Podcast appearances and mentions of Carol Lynn Pearson

My friend Helen Anderson (Lives in Utah County, BYU Grad, Mother of 4, LGBTQ Ally) joins us to share her story: · Exposure to gay people in the 70's and 80's—becoming supportive · Carol Lynn Pearson's book · Documentary called “TransMormon” and how it helped prepare her · Journey to love, see, understand, and accept her transgender daughter · Pronouns · OK to cry · High school graduation (great experience) · University of Utah welcome/housing (great experience) · Have a transgender/non-binary child is not a sad tragedy—but can become a beautiful family love story Helen also talks about her new variety show called “Dear Mom: Celebrating Mothers of LGBTQIA+ Children” on May 10th (see show notes for more information). Thank you, Helen, for your courage to come on the podcast and share your beautiful family love story. I'm grateful for your voice and experiences to help us better support the transgender people in our lives—for they are wonderful. Links: Variety Show on May 10th, 2025: https://www.werehereutah.com/dearmom Helen on Instagram: @helenandersoncomedy

Part one of our journey through Chapter 2 of Dr. Benjamin Park's book, “American Zion”, “The Voice of the People,1831-46.”  This history is a rollercoaster of emotion! Also, we have just so many show notes. Check them out and be sure to join us on Discord! Link to our Face in Hat discord server! https://discord.gg/MnSMvKHvwh YouTube channel!  Thanks Eric! https://www.youtube.com/@FaceinHat https://www.youtube.com/@FaceinHat/playlists Dialogue Podcast Network https://www.dialoguejournal.com/podcasts/ American Zion: A New History of Mormonism, by Benjamin E. Park https://www.amazon.com/American-Zion-New-History-Mormonism/dp/1631498657 Not a lot about Laura Hubble out there, but this Historical Introduction to D&C 43 seems relevant: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/church-historians-press/jsp-revelations/dc-043-1831_02_01_000 Peter Kerr (Black Pete) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Kerr_(priest) Episode 1.8 Polygamy's Ghost https://faceinhat.podbean.com/e/episode-8-polygamy-s-ghost/ Carol Lynn Pearson, Radiant Mormonism Award, recorded by Paris Fox https://vimeo.com/1018163129 Saints Volume 1, The Standard of Truth, 1815–1846 https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/history/saints-v1 Century of Black Mormons https://exhibits.lib.utah.edu/s/century-of-black-mormons/page/welcome Missouri Executive Order 44 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri_Executive_Order_44 Related to the ‘am I better for suffering' section of the pod: Opinion | A man at work, A half century of George Will https://wapo.st/4g7HdgJ Quote: “In “The Roosevelts,” George, the conservative thinker, found empathy at the core of Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal. “Polio gave FDR the gift of empathy.  There was no suffering that he could not in some sense relate to,” George explained. “Just as the irons were clapped on his legs, the steel entered his soul by having to fight through the constant pain of therapy that was unforgiving in its demands and not very fulfilling in its success.”” Episode 1.2 Theodicy and the Red Ball https://faceinhat.podbean.com/e/episode-2-theodicy-and-the-red-ball/ Not sure about the last Shaker Eric mentioned, but this is probably relevant: There Are Only Two Shakers Left. They've Still Got Utopia in Their Sights, by Jordan Kisner https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/05/magazine/shakers-utopia.html James 1: 5-6 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=James%201%3A5-6&version=KJV Tumult of opinions quote is from Joseph Smith - History: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/pgp/js-h/1#p10 Oakland Stake First Vision Lecture Series - Eric Jepson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFSicnZ3B3k Wiki on Limbo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limbo (Really enjoyed finding this -Aaron) Comparison of the texts of Doctrine and Covenants 76 and Joseph Smith's poetic rendition of The Vision, Courtesy of Dr. Lawrence Flake from his book “Three Degrees of Glory” https://faculty.cs.byu.edu/~clement/rel325/vision-poem.pdf The Drowned World, by J. G. Ballard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Drowned_World Revised Plat of the City of Zion, circa Early August 1833 https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/revised-plat-of-the-city-of-zion-circa-early-august-1833/1 The Maine story might have been Vermont, see Building Zion: the controversial plan for a Mormon-inspired city in Vermont, by Claire Provost https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/jan/31/building-zion-controversial-plan-mormon-inspired-city-vermont Defunctland: Walt Disney's City of the Future, E.P.C.O.T. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKYEXjMlKKQ Wiki on the Book of Commands mentions the teenage sisters Caroline and Mary Elizabeth Rollins who saved the “remnants of nearly 100 copies” from an anti-Mormon fire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Commandments Latest issue of Dialogue (Volume 57, No. 3) which includes works by Eric Jepson and William Morris (former guest of the show) https://www.dialoguejournal.com/issues/fall-2024/

