Navigating LDS Faith Crises: Why I've Struggled + Why I Stay

If I can experience a major faith crisis, anyone can.

Over the last 12+ years, I've been through an ongoing series of my own struggles with my faith in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Today's episode is an honest share of how this came about for me, what issues I have struggled with and why, what I've done about them, and why I ultimately chose to stick with my LDS faith for life.

Below in the show notes, I've included the past posts I've written on this topic if you'd like to read more about my experience.  I've also included resources that have helped me tremendously.

If you know someone who struggles or who is in a leadership position, please share this with them.  My hope is to peel back the shame that many who doubt suffer behind, to show leaders of my church how good and obedient members can still struggle with their faith, and how they can better love and help them through it.

If you have resources for me, your own insights, or just want to comment to share your support and story below, please do!  But if it's to share your own interpretations of what I've said or to argue against my own experience, I ask that you have listened to the whole episode so you can get as full of a picture as possible before you make your own determinations of me. (Although, honestly it would take an entire book for me to do it all justice!).

I welcome those comments, but I will delete anything judgmental or hateful (on either side--whether you're a believer or not) as I simply don't have it in me to facilitate a conversation in that capacity.  I'm just a human doing her best!

Thank you for your support!

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Show Notes

Prior posts on my faith: here, here, and here

LDS website and LDS articles on women giving blessings here and here

All the resources that have helped me

Lamb of God and Rob Gardner's website (songs used, with permission: "Make Me Whole," "Sometime We'll Understand")

Paul Cardall's website (songs used, with permission: "Come Thou Fount," "Gracie's Theme," "Redeemer," "A New Creation")

Carol Lynn Pearson's website

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