon Studies

289: The Gift of the Holy Ghost

287–288: Joseph Smith’s Use of a Seer Stone in Bringing Forth the Book of Mormon

286: Sunstone 2015

284–285: Worthiness

283: Being an Ally

282: Baptism

281: LDS Film: Present, Future, Roles, Tensions

279–280: Mutual Respect: Creating Healthy Relationships When Loved Ones Choose a Different Faith Path

278: Encountering Other Traditions, Part 2: Roman Catholicism

277: Does Powerful Faith Require Scriptural Literalism?

276: Being Heard in Today’s Church

274–275: Beyond Belief and Unbelief

273: The Passion (Final Week of Jesus’s Life)

272: Paul’s Theology of Grace

271: Speaking with Loved Ones about Faith Differences

270: “Yes, and . . .”: Activism and Renewal in a Tragic World

269: The Effects of Excommunication on All of Us: Healing Perspectives

267–268: The Gospels

265–266: Mormonism as a “Religion”

263–264: Ordinances

262: Gospel Burn-Out

261: Faith and Repentance

260: Introversion and the Mormon Experience

259: A Reason for the Hope That Is In Me

258: Question 7

257: Negotiating Adult Faith within a Developing Institution

256: The Church’s New Articles on Plural Marriage

255: New Church Video on LDS Temple Clothing and Garments

254: Meet the Mormons–Is It Signaling a Shift in Mormon Identity?

253: Supporting Missionary Work During or After a Faith Transition

251-252: Mormonism’s Apostasy Narrative

249–250: Being Authentic within Mormonism

248: Approaching Scriptural Texts with Fresh Eyes

247: The “Best Thing” About Mormonism—2

244–246: Genesis, Part 6—Isaac, Rebekah, Esau, and the Transformation of Jacob

239–243: Jesus Christ within Mormonism

237–238: Hope and Healing in the Face of LDS Current Events

236: Encountering Other Traditions, Part 1: Freemasonry

235: Perspectives on News of Possible Excommunications of LDS Activists, Part 5

234: Perspectives on News of Possible Excommunications of LDS Activists, Part 4

233: Perspectives on News of Possible Excommunications of LDS Activists, Part 3

232: Perspectives on News of Possible Excommunications of LDS Activists, Part 2

231: Perspectives on News of Possible Excommunications of LDS Activists, Part 1

230: The Mormon God

228–229: Mapping LDS Faith Transitions (with help from James Fowler)

227: “Living” Stories

226: The “Best Thing” About Mormonism

225: Wrestling with Prophets and Scripture

224: Genesis, Part 5—Entertaining Angels; Sodom and Gomorrah

222–223: Becoming Like God

217–221: (Encore) An Easter Primer

216: Preserving and Strengthening Relationships During Faith Transitions

215: Mormonism’s Modesty and Sexuality Discourse

213–214: The Book of Abraham as Scripture

212: A Fresh Look at Mitt Romney

211: Genesis, Part 4—Abraham

210: Genesis, Part 3–Cursing of Canaan and the Tower of Babel

209: New LDS Statement on Book of Mormon Translation

208: Who Was/Is Jesus?

207: Teaching the Old Testament to Latter-day Saints

206: At Peace with Human Prophets–Personal Journeys

204–205: The New Statement on Race and the Priesthood

202–203: Genesis, Part 2—The Flood

201: Good Shepherds

200: Let’s Collaborate!

199: Untangling Faith, Belief, and the Expectation to “Know”

198: Engaging Mormonism from Outside the Fold

194–197: Genesis, Part 1—Creation, Garden, Expulsion, Cursing

193: Ordain Women and Renewed Conversations about Priesthood

192: The Hero’s Journey

190–191: The Institutional Church and the Individual

188–189: Hugh Nibley—Part 3: Prophet of Zion

186–187: Hugh Nibley—Part 2: Scholar and Defender of the Faith

184–185: Hugh Nibley—Part 1: A Fascinating Life

182–183: Is Mormonism’s God Worthy of Worship?

181: Grieving (and Can We Do it Better?)

180: Mormon Missions Take to Facebook!

178–179: Tolerance

176–177: The Adam-God Doctrine: What? When? Still?

174–175: The Chaplains on . . . Suffering

172–173: Proactive LDS Parenting

170–171: Toward Expanding and Improving LDS Discourse about Sexuality

166–169: The Couplet (and Teachings about Theosis) in Today’s Mormonism

165: Mormon Women Sharing Their Lives

164: New Version of the LDS Scriptures

159–163: An Easter Primer

157–158: C.S. Lewis and Mormonism

155–156: LDS Military Chaplains

153–154: Integrity with Self and Family: Parents on Sharing Their Faith Transitions with Their Children

151–152: Short Takes—Adventures in Spirit

149–150: Near-Death Experiences

147–148: LDS and Pacific Islander Layers of the Manti Te’o Saga

146: Relationships First: Mormon Parents Face Their Child’s Faith Transition

144–145: The Kingdom of God is Within You—Believing It, Trusting It, Accessing It

142–143: Process Theology and Mormonism

140–141: A Christmas Primer: Exploring the Nativity in Scripture, Legend, History, and Hearts (Encore Presentation)