What should we make of the astonishing lack of females in the Book of Mormon? Carol Lynn Pearson says that it points to a lesson the Nephites never learned—one that likely contributed to their destruction. https://sunstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SLP-183.mp3

What should we make of the astonishing lack of females in the Book of Mormon? Carol Lynn Pearson says that it points to a lesson the Nephites never learned—one that likely contributed to their destruction.

I'm honored to have author, play writer, and speaker, Carol Lynn Pearson join me on the podcast this week! In this episode we cover her book "The Ghost of Eternal Polygamy." Polygamy has been practiced in the history of the LDS church, as well as in some cases of "eternal polygamy" in the LDS temple sealings which are still taught and practiced today, being acceptable for men. She shares how polygamy is practiced in our anticipation of what eternity has in store for us, inequality in sealing practices in the temple, and how leaders would be wise to confront the teachings of polygamy as being wrong, and not of God. We cover some of the history, the spiritual abuse that has stemmed from the idea of polygamy, and how the community would function better knowing that singular marriage is the only kind of marriage performed in the temple. We talk about turning patriarchy into partnership, searching for truth and examining all things, and how to move forward once you know what you know.  If you've listened to my podcast since the beginning, then you know that this podcast is not centered on my religion. But, I do choose to stand up for women when I see inequality or mistreatment. I believe this is a harmful teaching and  since many of my listeners live in Arizona and Utah, I hope that this episode will help heal some hearts and be an influence for change. You can buy this book on Amazon or Carol Lynn's website which I will link below.Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Eternal-Polygamy-Haunting-Hearts/dp/0997458208Carollynnpearson.com http://carollynnpearson.com/ghostofeternalpolygamyFit, Healthy & Happy Podcast Welcome to the Fit, Healthy and Happy Podcast hosted by Josh and Kyle from Colossus...Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify

Carol Lynn Pearson is known for her long-standing advocacy for the LGBT community in the LDS Church. This episode presents her thoughts on the strengths and weaknesses of the Church, and why she continues to engage with it.

Carol Lynn Pearson is known for her long-standing advocacy for the LGBT community in the LDS Church. This episode presents her thoughts on the strengths and weaknesses of the Church, and why she continues to engage with it.

In this episode of The Observatory, Carol Lynn Pearson joins the show to talk about the doctrine of plural marriage in Mormonism. Hear about how the doctrine of polygamy developed, how polygamy causes irreversible damage, the importance of resonating with love, practical solutions to the problem, and Carol's upcoming books. Timestamps[03:53] Have Carol Lynn's views changed on the doctrine of polygamy.[10:14] Mormonism and polygamy.[18:00] How the doctrine changed over time. [21:11] How polygamy showed up in Carol Lynn's story.[26:54] The damage that this doctrine causes.[44:27] Resonating with love.[51:30] Carol Lynn's favorite passages. [70:41] Solutions to the problem.[74:15] Carol Lynn's diaries. Notable quotes:“It benefits no one.” – Carol Lynn Pearson [04:27]“However we deal with the past, it is the past.” – Carol Lynn Pearson [26:48]“Society must move historically into more and more of a place of light.” – Carol Lynn Pearson [72:15]Relevant Links:Website: carollynnpearson.com. Subscribe to the podcast: Apple Podcasts.

