64. Women Creating Sacred Spaces — Carol Lynn Pearson, Jana Spangler, and Becky Edwards

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🗓️ 20 March 2021

⏱️ 66 minutes

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This is an episode we’re really excited about. When we heard Terryl’s conversation with Claudia Bushman a few weeks ago, it sparked some ideas that we thought really needed to be explored further, particularly around what Latter-day Saint women can do here and now to vitalize the feminine divine in their own lives and in the lives of their daughters.

Aubrey took that idea and really ran with it. So for this episode, she brought on Carol Lynn Pearson, Jana Spangler, and Becky Edwards. They explore how the unique doctrine of a Heavenly Mother can play a foundational role in allowing women to embrace creativity when developing spiritual practices. They also get really specific on ideas for ritualizing and celebrating milestones for women throughout their lives.

To give you just a brief background on each of our guests — Carol Lynn Pearson is the author of "Goodbye, I Love You", "Finding Mother God", and the primary song "I’ll Walk With You", and many other books and poems. She’s been a powerful voice in the Latter-day Saint tradition for many years.

Jana Spangler is a Faith Transitions Coach at Symmetry Solutions and graduate of The Living School, a 2 year program under the direction of Fr. Richard Rohr and the Center for Action and Contemplation.

Becky Edwards is a faith-based mentor, blogger, author, and speaker, who’s presented at many events including BYU Women’s Conference.

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0:49.4	on the book for now, but we'll be sharing a lot more in the near future. Thanks as always, and here's
0:53.2	the episode. Hey everybody, this is Tim Chavez from Faith Matters. This is an episode we're really
0:58.3	excited about. When we heard Terrell's conversation with Claudia Bushman a few weeks ago, it sparks
1:02.6	some ideas that we thought really needed to be explored further, particularly around what Latter-day
1:07.0	Saint women can do here and now to vitalize the feminine divine in their own lives and in the
1:11.1	lives of their daughters. Aubrey took that idea and really ran with it. So for this episode,
1:15.7	she brought on Carolyn Pearson, Janice Bangler, and Becky Edwards. They explore how the unique
1:20.1	doctrine of a heavenly mother can play a foundational role in allowing women to embrace creativity
1:24.2	when developing spiritual practices. They also get really specific on ideas for ritualizing and
1:28.8	celebrating milestones for women throughout their lives. To give you just a brief background on
1:32.9	each of our guests, Carolyn Pearson is the author of Goodbye I Love You, Finding Mother God,
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