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At Last She Said It

Episode 250: What About Sin?

At Last She Said It

Cynthia Winward

Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality

4.91.1K Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2026

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

How do you feel about sin? Richard Rohr describes our inevitable human missteps as essential to our growth when he says, "Not doing it right seems to teach us much more than doing it perfectly." But for many Latter-day Saints who struggle with ongoing feelings of guilt and/or shame, Rohr's interpretation may sound a bit too good to be true. Our church's focus on worthiness can get in the way of members' ability to look at mistakes—big and small—as growth opportunities, built right into the plan. In Episode 250, Susan and Cynthia are joined by members of the ALSSI community for a conversation about sin. How have your experiences affected the way you think about it? As your faith evolves, have you reframed sin entirely?

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0:00.0

But what Peter said about learning and growth made him a kinder person, I think that just again

0:08.8

brings us back to like, well, if that's the whole purpose is for us to be more like Jesus,

0:13.6

for us to become more kinder, then isn't it ultimately okay when we mess up?

0:23.1

Hello, I'm Susan Hinkley.

0:25.5

And I am Cynthia Winward.

0:27.3

And this is at last she said it.

0:29.3

We are women of faith discussing complicated things.

0:31.6

And the title of today's episode is, What About Sin?

0:36.3

Let's talk about sin, Cynthia. That sounds fun. Yay. Yay. Yay. Yay.

0:42.3

Yay. What, what, what. Exactly. I know. I know. I was trying to think of a more clever

0:51.1

title. I noticed you didn't think of a more clever title either. So we're

0:54.4

just like saying it is, saying what it is. It is what it is. And we're talking about

0:58.6

soon today. Yes, exactly. Sorry about that, listeners. We're just jumping right in with how

1:06.0

icky the topic could be. But I do think in a season where our theme is big ideas, I'm glad that we're

1:16.3

tackling this topic actually. Like, I really can't think of a topic that's bigger for Latter-day Saints.

1:24.6

I mean, in Christianity generally. I mean, sin is pretty big, right? Sin is pretty big.

1:31.3

You're right. And we are no different because we interview children, we interview youth and adults

1:39.3

to assess our worthiness all throughout our lives, all throughout our lives. And so, and if you're in

1:45.8

one of those interviews and it happens to dredge up some sins, we have consequences for those

1:52.9

sins, all the way from like not allowing someone to take the sacrament to holding a meeting

1:59.8

where that sinners membership can be revoked. And I don't care

2:04.7

if we call it membership withdrawal now, instead of calling it excommunication, both are very

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