Welcome brothers and sisters to Mormon Movie Reviews: Where LDS movie lovers belong! I am your humble host, Dives, and I am joined here by my co host Jake. Nov 13, 2023 EP 90: What about Thad? (1968) Link: https://youtu.be/J4xfuJoj5YI Running time: 20 minutes Rating: not rated Genre: religious drama This officially produced short is brought to us by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, it is a sad tale of a lonely boy that will make you feel like you have never done enough (and never will), it has a shocking twist right at the very end What about Thad was originally released as a 16MM film in 1968. It was produced at the BYU Motion Picture studio for the Primary Association and was later released on a VHS tape with 4 other films in 1982. Wetzel Whitaker produced and the story was written by Carol Lynn Pearson. Email MormonMovieReviews@gmail.com Review https://www.thisweekinmormons.com/201... bleak portrayal of failing to minister to the one. The leaders could have listened, could have supported, could have helped but they didn't and we never know if they do. We release new film reviews every Monday night at 9:30pm EST on the Mormon News Roundup Channel Thanks so much for joining me to review this film, please like, subscribe, leave a comment, and join us next time for another episode of the MormonMovieReviews: Where LDS Movie Lovers Belong. So long. #lds, #mormon, #exmormon, #postmormon, #religion, #news, #ldschurch, #comeuntochrist, #churchofjesuschrist, #churchofjesuschristoflatterdaysaints, #byu, #byui, #josephsmith, #comefollowme, #polygamy, #bookofmormon, #becauseofhim, #hearhim, #MormonMoviewReviews --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mormonnewsroundup/support

RFM is joined by an illustrious panel of Mormon and post-Mormons to discuss the recent order that female leaders in San Francisco wards must get off the stand. On the panel are Carol Lynn Pearson, Lila Tueller and Martine Dirick Smith.

RFM is joined by an illustrious panel of Mormon and post-Mormons to discuss the recent order that female leaders in San Francisco wards must get off the stand. On the panel are Carol Lynn Pearson, Lila Tueller and Martine Dirick Smith. The post RFM: 320: “Stand Down” Order to LDS Women! appeared first on Mormon Discussions Podcasts - Full Lineup.

In this episode of The Observatory, Carol Lynn Pearson joins the show to talk about the search and advocacy of the feminine. Carol Lynn is a poet, author, playwright, screenwriter, performer, speaker, and philosopher. Hear about Carol Lynn pioneering gender issues, nurturing the mother energy, searching for the feminine face of god, when in history the goddess was taken away, shifting from patriarchy to partnership, and Carol Lynn reads poems from her book, Finding Mother God.Timestamps[01:34] A bit about Carol Lynn.[20:46] Carol Lynn, the pioneer.[27:15] The mother energy. [30:52] In search of the feminine face of god.[37:25] Where the goddess was taken away. [41:03] Shifting the structure of patriarchy.[42:17] Poems from Finding Mother God. [60:15] Getting involved with Carol. Notable quotes:“Strength is not owned by the male corporation.” - Carol Lynn Pearson [28:10]Relevant Links:Website: carollynnpearson.com.Facebook: Carol Lynn Pearson. Subscribe to the podcast: Apple Podcasts.

