Faith Matters
Faith Matters offers an expansive view of the Restored Gospel, thoughtful exploration of big and sometimes thorny questions, and a platform that encourages deeper engagement with our faith and our world. We focus on the Latter-day Saint (Mormon) tradition, but believe we have much to learn from other traditions and fully embrace those of other beliefs.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 55 minutes
- Episodes
- 291
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
A Carol of Joy: a Reading by Lori Forsyth
In the spirit of this Christmas season, we’re so excited to share a beautiful reflection with you, written and read by Lori Forsyth, Managing Editor of the Faith Matters magazine, Wayfare. This piece…
Taking a Seat at the Table - A Conversation with Janette Ok
This week, we’re so excited to share our conversation with Dr. Janette H. Ok. She’s an Associate Professor of New Testament at Fuller Seminary and an ordained pastor at Ekko Church in Anaheim, CA. Sh…
How to Have the Conversations You're Avoiding - A Conversation with Joseph Grenny
This week, we are so thrilled to bring you a conversation with Joseph Grenny. If you’ve ever read Crucial Conversations, Influencer, or Change Anything, then you already know the immense impact of Jo…
The Power of Serving Together - A Conversation with Rebecca Glazier
Today, we’re excited to share our conversation with Dr. Rebecca Glazier, a Professor at the School of Public Affairs at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and author of the new book, Faith and…
Gracing - A Conversation with Hannah Crowther
This week, we’re thrilled to share a conversation with Hannah Packard Crowther about her new book, Gracing, the latest release from Faith Matters Publishing. We love Hannah's profound wisdom, lyrical…
Our Beautiful, Messy, Unfolding Story - A Conversation with Lisa Olsen Tait and Scott Hales
This week, we’re thrilled to share a conversation with Lisa Olsen Tait and Scott Hales, two of the historians and general editors behind Saints, the Church’s official history series. With the release…
Loving God & Neighbor - Jared Halverson
Today, we're bringing you a special episode recorded live from the Restore gathering, where we were joined by Jared Halverson. Jared, who’s become a familiar voice to many of us here, spoke on what h…
When Church is Hard - A Conversation with Tyler Johnson
Tyler Johnson is intimately familiar with suffering. He’s an oncologist who has sat with countless people in some of the most difficult moments of their lives, and in the final moments before their d…
How Personal Peace Fuels Global Change - A Conversation with Thomas McConkie
We’re excited to share something special with you. Today we're featuring an episode from the Proclaim Peace Podcast because we were so touched by this powerful conversation that feels especially mean…
The Art & Science of Getting Happier - A Conversation with Arthur Brooks
This week, we’re honored to welcome Arthur Brooks to the podcast. Arthur is a renowned social scientist, Harvard professor, and bestselling author, and we’re excited to talk with him about his latest…
How to Say I'm Sorry - A Conversation with Dr. Jennifer Thomas
In today’s episode, we’re talking with Dr. Jennifer Thomas, co-authored with Gary Chapman of The 5 Apology Languages: The Secret to Healthy Relationships. Dr. Thomas's work builds on the framework of…
How to Love your Enemies - A Conversation with Andrew Hanauer
This week, we’re sharing a beautiful and timely conversation between Faith Matters’ executive director Zach Davis and Andrew Hanauer, the founder and CEO of the One America Movement, an organization …
235. Partners in a Prophetic Mission - Eboo Patel
For today’s episode, we’re bringing you another powerful moment from our Restore gathering. Eboo Patel joined us to explore a compelling and deeply hopeful vision for what it means to build a loving,…
234. Women at Church - 10 Years Later
We have decided to share with you 2-3 sessions from our recent Restore gathering to give you a taste of what took place during this amazing weekend. Last week we shared Joseph Grenny’s incredible me…
233. The Honest Truth about Messy Families - A Conversation with Joseph Grenny
This week, we’re going to share what we think was an “instant classic” from last week’s Restore Gathering; a deeply personal and thought-provoking message about family, faith, and the complexity of l…
232. Why Restore? - A Conversation with Zach Davis, Peggy Fletcher Stack, and David Noyce
Today is the start of this year’s Restore! We look forward to seeing those of you who are attending! This week we’re departing from our normal format and sharing a recent conversation of the MormonLa…
231. - The God of Friday - A Conversation with Patrick Mason
This week, we’re sitting down with our good friend Patrick Mason for a conversation that is as deeply challenging. Patrick recently returned from a transformative trip to Rwanda, where he was confron…
230. Infinite Ways to God - A Conversation with David Butler
This week, we’re thrilled to be joined by our friend, David Butler. You may know David from his incredible podcast, Don’t Miss This, where he and Grace Freeman dive deeply into the scriptures with an…
229. The Soloists - A Conversation with Mallory Everton & Diana Brown
Today, we’re thrilled to welcome Mallory Everton–a comedian, actor, and writer–and Diana Brown–the new Associate Director for Faith Matters, to the podcast. We’re diving into a conversation that’s of…
228. Duty vs. Desire in Marriage - A Conversation with Jennifer Finlayson-Fife
This week, we're thrilled to welcome back Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife, a renowned therapist specializing in relationship and sexuality counseling within the Latter-day Saint community. We’re super ex…