Episodes

Listen to this engaging panel from Sunstone 2014 that launched the Project Zion project. Katie Langston, Sara Hanks, Robin Linkhart, and John Hamer share which threads of the restoration they believe are worth pulling forward into contemporary life. A note that this is being released as an extra shot episode because the audio quality is only so-so. Our apologies! Thanks for listening to Faith Unfiltered! Follow us on Facebook and Instagram! Intro and Outro music used with permission: “For Eve...

Christmas means joy, laughter, music, and laughter--except when it doesn't. In this extra shot episode, host Katie Langston shares a short message of hope, about how God's coming in Christ isn't just about tinsel and gifts, but is the story of a God who was born in a barn and who condescended below the messiness and ugliness of the world.Thanks for listening to Faith Unfiltered! Follow us on Facebook and Instagram! Intro and Outro music used with permission: “For Everyone Born,” Communit...

Join Brittany as she sits down with Apostle Barbara Carter and Director of Finance/Presiding Bishopric Member Designate Michele McGrath as they discuss the unique heritage that blossomed in the restoration and continues to guide Community of Christ today. They discuss financial transparency, the blessings of community, responsible choices, radical hospitality, and much more. Thanks for listening to Faith Unfiltered! Follow us on Facebook and Instagram! Intro and Outro music used with permissio...

Listen in as Brittany interviews Andrew Bolton and Barbara Walden about a dynamic moment in RLDS history in 1968 when then-Prophet/President W. Wallace Smith was asked a candid question that helped continue a shift in the church's focus to get to where Community of Christ is today: "If you had to choose, would you follow Jesus or Joseph?" Thanks for listening to Faith Unfiltered! Follow us on Facebook and Instagram! Intro and Outro music used with permission: “For Everyone Born,” Community of...

In this episode, produced by the Faith Transitions podcast, hosts Rob and Nancy interview Katie Langston about her faith journey. Katie shares about growing up as a devout Mormon, struggling with OCD and scrupulosity, and discovering God's grace as a young adult. Now a seminary student, Katie talks about her "dual citizenship" in Mormonism and Lutheranism and how she navigates important relationships after her faith transition. Thanks for listening to Faith Unfiltered! Follow us on Facebook and...

Winter means shorter days and deeper, longer nights. Perhaps the darkness is an invitation for reflection--or perhaps it's a warning of the finitude and fragility of life. Or, perhaps, it's both. In this extra shot episode, Katie Langston reflects on how God meets us wherever we are, including smack dab in the middle of the dark night of the soul. Thanks for listening to Faith Unfiltered! Follow us on Facebook and Instagram! Intro and Outro music used with permission: “For Everyone Born,” Com...

They say the Millennial generation is leaving religion in droves. In this conversation, join Seth Bryant as he talks with Community of Christ millennials about their faith and why and how they engage it in a post-Christian, pluralistic world. Thanks for listening to Faith Unfiltered! Follow us on Facebook and Instagram! Intro and Outro music used with permission: “For Everyone Born,” Community of Christ Sings #285. Music © 2006 Brian Mann, admin. General Board of Global Ministries t/a GBGMusi...

Katie Langston interviews Seth Anderson, Michael Ferguson, and John Hamer on what it's like to grow up gay and Mormon, how Community of Christ has evolved as a denomination to support full inclusion of LGBTQ individuals in North America, and what all of us can do to support our LGBTQ brothers and sisters who are most harmed by the LDS Church's exclusionary new policy targeting the children of same-sex couples.(Photo by Allegro Photography.)Thanks for listening to Faith Unfiltered! Follow us o...

Join Robin Linkhart, Brittany Mangelson, and Katie Langston as they respond to the LDS church's recent essays on women and priesthood and Heavenly Mother. The panel draws on concepts from both the Restoration and the broader Christian tradition to explore how our theology about God affects our practices related to gender equality and what we can do to reframe the discussion to claim a meaningful relationship with the Divine Feminine, gift-based ministry (as opposed to gender-based ministry), ...

This special extra shot episode features minister and author, Debbie Blue, talking about how the gospel of Jesus dismantles patriarchy and calls us away from oppressive power structures that limit women. Thanks for listening to Faith Unfiltered! Follow us on Facebook and Instagram! Intro and Outro music used with permission: “For Everyone Born,” Community of Christ Sings #285. Music © 2006 Brian Mann, admin. General Board of Global Ministries t/a GBGMusik, 458 Ponce de Leon Avenue, Atlanta, G...