Subscriber-only episodeIn this episode Valerie is joined by feminist and queer rights author, poet, and activist Carol Lynn Pearson honoring women throughout time who have sought the feminine divine.  Carol Lynn's classic one-woman play “Mother Wove the Morning” is an invitation to walk back in time and learn how women always have sought their Mother. Carol Lynn feels that perhaps a most sacred “work for the dead” we can each do is honor and follow those who have gone before us in their search of the lost feminine divine.  She does this very thing with a dramatic flare in both her full length play (linked at the bottom of show notes for purchase on her website) and through her performance of a part of this theatrical work right here on today's episode.  If you have ever loved the creative flair of Carol Lynn, this episode will having you smiling with love and gratitude for her passion, talent, and feminist ministry. Please enjoy the ENTIRE PLAY and SCRIPT available for purchase at carollynnpearson.com where she also has a myriad of other books that will delight and educate you about many important issues of our day.——————————————————————————————————————SUPPORT: Like what you're hearing at Latter Day Struggles Podcast? You can support Valerie's efforts by becoming a recurring donor on Patreon.com!——————————————————————————————————————SUPPORT GROUPS: You are invited to join one of Valerie's space-limited ⁠⁠Faith Crisis and Expansion Support and Processing Groups⁠⁠⁠!  As a trauma therapist, she continues to help our LDS faith expansion community become psychologically healthier and spiritually well in and around the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.Details about availability on ⁠⁠⁠latterdaystruggles.com⁠⁠⁠⁠.  These groups ALWAYS FILL UP, so jump in asap!     Click here for a step-by-step guide on how to join a support group——————————————————————————————————————COURSES: Now availaSUBSCRIBE TO FRIDAY EPISODES BETWEEN 5/31/24 and 6/27/24: Premium content episodes of Latter Day Struggles can be accessed through ⁠a paid subscription⁠. Enjoy your first month of Friday episodes at a reduced cost of $3 as a thank you for joining the Latter Day Struggles subscriber community! Sign up here!⁠ WEBINAR: “Accepting Stages of Faith Within A Marriage” Valerie will host a webinar class for individuals and couples seeking guidance on how to stay united during a faith expansion experience. Special question/answer session directly after the webinar. Wednesday July 10th 8:30 CST. Come ask Val your burning questions and be part of the conversation! ⁠ Sign up here!⁠ SUPPORT: Like what you're hearing at Latter Day Struggles Podcast? Make a one-time donation to ⁠her business Venmo account⁠ or become a recurring donor on Patreon⁠.⁠ CONSULTING: Interested in doing individual or couples work with Valerie or a member of her trained team? Time-limited packages with Valerie and extended work with her team of coaches and therapists are available ⁠...

Following last week's deep dive into the talk “To the Mothers in Zion”, you are likely struck by the need to better understand the fraught roll of women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in the 20th and 21st century.   However, the struggle to understand the unequal status of women is not just an LDS in nature.  It is MUCH bigger than that.  And it is deeply connected to the loss of our collective knowledge of the feminine divine.    This is what this week's Latter Day Struggles episodes plans to explore.   And who better to take us on this journey than own beloved poet laureate, author, and feminist extraordinaire—Carol Lynn Pearson.   The specific topic of this two-episode series is Carol Lynn's one-woman play titled “Mother Wove the Morning”.   In Carol Lynn's typically beautiful and dramatic way, we learn all about women throughout the ages their ongoing search for the divine face of God.   Monday's episode offers context to the creation of this play—her personal experiences that led up to the realization of this idea, where, how, when it was performed and how it was received.   She shares her experience deciding to address the feminine divine in an era where feminist and heavenly mother scholarship was under the critical scrutiny from the leadership of the church and how she decided to answer the call notwithstanding the risks.   In Friday's episode Carol Lynn will delight us all with an overview of the cast of characters whom she selected to perform through her and actually performs a portion of the play for us all to enjoy!   If you loved the little portion that you heard on the podcast, don't hesitate to go to her website carollynnpearson.com and buy the entire play and the book that goes with it.  It is time for a resurrection of this amazing one-woman play in the ongoing celebration of the feminine face of God with whom so many of us are finding deep connection.   ————————————————————————————————————————————- All Friday episodes of Latter Day Struggles can be accessed through a paid subscription ($9.99/month) by following this link.  Thank you for supporting Valerie's professional commitment to your LDS Faith expansion journey. Here is the link to subscribe to all Friday Latter Day Struggles Episodes:    https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/valerie-hamaker/subscribe?fbclid=PAAaZOujT5Iv-ArVKxx_ZnsJryIeK7uymznxXxCfmDAjArPXxc9c6MCky899g_aem_ATa689KXBF31ycMSoST32hApZpdhYUynZdSHSbNSgCplOwFGXHIYlkS8IOvJbd5xJbU ___________________________________________________________________________  To financially support Valerie's ongoing ability to provide this content to you and others, become a patron of Latter Day Struggles here:https://www.patreon.com/LatterDayStruggles ____________________________________________________________________________ LIVE:  COURSES I and II of “A Couple's Guide to Faith Crisis and Expansion”. Purchase on latterdaystruggles.com  ___________________________________________________________________________ Enrollment JUST OPENED for upcoming Latter Day Struggles Support and Processing Group beginning NOVEMBER 2023.  Details on latterdaystruggles.com.  These groups ALWAYS FILL UP so jump in asap! 