139: A Beautiful Vision of Mormonism

137–138: Science and Religion

135–136: Racism and the Book of Mormon

133–134: LDS Spiritual Supplementing

131–132: The Word of Wisdom

129–130: New Missionary Age

Matters of the Heart 3: A New Story for Mormon Women

128: The One True Church

127: Grace

125–126: Mormonism and Politics: Historical Perspectives

Matters of Perspective 2: The Sacred Secret Open to All: Ye Are Gods

123–124: Emergence Christianity and Mormonism

122: Challenges in Making Church “Work” For Everyone

119–121: The Problem of Evil and Suffering

117–118: Truth in Revelation and Scripture

114–116: Brazilian Mormonism

113: Mormonism and Environmentalism

112: Imagining New Ways to Think and Teach about Mormon Pioneers

111: Healthy Approaches to Supporting LGBT Latter-day Saints and Family Members

110: Abuse and the Forgiveness Dilemma

107–109: LDS Salvation Theology and Practices

105–106: Mormon “Doctrine” and Other Fuzzy Things

104: Growing Up Mormon—and Fearless

102–103: Pragmatism, William James, and Mormon Sensibilities

100–101: Mormon Missions

98–99: “Middle Way” Mormonism and Women

96–97: Mormonism and Its History—Past, Present, and Future

94–95: Suicide

92–93: Can Mormon Theology Affirm Homosexual Relationships Now and in the Eternities?

91: Cleanflix and What Its Story Reveals about Mormon Culture

89–90: Latter-day Saint “Mid-Singles” Experience

87–88: Pacific Island Mormon Identities

85–86: “Middle Way” Mormonism

Matters of the Heart 2: On “Masturbatory Rage”: A Theatrical Call to Repentance

83-84: Creating Spaces for Non-Traditional Latter-day Saints

81-82: Mormonism and Transhumanism

79-80: How Can We Truly Confront Racism within Mormon Thought and Culture?

77-78: Recognizing “the Spirit”

Matters of Perspective 1: “Godwrestling–Physicality, Conflict, and Redemption in Mormon Doctrine”

Matters of the Heart 1: The Elder Daughter

75–76: Communicating About the Temple

74: Writing Mormon Lives

73: “And the Survey Says…!”: Reflections on Mormon Disaffection, Marlin Jensen’s Remarks, Recent Articles on Mormonism’s Challenge in Better Facing Its History

72: Effecting Change in the Church

71: Make Love AND War!: Maintaining Positive Relationships During Faith Transitions—A Spiritual Framing

70: Is the World Getting Worse?

69: Patriarchal Blessings

67–68: The Happiness Puzzle

66: Spiritual Secrets of Addiction Recovery

65: LDS Views on Christ’s Second Coming and the End Times

64: Mormons and Prayer

63: Oh Say, What Is Truth?

62: A Christmas Primer: Exploring the Nativity in Scripture, Legend, History, and Hearts

61: Mormon Views on Satan and the Origins of Evil

60: Matters of Integrity

59: Mormon Messages about Priesthood, Fatherhood, Patriarchy, and More

58: Obedience and Agency

57: LDS Young Single Adult Experiences Revisited

56: Mormonism and Wealth

55: Cult Claims and the Media

54: The Atonement in Mormon Thought and Experience

53: Mormonism and Capital Punishment

52: Rebirth of the Student Review

51: The Dynamics of Guilt and Shame

50: The Call to Be Peacemakers

49: Mormonism’s Messages about Motherhood

48: Mormonism and Evolution

47: When Worldviews Go Haywire: Breivik, Jeffs, and the Religion/Mental Health Matrix

46: In Memoriam—Sister Chieko Okazaki and Elder Marion D. Hanks

45: The Mormon Practice of Bearing Testimony

44: A Vital Legacy of Independent Mormon Thought: Dialogue and Sunstone

43: Healthy Approaches to Teaching Modesty

42: Pros and Cons of Keeping Mormonism “Weird”

40–41: Ritual within Mormonism

39: Intellectuals and the Mormon Tradition

38: Illegal Immigration and Religion

37: Why Are Mormons Seen as “Dangerous” by Some Evangelical Christians?

35–36: Moving Beyond the “Negro Doctrine”

34: Self-Identifying as “Mormon”

33: The LDS Church and Its Single Young Adults, Part 2

32: Heavenly Mother in Today’s Mormonism

31: The LDS Church and Its Single Young Adults

30: Mormon Women and Equality

29: David Brooks, The Book of Mormon Musical, and Rigorous Religion

28: Racism in Honor Code Enforcement for BYU Athletes?

27: Mormons and Their Leaders

25-26: Theologies of Nature – Mormon Resources for Thinking about Natural Disasters

24: Mitt Romney, Jon Huntsman, Glenn Beck and the 2012 Election

23: The King James Version and Changes to Race-Related Book of Mormon Chapter Headings

22: The Suspension of BYU Basketball Player Brandon Davies and the BYU Honor Code

21: Sex and Immigration

Cultural Doctrines: The Unsaid Sermon

Episode 2: Mitt Romney, Mormonism and Recent Coverage in the New York Times and on Good Morning America

Episode 1: An Introduction, PBS’s “The Mormons”, and an Ensign Article