And Yet, We Believe

65. Loving What Is, and Hoping for What Could Be

What does it mean to love what is real, without giving up hope for what could be? In this episode, we explore acceptance not as approval or resignation, but as the honest seeing that makes love, grief, boundaries, and faithful hope possible — for our children, our ward members, ourselves, and the Church. This is the challenge we all face at one time or another: how do we stop loving the picture in our heads, and begin loving what is actually in front of us?

64. Father's Day at Church: Another Honest Conversation

We did an episode for Father's Day and it might be for you if you've ever felt some tension about how fatherhood gets talked about (or doesn't) at church. So many of the talks default into talking about the priesthood instead of the actual, lived experience of being a dad. We dig into that gap and what it might look like to talk about fatherhood on its own terms.

63. Aspiring Allies: A Pride Month Conversation

Pride Month has a way of bringing things to the surface... questions we've been quietly sitting with and a longing to show up better for people we love. We're believing members of the LDS church who don't have this all figured out yet, but we care deeply about the LGBTQ people in our lives and in our pews. If you have ever felt caught between your faith and allyship or you've wanted to do better but didn't know where to start, this one is for you.  Pull up a chair. This is a safe place to land.

62. What We Get Wrong About Joy

We’re taught that the gospel brings joy. So what do we do when we’re doing all the things and the joy isn’t there? In this episode, we sit with the quiet equation a lot of us absorbed — if I were really living the gospel, I’d be happy, so if I’m not, I must be doing it wrong — and ask what it costs us. We talk about joy and sorrow as companions rather than enemies, the costumes we wear to church, and what it might mean to walk toward joy without faking it.

61. Obedience vs. Discipleship

Most of us were taught to keep the commandments. Not all of us were taught a true why we should keep them. In this episode, we explore the difference between obedience -doing what's asked- and discipleship, which is the slower, harder work of actually becoming someone different. We look honestly at what fear-based obedience costs us and what it might mean to move from compliance toward genuine transformation. This isn't a critique of obedience, it's an invitation to let it grow into something more.