Join Val and a handful of special guests on this special Part II episode honoring PRIDE month.  In this episode several beautiful women and men share their unique journeys finding self/other love and acceptance on the full spectrum of gender and sexuality.  Unlearning can be more challenging than learning, especially in a religious system that has focused so strongly on heteronormativity.  But these beautiful people show that is can indeed be done and that the journey is sacred and one worth celebrating and sharing.   Please note: In the section featuring Kit and Bree and their beautiful love story, I want to make clear that the manner in which they have been able to navigate their marriage is a representation of what has felt congruent to each of them in their own personal story.  I do not want to communicate that other outcomes in other marriages are not acceptable or reasonable.  I believe that giving each individual in each couple the liberty follow what is most congruent to them is the path to wholeness.   Books and podcasts recommended in this episode:   —Questions from the Closet Podcast  —Listen, Learn, and Love Podcast  —Beyond the Block Podcast  —Goodbye I Love You book (by Carol Lynn Pearson)  ___________________________________________________________________________  To financially support Valerie's ongoing ability to provide this content to you and others, become a patron of Latter Day Struggles here:https://www.patreon.com/LatterDayStruggles ____________________________________________________________________________ COMING THIS FRIDAY:  COURSE II of “A Couple's Guide to Faith Crisis and Expansion”.  Go to latterdaystrugglespodcast on instagram for more information and coupon code! ___________________________________________________________________________ Contact Valerie at info@valeriehamaker.com or jump onto latterdaystruggles.com to JOIN her NEW JULY 2023 support and processing faith expansion group…Join now & meet some lifelong friends & spiritual allies!  ____________________________________________________________________________

Carol Lynn Pearson graces us on the podcast for the second week in a row to read a section from her book The Ghost of Eternal Polygamy: Haunting the Hearts and Heaven of Mormon Women and Men. She shares chapter 8, titled "Our Mothers Who Art in Heaven". --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/inherimage/support

After reading the book The Ghost of Eternal Polygamy this year we knew we needed to address this topic and how it relates to the erasure of a Heavenly Mother in the LDS discourse. We were so pleased and lucky to be able to discuss it with the author herself and get her stories and background. We encourage everyone to read this book for themselves either to understand the pain of others or to feel validation for their own experiences and release the ghost from their psyches. We hope to someday eradicate the common response that "maybe we don't talk about Heavenly Mother because there are so many of them!" To find this book as well as Carol Lynn's newest book The Love Map you can go to carollynnpearson.com or Amazon.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/inherimage/support

Today we’re joined again by author, screenwriter, song writer, and general wonderful human being, Carol Lynn Pearson.  We discuss her new book The Love Map.  But there is so much more in this episode.  We discuss putting “love” above differences and have get some wonderful insights from Carol Lynn about mixed faith marriage. We hope… Read More »Marriage on a Tightrope: 135: Carol Lynn Pearson (The Love Map) The post Marriage on a Tightrope: 135: Carol Lynn Pearson (The Love Map) appeared first on Mormon Discussions Podcasts - Full Lineup.

Today we’re joined again by author, screenwriter, song writer, and general wonderful human being, Carol Lynn Pearson.  We discuss her new book The Love Map.  But there is so much more in this episode.  We discuss putting “love” above differences and have get some wonderful insights from Carol Lynn about mixed faith marriage. We hope… Read More »Marriage on a Tightrope: 135: Carol Lynn Pearson (The Love Map) The post Marriage on a Tightrope: 135: Carol Lynn Pearson (The Love Map) appeared first on Marriage on a Tightrope.

