Episode 121: What About Faith Crisis? A Conversation with Becky Edwards

At Last She Said It

Cynthia Winward

Religion & Spirituality, Feminism, Motherhood, Ldswomen, Spirituality, Lds, Thechurchofjesuschristoflatterdaysaints, Mormonwomen, Religion, Marriage, Mormon, Faith

5 • 900 Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

You may or may not call it a faith crisis, but many Latter-day Saints experience a seismic shift at some point that calls into question the faith we thought was settled. Suddenly we no longer feel sure about things to which we used to testify wholeheartedly. Though individuals experience the details differently, sudden uncertainty about foundational beliefs can feel frightening, isolating, even hopeless. In this episode, Becky Edwards joins Cynthia and Susan for a discussion about moving and growing through the destabilization of ‘faith crisis.’

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0:00.0	I now see faith as more of a well Alma said it that faith is his hope in something
0:09.9	that's true it's it's it's not sure knowing and sure knowing is certainty so
0:14.0	alma himself is saying faith is not the same as certainty and and Lamotte
0:17.3	said the same thing right that the opposite of faith is not doubt the opposite
0:21.2	of faith is certainty. Right. And so that that has helped in my
0:26.5	relationship with the church.
0:31.5	Hi I'm Susan Hinckley and I'm Susan Henkley.
0:33.4	And I'm Cynthia Wynward.
0:35.1	And this is at last she said it.
0:37.1	We are Women of Faith discussing complicated things.
0:40.3	The title of today's episode is,
0:43.0	What About Faith Crisis?
0:45.0	And we have a special guest today.
0:47.0	We have invited Becky Edwards to join us for this conversation.
0:51.0	Hi Becky.
0:52.0	Hi, Susan and Cynthia.
0:54.0	Hello!
0:55.0	We are absolutely delighted to have you here and specifically to talk about this topic because I know
1:01.7	that you've done a lot of work around this and that you have
1:05.5	experienced talking to many Latter-day Saints who find themselves in this space that could be described
1:12.4	as a faith crisis in some way and a lot of people use that term
1:17.3	I think it can mean a lot of different things for the people who are experiencing it
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