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Good Friday

Brandon Peterson shares his personal connection to Good Friday. Brandon Peterson is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Utah, in the Department of of World Languages & Cultures and an adjunct appointment in the Department of Philosophy. Brandon is also a parishioner at The Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City.

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April 25, 2025
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Holy Week Music

Leland Spindler, executive artistic director of Lux Choral Society, discusses the Holy Week musical event that he's organized for the interfaith community for over ten years.

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April 25, 2025
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Fig Monday

Tyler Griffin, professor of Religious Education at Brigham Young University, explains Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of Holy Week.

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April 25, 2025
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Palm Sunday

Pastor Mike Smith from Centerpoint Utah discusses Palm Sunday, the day of Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem, and the first day of Holy Week.

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April 25, 2025
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Genesis Panel on Adam & Eve

Scholars AJ Levine and Seema Ghazi, pastor and writer Trey Ferguson, and Bible teacher James Early join Steve for a discussion of how the stories of Adam and Eve and their expulsion from the garden resonate in Judaism, Islam, and Christianity. If the word sin doesn't show up in the first three chapters of Genesis, how do we rethink these narratives? 00:00 Guest Introductions

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April 25, 2025
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Why the Hajj?

Steve sits down with Imam Shuaib Din, who is the director of religious affairs at Utah Islamic Center located in West Jordan City, Utah. He and Steve have a conversation about the Hajj, ritual, and how he ended up in Utah. Born in Wisconsin and raised in Chicago, he graduated from the Institute of Islamic Studies in Dewbury, England, and completed a 5-year course in Islamic Theology at Dar ul Uloom University in Karachi, Pakistan. He is the recipient of the World Peace Federation’s Ambassador of Peace Award and the Utah Office of Ethnic Affairs’ Community Service Award.

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April 18, 2025
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What is a Spiritual Director?

What is a spiritual director? How do they differ from a therapist? In this episode of In Good Faith, Steve speaks with Doug Hardy to find out. Doug is the former president of the Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality. During his lifetime, he has also been a counselor, parish pastor, and professor. In his teachings, Doug intentionally creates time and space for silence, listening, and reflection so that learning is accompanied by a personal transformation that goes deep. Doug Hardy works as a spiritual director, trains spiritual directors—he even has a spiritual director. He speaks to the influence that a spiritual director had over the happiest time of his life.

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April 18, 2025