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Can Doubt be a Spiritual Gift?

This week, we’re excited to share a special live episode recorded at the Compass Gallery in Provo, as part of our Big Questions series with Terryl Givens. Each month, Terryl is joined by a guest for a conversation about some of our biggest theological and historical questions. In this episode, he’s joined by scholar and teacher Jared Halverson. Together, Terryl and Jared explore the question: can doubt be a spiritual gift? They consider how doubt might play a meaningful role in our spiritual development, and ask whether we can reclaim faith as something relational, built on loyalty, trust, and love — rather than a list of things we intellectually agree to.

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May 9, 2025
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Heavenly Mother’s Day

With Mother’s Day coming up, we’re so honored to bring you this conversation with McArthur Krishna about her new book, Mother in Heaven: A Gospel Topics Essay Study Guide. The doctrine of Heavenly Mother is one of the most beautiful and distinctive Latter-Day Saint teachings—but for many, it’s still unfamiliar territory. McArthur and her co-authors created this study guide as an invitation to engage with this doctrine more deeply. Drawing on the church’s Gospel Topics essay, the book explores each point through art, rich personal reflections, and theological insights with contributions from many people whose names you may recognize- Patrick and Melissa Mason, Tom Christofferson, and Bethany Brady Spalding to name a few. What emerges is a beautiful tapestry of reverence, curiosity, and lived faith.

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May 3, 2025
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Heavenly Mother 101: Why does Heavenly Mother matter to the whole world?

Lots of people have questions about Heavenly Mother. Is She our doctrine? Where can we learn of Her? Is She essential? And, the most important— Does teaching of Heavenly Mother actually matter? In these videos, Bethany and McArthur give a resounding “Yes! She matters!” In General Conference of April 2022, Elder Renlund taught the LDS doctrine on Heavenly Mother can be found in the Gospel Topics Essay. Watch to learn how revolutionary the doctrine truly is… we think it can change all of our lives and bless the whole world. Celebrate the joy of a Mother in Heaven!

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May 1, 2025
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Heavenly Mother 101: Why does Heavenly Mother matter to men?

Lots of people have questions about Heavenly Mother. Is She our doctrine? Where can we learn of Her? Is She essential? And, the most important— Does teaching of Heavenly Mother actually matter? In these videos, Bethany and McArthur give a resounding “Yes! She matters!” In General Conference of April 2022, Elder Renlund taught the LDS doctrine on Heavenly Mother can be found in the Gospel Topics Essay. Watch to learn how revolutionary the doctrine truly is… we think it can change all of our lives and bless the whole world. Celebrate the joy of a Mother in Heaven!

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May 1, 2025
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Heavenly Mother 101: Why does Heavenly Mother matter to women?

Lots of people have questions about Heavenly Mother. Is She our doctrine? Where can we learn of Her? Is She essential? And, the most important— Does teaching of Heavenly Mother actually matter? In these videos, Bethany and McArthur give a resounding “Yes! She matters!” In General Conference of April 2022, Elder Renlund taught the LDS doctrine on Heavenly Mother can be found in the Gospel Topics Essay. Watch to learn how revolutionary the doctrine truly is… we think it can change all of our lives and bless the whole world. Celebrate the joy of a Mother in Heaven!

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May 1, 2025
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Heavenly Mother 101: What do we know of Heavenly Mother?

Lots of people have questions about Heavenly Mother. Is She our doctrine? Where can we learn of Her? Is She essential? And, the most important— Does teaching of Heavenly Mother actually matter? In these videos, Bethany and McArthur give a resounding “Yes! She matters!” In General Conference of April 2022, Elder Renlund taught the LDS doctrine on Heavenly Mother can be found in the Gospel Topics Essay. Watch to learn how revolutionary the doctrine truly is… we think it can change all of our lives and bless the whole world. Celebrate the joy of a Mother in Heaven!

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May 1, 2025