Episode 200: Let's Zoom Waaay Out

Our spiritual lives are our own, but they don’t exist in a vacuum. We can do all the inner work we want, but as Latter-day Saint women our personal journey is always going to intersect with our Church membership, theology and history, our marriages, friendships and families, our communities, education and politics, and all the messaging we absorb in these interactions. In Episode 200, Cynthia and Susan discuss how looking at our journey in context can help us better understand our individual story.

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Notes & Quotes:

Love Matters More: How Fighting to Be Right Keeps Us from Loving Like Jesus, by Jared Byas
From Problem to Mystery: The Philosophy of Gabriel Marcel, Commonweal Magazine, 2/27/2020
The Blessing of Continuing Revelation to Prophets and Personal Revelation to Guide Our Lives, by Quentin L. Cook, 4/2020
The Garment of the Holy Priesthood, by Jeffrey R. Holland, Liahona Magazine, 9/2024
The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year, by Margaret Renkl

“People who claim they can give you absolute truth are channeling the serpent in Genesis, who promises a shortcut to becoming like God. There is no shortcut for being like God, because we are not God.” —Jared Byas

“Personal revelation is available to all those who humbly seek guidance from the Lord. It is as important as prophetic revelation.” —Quentin L. Cook

“I am learning that it is possible to want two contrary things at once. I want nothing to change. I want everything to change.” —Margaret Renkl

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