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379: When Mormon Polygamy Comes to Primary in 2025

Join Valerie and her guest Jana Spangler in the next two Monday episodes as they delve into the complexities of polygamy within the Mormon church, focusing on the year 2025 when several significant events around this topic unfolded. 

November 03, 2025 • 1:24:57

378: The Great Ascent: Evolution as the Fingerprint of God

Are you longing to transcend the God of your earlier spiritual development while including your desire to believe in some kind of more wholistic God? We see you! Join Valerie and Nathan on this deep dive into the f...

Subscriber Episode • October 31, 2025 • 34:41

377: When One's Soul has the Audacity to Grow, Right there in Church

Series Title: A Two-Hundred Year Old Mirror: How the Faith Expansion Journey has Always Made Christian Leadership Sweat! [Episode II of II]In this thought-provoking episode, Valerie and guest Casey McFarland dive into part two of their s...

October 27, 2025 • 51:52

376: Broken Up with God Lately? Allow Us to Introduce you to...

Have you lost your faith in the old white man in the sky but don't want to lose God altogether?  We've got you! Join Val and Nathan in this enlightening episode of 'Latter Day Struggles 2.0' as they dive deep into the evolving understandin...

Subscriber Episode • October 24, 2025 • 44:22

375: When God Refuses to Be Church-Correlated

Series Title: A Two-Hundred Year Old Mirror: How the Faith Expansion Journey has Always Made Christian Leadership Sweat! [Episode I of II]In the next two Monday episodes you are going to LOVE this conversation between Valerie ...

October 20, 2025 • 1:08:40

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