212. Is God Disappointed in Me? — A Conversation with Kurt Francom

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🗓️ 20 April 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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This week, we’re bringing you an interview with Kurt Francom, author of a new book titled, Is God Disappointed in Me? Removing Shame from a Gospel of Grace. It seems to us that culturally, Latter-day Saints don’t usually imagine an angry vengeful God but we may very well imagine a god who is perpetually disappointed with us when we inevitably fail again to live up to our highest ideals. Kurt’s book unpacks what hurts about the idea of a disappointed God and why this belief can be a real stumbling block to our growth. He explores the ways sin is very often a response to woundedness and how understanding these core vulnerabilities can help us to heal from shame instead of hiding or numbing.

We've linked to a sweet video Kurt posted of his daughter learning to walk; though she is fumbling and struggling to learn, the video reminds us that as parents, we're not disappointed by this process of growth. Instead, like Kurt's voice in this little video, he was bursting with pride at her growth, joy when she got back up, and excitement that he got to be with her in the journey of learning to walk. Is this what we imagine God -a loving heavenly father and mother feels, when we make mistakes?

We think these ideas are so transformative. You can find Kurt’s book on Amazon or Benchmark Books. We also invite you to check out Kurt’s “Learning to walk” video with his daughter, which we’ll link to in the show notes. We hope you enjoy this episode.

Is God Disappointed In Me? (on Amazon): https://a.co/d/2soZzs5

Learning to walk video: https://youtu.be/nC9CIIXRJS0

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0:28.4	Hey everybody this is Aubrey Chavez from Faith Matters. Today we're bringing you an interview with Kurt Frankham, author of a new book
0:35.0	titled Is God Disappointed in Me, Removing Shame from a Gospel of Grace. It seems to us that culturally,
0:41.2	Latter-day Saints don't usually imagine an angry, vengeful God,
0:44.8	but we may very well imagine a God who is perpetually disappointed with us when we inevitably
0:48.9	fail to live up to our highest selves.
0:51.8	Kurt's book unpacks what hurts about the idea of a disappointed God and why this belief can be a
0:56.3	real stumbling block to our growth.
0:58.6	He explores the ways that sin is very often a response to woundedness and how understanding these core vulnerabilities about ourselves
1:04.5	can help us to heal instead of hiding and numbing in shame.
1:08.4	We've linked to this really sweet video that Kurt posted of his daughter learning to walk.
1:12.6	She's fumbling and struggling to learn,
1:14.4	and the video reminds us that as parents,
1:16.5	we're not disappointed by this process of growth.
1:19.0	Instead, like Kurt's voice in this little video,
1:21.2	he's bursting with pride at her growth and joy that she gets
1:24.2	back up and excitement that he got to be with her on this journey of learning to
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