Faith Matters

Surrender Over Striving: Colette Lafia

Today we're joined by Colette Lafia, a spiritual director, poet, and author whose newest book Leaving the Shore: Experiencing Poetry as Prayer invites us into a diff

A Theologian's Conversion | Dr. John White

Today we're joined by John White, a theologian and ethicist who is currently Research Fellow at BYU's Maxwell Institute  — and who has a fascinating and unexpec

Impossible to Miss: How God Finds Us Anyway | Thomas McConkie at Restore 2025

Today we’re bringing you a session we loved from last year’s Restore with Thomas McConkie. There’s a particular overwhelm I know that often comes with learning something

The Art of the 25-Minute Lesson: Patrick & Melissa Mason

This week, we're asking: how do you fit a full Sunday School lesson into twenty-five minutes? Our worldwide church is shifting to shorter lesson blocks, and teachers

Unfiltered Before God: Praying the Psalms, with Ellen Davis

Most of us can probably recall a verse or two from the book of Psalms—something comforting, or words inside a hymn we know. But Psalms is the longest book in the Bible, a

Job and the Truth About Suffering: Mike Petrow

Job is probably one of the most difficult and haunting books in scripture, and this summer as we read it together, we wanted a guide—so we invited Mike Petrow back to joi

When Your Child Comes Out as Gay: A Story of Belonging, Faith, and Family with Dave and Kirty Zimmerman

When Dallin Zimmerman was four years old, he memorized every Article of Faith. As a teenager, he studied Portuguese and Spanish, and had long been the family's peace

Has Politics Become Your Religion? with Pete Wehner

Today we’re honored to share a conversation with Peter Wehner. We want to acknowledge that this conversation explores territory that is going to feel personal, political,

Pete Enns: The Sin of Certainty

Today we’re pulling out one of our favorite episodes from the archives.  Our guest is Pete Enns, a well-known bible scholar and the Abram S. Clemens professor of Bible S

Permission to Rest: Melissa Mason and Amanda Ford

Today we’re joined by two thoughtful therapists, teachers, peacebuilders, and friends, Amanda Ford and Melissa Mason. Together with their spouses, Patrick Mason and Chad

Ryan Burge: The Vanishing Church

Today we’re joined by Ryan Burge, one of the country’s leading data analysts on religion and politics, to talk about his new book, The Vanishing Church: How the Hollowing

Declare Independence from Enmity: Patrick Mason at Restore 2025

As we approach America's 250th birthday, we're reminded that every generation inherits the responsibility of shaping the nation's future. At a moment marke

Robin Ritch: Using Friction to Grow

Today we're delighted to share a conversation with Robin Ritch about her new book, Using Friction to Grow: Stories of Strength and Resilience. Many of us spend our

Witnesses from the Margins: Tom Christofferson and Darius Gray

Today we’re sharing a special conversation courtesy of our friends at Lift+Love. This is a conversation recorded at their first ever Gather Conference in 2023, the world’

Sacred Stories: Three Gay Latter-day Saints, Three Paths | Alisha Anderson, Steven Kapp Perry, & Ben Schilaty at Restore

Today we’re honored to share a special session from Restore 2025 featuring Steven Kapp Perry, Alisha Anderson, and Ben Schilaty—three gay Latter-day Saints who have each

Judge Thomas Griffith: Is the Constitution Hanging by a Thread?

This week, wards across the United States will be having a really unique 5th Sunday discussion centered on the Constitution, moral agency, and peace-building. So today, w

The Earth Wants to Heal You: Karl Ebeling

They call him the Mr. Rogers of farming, and I think you’ll understand why.  Karl Ebeling spent 33 years as a chemical engineer before feeling an undeniable pull back to

Tish Harrison Warren: What Grows in Weary Lands

Today, we’re honored to share a conversation with Tish Harrison Warren on her beautiful brand new book, What Grows in Weary Lands. From the very first pages of this book

Ritual, Wisdom, and our Divine Mother: Kathryn & Bob Sonntag

Today, as we celebrate our mothers and motherhood, we’re exploring the symbols of our Divine Mother hidden throughout ancient Christianity, and what it might mean for eac

Torn: A Conversation About Who We're Losing and Why, with Jeff Strong

Today, we’re really excited to share a special episode with Jeff Strong on his new book, Torn: Why People We Love Are Leaving the Church and What We Can Learn From Them.