Join Steve and colleague Valerie Hamaker as they talk about the attention her recent podcast Latter Day Struggles episode has been receiving due to her review of Carol Lynn Pearson's book “No More Goodbyes” from the lens of her background as a psychotherapist helping people heal from all kinds trauma. This book captures the essence of the harm and pain experienced by gender and sexual minorities in the LDS church due to its current doctrine and policies and Valerie's podcast seems to be helping people articulate their own discomfort and concerns with this [and other] issues in a bold yet respectful way. Steve and Valerie also talk about this issue from a larger religious and political framework and offer grace for the reality that we are all a work in process and that life is a gradual awakening for each of us in countless ways. #latterdaysaints #ldspodcast #mormonism

My friend Carol Lynn Pearson joins us to talk about the subject of love in five of the books she has written. These books are: Good-bye, I Love You (1986) No More Goodbyes (2007) I'll Walk with You (2020) Finding Mother God (2020) The Love Map (2022) To order personally autographed copies of these books or see a complete list of Carol Lynn's work, please visit: https://carollynnpearson.com/ The first two groundbreaking books are about how to better love and support LGBTQ Latter-day Saints. In the first book, Carol Lynn talks about loving and supporting her husband Gerald who died of AIDS in 1984. In the second book, Carol Lynn shares stories of LGBTQ Latter-day Saints. I read both books many years ago which were key for me to learn how to better support my LGBTQ friends. Carol Lynn also talks about the other three important books. I was deeply moved learning about these books, including the important role of Heavenly Mother in our lives. All of Carol Lynn life work is focused on the teachings of Jesus to bring us together in love and support as the same human family. I encourage everyone to listen this podcast and connect with her work. On behalf of all our listeners, thank you Carol Lynn for your life work. Honored to have you on the podcast. Links mentioned in the podcast: Carol Lynn Pearson Website: https://carollynnpearson.com/ Faith Matters Podcast Finding Mother God: https://faithmatters.org/finding-mother-god-carol-lynn-pearson/ Faith Matters Podcast The Love Map: https://faithmatters.org/the-love-map-a-conversation-with-carol-lynn-pearson/ Carol Lynn's Talk ($50 for all talks) at Faith Matters Retore on Restoring of Mother Tongue: https://faithmatters.thinkific.com/courses/restore

Carol discusses ways that she has enabled herself mentally and spiritually to stay in the Church, despite periods of inactivity and varying levels of hope. Has she gone through a “faith crisis” as many know it? What did she keep and what has she thrown away? Why does she stay? How does Carol feel she makes a difference by staying in and also how and why has she been able to avoid excommunication, a common fate for those who undertake advocacy in the Church and come under the ire of leadership? Carollynnpearson.com   Episode Show Notes   Mormon Stories Thanks Our Generous Donors! Help us continue to deliver quality content by becoming a donor today: One-time or recurring donation through Donorbox Support us on Patreon Pick “Mormon Stories” as your charity on Amazon Smile or through the Amazon App  Our Platforms: Youtube Patreon Spotify Apple Podcasts Contact us: MormonStories@gmail.com  PO Box 171085, Salt Lake City, UT 84117  Social Media: Insta: @mormstories Tiktok: @mormonstoriespodcast Join the Discord

Carol Lynn Pearson is an amazing woman and still-active member of the Church who has done more advocacy for feminism and LGBTQ rights than any other member and for far longer through her songs, books, poetry, speaking engagements and other appearances (even Oprah)!   Carol Lynn Pearson is the example and embodiment of pure love. Anyone would do well to follow her example.    In today's episode, Carol describes how she finds both feminine and masculine traits in the divine, and in such a lovely way that even hard-core atheists can find beauty and inspiration in her thoughts.   Episode Show Notes   Mormon Stories Thanks Our Generous Donors! Help us continue to deliver quality content by becoming a donor today: One-time or recurring donation through Donorbox Support us on Patreon Pick “Mormon Stories” as your charity on Amazon Smile or through the Amazon App  Our Platforms: Patreon Spotify Apple Podcasts Contact us: MormonStories@gmail.com  PO Box 171085, Salt Lake City, UT 84117  Social Media: Insta: @mormstories Tiktok: @mormonstoriespodcast Join the Discord

