John Larsen was born and raised in the Salt Lake branch of the restoration movement and is proud of his Mormon heritage. John has been engaging the Mormon studies community for 16 years and was the host and director of the influential Mormon Expression podcast from 2009-2014 (www.mormonexpression.com). John’s approach has evolved from Mormon apologist and believer, to skeptic and critic. However, today, John is less interested in the battle lines of Mormonism and more interested in creating healthy communities post fundamentalism and in engaging Mormon culture, history, and doctrine directly. John currently lives in Salt Lake City with his wife and four children. John occasionally writes and does other strange things at johnlarsen.org.