768: Navigating Progressive Mormonism with Carol Lynn Pearson, Jana Riess, and Jana Johnson Spangler Pt. 2

Mormon Stories Podcast

Dr. John Dehlin

Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2017

⏱️ 82 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

In these episodes of Mormon Stories, John and Margi interview Carol Lynn Pearson, Jana Riess, and Jana Johnson Spangler to explore their experiences as they navigate progressive Mormonism.

We cover important topics such as:

*Each panelist’s experience when their faith became more complex and whether they would self-describe as a Mormon
*What made them choose to remain engaged in the Church
*What the most valuable aspects of the faith are to each of them, and how they inform and impact their life
*Their social experience in their wards and whether they feel alone or among many others who are navigating a middle-way
*How they approach Sundays and whether they have supplemented their Sunday experience with anything that would be helpful to share with our audience
*Whether they observe a decline in the health and vitality of the Church

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Mormon Stories is a production of the Open Stories Foundation and relies solely
0:04.3	upon the support of people like you, its listeners. To help keep the podcast
0:08.4	alive or to become a member of the community, please become a monthly
0:11.8	subscriber by visiting MormonStories.org and clicking on the Donate
0:16.1	button on the right side of the page under Support. All contributions to
0:20.1	Mormon Stories are completely tax deductible and go towards producing the
0:23.9	podcast and building communities and programs of support for Mormons like you.
0:28.4	Thanks for your support.
0:49.4	I was really curious for each of you about your experience socially in your
0:56.0	various wards or communities. What year so?
1:00.0	In Carolyn talked a bit about that.
1:02.0	She talked about feeling I think very supported in her own ward. But I'm kind of
1:08.8	curious. So you can expound if you want to. Carolyn, I know you kind of already
1:15.9	addressed that, but it's this idea. Do you feel alone? Do you feel different?
1:21.1	Do you feel or do when you go, do you feel the sense of kinship with the
1:26.1	people around you when you attend church in your church communities? And we'll
1:31.1	start with you Carolyn. Yes, I do. And it maybe would be in a couple of categories.
1:44.1	There are, I think quite a few women in my ward who have approached me.
1:51.1	Sister Pearson, can I talk to you about something? I've been reading such and such and
1:56.1	I really want to talk to you about this issue. This really, really important to me.
2:02.1	So I know that there are maybe a dozen women in my ward who have some significant
2:09.1	questions. And so I know I'm never alone when something might come up. And of
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Dr. John Dehlin, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Dr. John Dehlin and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.