S4 36: Leaving Mormonism, Trusting Christ With Megan Donahue
The Strong Women Podcast
Sarah Stonestreet
2.4 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 1 May 2024
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
Megan Donahue grew up in a Mormon family whose roots reach all the way back to the founding of Mormonism. Though she sincerely believed as a child, she was discouraged from thoroughly investigating what she had been taught. Eventually, Megan’s beliefs unraveled as she grappled with long-held questions and the burden of works-based religion. Through the mess of doubt, she stepped away from everything she had ever known and asked God to show her the truth. She joins us this week to tell her story of leaving Mormonism and learning to trust Christ.
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| 0:00.0 | As Christians, we're called to love God with all our minds and be transformed by the renewal of our minds. |
| 0:09.0 | Without a mind that's shaped by God's word will struggle to champion the truth, beauty, and goodness of God's kingdom in this time and place. |
| 0:18.0 | To address this problem, Michael Craven, Vice President of Equipping |
| 0:22.4 | and Mobilization at the Colson Center, has written a brand new free e-book called The Christian |
| 0:28.1 | Mind, Its Necessity to Christian Relevance and Renewal. It's basically a primer on developing |
| 0:34.3 | a thoroughly Christian mind for the sake of the kingdom. If you want a more robust faith that actually shapes how you live in the world today, |
| 0:42.3 | or if you're wondering why cultivating a Christian mind really matters, |
| 0:46.3 | you should read this book. |
| 0:48.3 | Again, it's called The Christian Mind, |
| 0:50.3 | and you can grab your free copy by going to colson center.org forward slash book. |
| 1:06.2 | Welcome to the Strong Women Podcast where we explore the beautifully diverse ways God invites and equips women to participate in his story. |
| 1:15.5 | We're here to encourage one another as we step out of the shallow definitions of what it means to be a woman |
| 1:21.7 | and into the flourishing life that comes when we walk out our design. |
| 1:26.3 | I'm your host Sarah Stone Street. I'm so glad you're here. |
| 1:32.8 | Welcome back, listeners. I'm glad you're here with us today. I have a good friend with me, |
| 1:37.3 | Megan Donahue. She and I met at church, and I just recently discovered part of her story that I |
| 1:43.0 | did not know that she was raised in a |
| 1:45.9 | Mormon household. And so I have so many questions. And recently we had her come down and |
| 1:53.6 | talk to our youth group about being raised in a Mormon church and also just kind of the |
| 1:59.1 | ways that the story started to unravel for her and then what brought her to Christ. And it's been like she told me, my story's messy. And I said, that's okay. And so I'm excited to just hear about God's work in Megan's life. Megan, thanks for coming. Thank you, Sarah. |
| 2:19.0 | Yes. I'm so honored to be here and just amazed at where God puts us in our lives. |
| 2:25.8 | Yeah. I just really appreciate you and all the work that you do. And meeting you has been a |
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