Adam shares some thoughts on his mission experience, including the importance of getting your hands dirty in gospel service. He discusses how what is important to him in the gospel has changed over time – now it is more about the pragmatic benefits of t

An attorney discusses his strong home life growing up in the LDS Church and how that set the foundation for his spiritual development and perspectives. He then discusses his teenage years when he felt that clinging more strongly to the Church was a way to

Britta shares several miraculous and spiritual experiences from her mission to Ukraine. She later discusses a post-mission challenge of trying to reconcile her very positive mission experience with the negative mission experience of others. She concludes

A recently returned missionary discusses an early faith experience with the Book of Mormon and the transition of moving from California to Israel as a young woman. She shares the development of her testimony of the LDS Church during which she grappled wit

In this episode Charity discuses coping with feelings of depression immediately after her mission. She later shares how she has felt enriched by her questions about difficult issues in the church, such as women's roles or gay marriage, and the importance

A personalized learning manager discuses her constant connection with God from an early age, in part fostered by being raised in a faith filled home with regular family testimony meetings. We hear about an influential spiritual experience she had at a ch

Jacob talks about his relationship with the scriptures, and his focus on understanding the religious beliefs of others both inside and outside the LDS faith. He then discusses marrying someone who is not a member of the LDS church, while being actively LD

A sociology graduate student talks about growing up in the LDS church, his brother coming out as gay, his own experiences resulting from that, and how it reshaped his views on religion. He then discusses his approach to practicing religion, which is more

In a bonus episode, Kim discusses her approach to studying scripture using 1 Nephi 1:1 as an example text and answers some of our questions about scriptures and scripture study.

Kim discusses her spiritual confirmation to marry her husband Mike, and her positive experience with the Temple endowment ceremony. She also shares her perspective on the conversation with her husband about whether or not he should leave the LDS church. S