In this Q&R episode Valerie asks CAROL LYNN PEARSON several tough questions from you listeners about how she has managed to navigate some of the thorniest topics in Mormondom. Perhaps the more challenging question she answers is how she navigates feeling congruent with herself as a contributing and lifelong member in a religious institution that struggles so much with issues of gender, patriarchy, control, and power.  One of the MANY nuggets of wisdom that she sharesis a plea for all of us to "BE BRAVE.  AND BE KIND."  She embodies both bravery and kindness in her entire life and legacy and invites us to do the same in our open, honest, struggle with the institution that is our home.  She also says, "If there is trouble in the family, we have the right to talk about it.  It is our home and our family."  God bless Carol Lynn.  Enjoy this episode!  Here are some of the books that most influenced Carol Lynn throughout her life: The Chalice and the Blade by Riane Eisler, The Creation of Patriarchy by Gerda Lerner, Goddesses: Mysteries of the Feminine Divine by Joseph Campbell, The New Earth by Eckhart Tolle, A Course in Miracles by The Foundation for Inner Peace. Podcasts mentioned and recommended in this episode: “In Her Image” & “Marriage on a Tight Rope” To purchase the entire autographed book, go to carollynnpearson.com. ************************************************* Contact Valerie at info@valeriehamaker.com to get on a waitlist for one of her space limited processing/support groups mentioned in detail in this episode.

For these mini-episodes I will be showcasing some of my favorite poems more deeply acquainting us with the feminine face of God. Please listen and listen again...these poems hold lost and forgotten truths that can recall to us our sometime distant relationship with our dear Mother God. To purchase the entire autographed book, go to carollynnpearson.com. ************************************************* Contact Valerie at info@valeriehamaker.com to get on a waitlist for one of her space limited processing/support groups mentioned in detail in this episode.

For these mini-episodes I will be showcasing some of my favorite poems more deeply acquainting us with the feminine face of God.  Please listen and listen again...these poems hold lost and forgotten truths that can recall to us our sometime distant relationship with our dear Mother God.  To purchase the entire autographed book, go to carollynnpearson.com. ************************************************* Contact Valerie at info@valeriehamaker.com to get on a waitlist for one of her space limited processing/support groups mentioned in detail in this episode.

For these mini-episodes I will be showcasing some of my favorite poems more deeply acquainting us with the feminine face of God.  Please listen and listen again...these poems hold lost and forgotten truths that can recall to us our sometime distant relationship with our dear Mother God.  To purchase the entire autographed book, go to carollynnpearson.com. ************************************************* Contact Valerie at info@valeriehamaker.com to get on a waitlist for one of her space limited processing/support groups mentioned in detail in this episode.

For these mini-episodes I will be showcasing some of my favorite poems more deeply acquainting us with the feminine face of God.  Please listen and listen again...these poems hold lost and forgotten truths that can recall to us our sometime distant relationship with our dear Mother God.  To purchase the entire autographed book, go to carollynnpearson.com. ************************************************* Contact Valerie at info@valeriehamaker.com to get on a waitlist for one of her space limited processing/support groups mentioned in detail in this episode.

For these mini-episodes I will be showcasing some of my favorite poems more deeply acquainting us with the feminine face of God.  Please listen and listen again...these poems hold lost and forgotten truths that can recall to us our sometime distant relationship with our dear Mother God.  To purchase the entire autographed book, go to carollynnpearson.com.  ************************************************* Contact Valerie at info@valeriehamaker.com to get on a waitlist for one of her space limited processing/support groups mentioned in detail in this episode.

For these mini-episodes I will be showcasing some of my favorite poems more deeply acquainting us with the feminine face of God. Please listen and listen again...these poems hold lost and forgotten truths that can recall to us our sometime distant relationship with our dear Mother God. To purchase the entire autographed book, go to carollynnpearson.com. ************************************************* Contact Valerie at info@valeriehamaker.com to get on a waitlist for one of her space limited processing/support groups mentioned in detail in this episode.

