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
- 56 minutes
- Episodes
- 290
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
188. Disagree Better: Governor Spencer Cox with Judge Thomas Griffith at Restore
This week, we’re sharing with you one of sessions we had to kick off our Restore conference, which featured Utah Governor Spencer Cox along with Judge Thomas Griffith.
Before we get going, we’re very …
187. All Things New — A Conversation with Fiona and Terryl Givens
For this week’s episode, we’re sharing a conversation we had originally released almost three years ago — before many of you had started listening to the podcast! It’s the discussion we had with Fion…
186. Both Things Are True — Rosalynde Welch on the Writings of Kate Holbrook
In July of 2022, Rosalynde Welch had a distinct impression while cleaning her house — that she should reach out to Kate Holbrook and ask how she could help share more of Kate’s own writing and thinki…
185. Your Faith Isn't Broken — Brian McLaren at Restore
For this week’s episode, we’re sharing one more talk with you from our Restore gathering in 2022. This was one of our absolute favorite sessions, and it was the final presentation, right at the end o…
184. Your Brain on Awe — A Conversation with Dacher Keltner
Dacher Keltner is a scientist who has been studying happiness and well-being for decades. He writes that he’s taught happiness to hundreds of thousands of people around the world and that twenty year…
183. Sex Educated — A Conversation with Bonnie Young
When therapist Bonnie Young was a teen, the subject of sexuality was for her, “drenched in fear.” And many of us can probably relate. For many Latter-day Saints growing up in a sexually conservative …
182. Missionaries Ministering Through Service — Jeff Strong at Restore
This week, we’re excited to share with you another gem from our Restore gathering last year. This is a presentation by Jeff Strong. Now his name may sound familiar to you because Jeff also came on f…
181. Creative Stewardship — A Conversation with Stake President Ben Behunin
Today we talked with Ben Behunin, and we think when you hear him, you’ll feel immediately what we felt: this is someone who is absolutely full of pure, good energy who has been able to fully align hi…
180. Renewing Our Religious Language — Terryl Givens at Restore
This week we’re sharing something really special — it’s Terryl Givens’ talk that opened last year’s Restore gathering. In it, Terryl gets more personal than we’ve ever heard him, telling a dramatic …
179. The Path of a Seeker — A Conversation with Charles Stang
Religion in America is undergoing a revolution. In 1972, 90% of Americans were self-professed Christians. Now, that number is about 64%. There are now large and growing populations of non-Christians,…
178. Modesty from the Inside Out — A Conversation with Jennifer Finlayson-Fife
Before we get started, we just wanted to give you a quick note that this episode does contain frank discussion about sexuality, so you can determine if it’s appropriate for anyone listening in.
For th…
177. Tackling the Teen Mental Health Crisis — A Conversation with Gov. Spencer J. Cox
In recent months, Governor Spencer J. Cox of Utah has been in the news for the passage of two new state laws: one that puts strict limits on access to social media for teens, and another that would …
176. The Cherished Doctrine of Heavenly Mother — A Conversation with McArthur Krishna and Michal Thomas
The Gospel Topics essay titled “Mother in Heaven,” on churchofjesuschrist.org states “The doctrine of a Heavenly Mother is a cherished and distinctive belief among Latter-day Saints.”
It’s with this i…
175. The Story of You — A Conversation with Ian Morgan Cron
This week we are covering the Enneagram, a fascinating topic and a tool that we’ve found to be very helpful and deeply meaningful over the past few years. For this conversation, we were lucky enough …
174. Faith Journey 101 — A Conversation with Jana Spangler
Over the years, much of the work that we’ve done at Faith Matters has tried to take into account much of the wisdom and research that’s been done in the field of faith and adult development. It’s als…
173. The $100 Billion Question — A Conversation with Aaron Miller
In May of this year, the news program 60 Minutes aired a segment exploring the finances of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. David Nielsen, a former portfolio manager at Ensign Peak, t…
172. Exploring Atonement — A Conversation with Terryl Givens
A few weeks ago, we released a conversation with Terryl Givens about the life of Eugene England. England’s work on atonement theology had felt like it necessitated another conversation, but it was to…
171. My Lord, He Calls Me — A Conversation with Alice Faulkner Burch
For this week’s episode, we were honored to bring on Alice Faulkner Burch, General Editor of Deseret Book’s new collection of essays by Black American Latter-day Saints: My Lord, He Calls Me. The tit…
170. Reckoning with Mountain Meadows — Richard Turley and Barbara Jones Brown
In September of 1857, one of the greatest atrocities in the history of Mormonism was carried out. Now known as the Mountain Meadows Massacre, a group of Latter-day Saints led a siege in Southern Utah…
169. Audacious Hope — A Conversation with Tim Shriver
It isn’t easy to be born into a famous family with big expectations. And there’s few families more famous or with bigger expectations than the Kennedys. Tim Shriver’s immediate family includes not on…