I used to feel like I needed a bigger church, but behind that need was actually a more fundamental one: the need for a larger God. When my children left Mormonism, they somehow took with them my belief in the Heavenly Father that had been the center of our religious life. Regaining my spiritual footing …
Speaker: Susan Meredith Hinckley
Reflections on Thoughtful Faith in Community: Staying Meaningfully Engaged in the Struggle
This panel from A Thoughtful Faith Facebook Support Group will explore how struggle builds faith and community. The participants’ collective experience is that both online and in-person communities can help reconstruct thoughtful faith and forge bonds of loving support as we deal with challenges to cherished beliefs. Mark Crego, Jeralee Renshaw, Richard Ostler, Susan Meredith …
Why We Stay
This perennially well-received session features the stories of those who have chosen to remain active, dedicated Latter-day Saints even in the face of challenges to traditional faith. Susan Meredith Hinckley, Philip G. McLemore, Debra Bonner, Unity Gospel Choir
If the Shoe Doesn’t Fit…Do I Still Have to Wear It?
Finding comfort in an ill-fitting religion has been my lifelong challenge. My most important shift has been from thinking about stretching the shoe rather than shrinking my foot. This session tells the story of my realization and how I implemented it. Susan Meredith Hinckley