Join Seth Bryant as he interviews Ugo Perego, who is pursuing genealogical DNA research to determine if Joseph Smith is the father of Josephine Lyon (daughter of Joseph Smith's plural wife, Sylvia Sessions Lyon). Thanks for listening to Faith Unfiltered! Follow us on Facebook and Instagram! Intro and Outro music used with permission: “For Everyone Born,” Community of Christ Sings #285. Music © 2006 Brian Mann, admin. General Board of Global Ministries t/a GBGMusik, 458 Ponce de Leon Avenue, A...

In this episode Josh Mangelson interviews Stephen Veazey the prophet-president of Community of Christ. Listen in as they talk about Steve's life and ministry, the Community of Christ, and priesthood in the church. As a bonus, the audio to Stephen Veazey's message to the Salt Lake congregation on October 14th while he was in town for the Parliament of the World's Religions is included. The audio for his message that night isn't the best, but we anticipate you will enjoy it nonetheless. Thanks fo...

Prophet-President Stephen Veazey was in Salt Lake City on October 14th for the Parliament of World Religions and delivered this address to the SLC congregation of Community of Christ. The audio quality isn't great, but we hope you enjoy this bonus episode! Thanks for listening to Faith Unfiltered! Follow us on Facebook and Instagram! Intro and Outro music used with permission: “For Everyone Born,” Community of Christ Sings #285. Music © 2006 Brian Mann, admin. General Board of Global Ministri...

Join host Katie Langston and her friends Sara and Nancy for a discussion about grace. But instead of juxtaposing grace and works, as perhaps is the more common construction, these friends will contrast grace and shame--and how grace frees us from shame and fear so that we can live into the transformative love of God. Thanks for listening to Faith Unfiltered! Follow us on Facebook and Instagram! Intro and Outro music used with permission: “For Everyone Born,” Community of Christ Sings #285. Mu...

Join Brittany Mangelson as she interviews Robin Linkhart about her recent call to the Council of Twelve, what that process was like, and what she'll be doing as apostle-designate until Community of Christ's world conference next summer. Thanks for listening to Faith Unfiltered! Follow us on Facebook and Instagram! Intro and Outro music used with permission: “For Everyone Born,” Community of Christ Sings #285. Music © 2006 Brian Mann, admin. General Board of Global Ministries t/a GBGMusik, 458...

Join John Hamer and Miles Fuller in an exploration of how believers can navigate Restoration faith apart from institutional definitions and culture. This means something more than just "cafeteria Mormonism"—which might fall within the ruts of traditional definitions, even if involvement is selective. In this episode, we’ll examine the ways in which frustrated members of the Restoration, and those who have moved beyond faith, can redefine terms and claim new forms of interaction that—despite the ...

Who is the "historical Jesus" and does he differ from the Christ of faith? What does it mean to follow Jesus in a time when historical criticism and scholarship calls into question religious narratives that have persisted for centuries? In this extra shot episode, join Josh and Brittany Mangelson, Monica English, and Laura Pennock as they discuss New Testament scholar, Marcus Borg's, influential book, "Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time."Thanks for listening to Faith Unfiltered! Follow u...

What does authentic spirituality look like in a secular world? Is it at odds with religion, or can they be complementary? How does the Restoration tradition of calling institutionally-authorized prophets differ from the Biblical model of prophets rising up from the people, often to speak against the excesses of the institution--and what does that mean for us as "prophetic people"? Join host Katie Langston as she discusses this and more with Katie Harmon-McLaughlin, spiritual formation specialist...

Join host Josh Mangelson as he discusses what he thinks it might possibly mean to belong to a true and living church. In this extra shot episode more questions are raised than answered. What can we do to make sure our religion has vitality and addresses concerns for a changing culture amidst time? Thanks for listening to Faith Unfiltered! Follow us on Facebook and Instagram! Intro and Outro music used with permission: “For Everyone Born,” Community of Christ Sings #285. Music © 2006 Brian Man...

Host Katie Langston is joined by John Hamer, Seth Bryant, and Brian Whitney for a look at how the Restoration fits into the historical context of its own day, the Christian tradition generally, and some of the most compelling concepts the Restoration offers for a postmodern, post-Christian world. Thanks for listening to Faith Unfiltered! Follow us on Facebook and Instagram! Intro and Outro music used with permission: “For Everyone Born,” Community of Christ Sings #285. Music © 2006 Brian Mann...