Episode 233: Embracing Your Journey | A Conversation with Jen Dille
“Deconstruction doesn’t just happen to lazy learners,” says Jen Dille. “It's often the most true-blue Mormons and the people who are all in who have this experience.” In episode 233, Jen joins Susan and Cynthia for a conversation about her personal journey. It’s a story of old wheels coming off, and the new ones taking their place. “I dream of a time where we can each just have our own experience, and be okay with that, not be scared or threatened by it,” she explains. “If we could find other ways to be LDS and still come together, that's the dream.”
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At Last She Said It: Honest Conversations about Faith, Church, and Everything in Between, by Susan Hinckley and Cynthia Winward
Center for Action and Contemplation
“Having proximity really matters.” —Jen Dille
“I’ve had to learn new words, try new ways of listening. I’ve had to search new scriptures, say new prayers, dare to ask different questions than the ones I’ve asked before. I’ve had to clear space for myself. To stop pretending to knowledgeI don’t need or even want. To allow growth in the places I’ve kept small. The secret to being reached may reside in becoming reachable. The secret to finding a larger God may be looking everywhere, all the time. Seeing a sacrament in the ordinary, because the ordinary points to the universal truth. Accepting that the whole world is a holy place, and being ready to take off my shoes and stand, allowing God to exist in even the most mundane or imperfect moments.” —Susan Hinckley
The Kingdom of God is within.