Episode 224: Navigating Transitions | What Triggered Your Faith Journey?
Maya Angelou said, “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” When things start to get shifty in your faith life, it can feel overwhelming and difficult to talk about, even with those closest to you. There are as many stories of evolving faith as there are Latter-day Saint women who experience them. For Season 10, Cynthia and Susan have asked listeners to share what started them on the journey they’re navigating now. In Episode 224, they explore some of those stories.
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My Bright Abyss: Meditation of a Modern Believer, by Christian Wiman
“The best arguments in the world won’t change a person’s mind. The only thing that can do that is a good story.” —Richard Powers (American novelist)
“There is no way to "return to the faith of your childhood," not really, unless you've just woken from a decades-long and absolutely literal coma….. Life is not an error, even when it is. That is to say, whatever faith you emerge with at the end of your life is going to be not simply affected by that life but intimately dependent upon it, for faith in God is, in the deepest sense, faith in life--which means that even the staunchest life of faith is a life of great change. It follows that if you believe at fifty what you believed at fifteen, then you have not lived--or have denied the reality of your life.” ―Christian Wiman
I just listened to this episode. I will never get over how it feels to hear so many women share experiences that mirror my own. My participation in church at this point is largely possible due to this podcast and community, because it has validated my need to stay in this space, while questioning and voicing what I need, what I won’t stand for, what I see and must unpack. I’m searching for the courage to share the book and podcast with my husband, so that he can more fully understand me. (And I think it was a recent episode where you describe that courage often feels like fear? Wow!)