In this first of two delightful and powerful interviews about her commitment to compassionate and Christlike advocacy for the marginalized, Carol Lynn Pearson said,  "maybe the worst thing that could have happened for the Brethren of the Mormon church was the moment I was given the role to play "Joan of Arc" in a theatrical production at BYU 60+ years ago!" The rest was history.  And luckily for us, our own Mormon "Joan of Arc" has not been burned at the stake (center) thus far!! And in this series, she does not disappoint.  In this episode with Valerie, Carol Lynn opens up about her childhood, life with Gerald, her own process of becoming the beautiful combination of bravery, grace, and straight-talking badassery that defines her work to this day. She shares specific stories about her experiences writing and speaking about all of the toughest and touchiest of topics, all hovering around issues of gender, sexuality, and power. Carol Lynn concludes with a lovely teaser into her newest book that will give YOU a map for how to grow in the very flavor of love that empowers her to do the inspiring work that she does.  Just in time for Christmas, buy "The Love Map" (and many other of her books) at carolynnpearson.com. PLEASE share this episode.  Once you listen, you'll know why this one is a POWERFUL episode packed with bravery, wisdom, and truth.  ************************************************* Contact Valerie at info@valeriehamaker.com to get on a waitlist for one of her space limited processing/support groups mentioned in detail in this episode.

Today we're going to confront some of the really hard things about being a woman in the LDS faith tradition and we're also going to highlight some of the beauty and the goodness and the moral rightness that is found there in the Church. To demonstrate one aspect of the many complicated factors of what it felt like to be a Mormon, here's a scene for my house when I was little: In the 1980s, my family drove a huge blue Suburban. My younger siblings and I would listen to cassette tapes in the Suburban on road trips and we would listen to the same things over and over and over again. One of the classics was a musical that was called My Turn on Earth. It came out in 1986 and it was about a girl who live with God and with the whole human family before being born in a human body on earth. What I got from that is that my soul could have come down to earth anywhere. I could have been born into a body of a rich aristocratic family and friends. I could have been born in a slum in Brazil. I could have been born into a Muslim family in Egypt or a Buddhist family in Thailand, and so my whole life, anyone I see anywhere, I have an awareness that that person could just as easily have been me. Every single person that I meet was at that big family meeting before humans came to earth, so we are all siblings even if we don't remember each other. This way of viewing other people is at the core of who I am and today I am so honored and so excited that on today's episode I'm joined by the author of My Turn on Earth, Carol Lynn Pearson.Carol Lynn Pearson (she/her) has been a professional writer, speaker and performer for many years. Several of her poems have been widely reprinted in such places as the Ann Landers column and Chicken Soup for the Soul as well as college literary textbooks. Her autobiography, Goodbye, I Love You, tells the story of her marriage to a homosexual man, their divorce, ongoing friendship, and her caring for him as he died of AIDS. This story made her a guest on such programs as "The Oprah Winfrey Show" and "Good Morning, America," and she has been featured in People magazine. Pearson has written numerous plays, books, and educational motion pictures. Pearson holds a master's degree in theatre, is the mother of four grown children, and lives in Walnut Creek, Calif.

Carol Lynn Pearson is a Mormon icon. In the early 1960's two monumental experiences happened in her life: she married Gerald, a gay man—and she published her first book. From that first publishing—and her relationship with her gay husband—Carol Lynn Pearson forged a path forward for Latter-day Saints to better understand the LGBTQ experience. Her life has been a lesson of love, compassion, understanding and advocacy. Escaping the gazing eyes of Utah Mormons, the Pearson's left Salt Lake City and settled in California to allow their little family the opportunity to embrace the unknown and to grow in uncertainty. Through her best-selling book, “Goodbye, I Love You”, Carol Lynn allowed the world too peer into the Pearson family story. For the first time a well known Latter-day Saint family was openly talking about homosexuality, mixed orientation marriage, kindness, advocacy, harmful doctrine and more. In this episode Carol Lynn sits down with Kyle to dive deeper into that journey, discuss the impact it had on Mormonism, and how marrying a gay man changed her life. #LatterGayStories #CarolLynnPearson #Family #Love #ChurchOfJesusChristofLatterDaySaints 

In this episode, LDF host Dan Wotherspoon is joined by the wonderful, gifted, powerful author Carol Lynn Pearson to talk about her most recent book and the ideas that underlie it. The book, The Love Map: Saving Your Love Relationship and Incidentally Saving the World, is the flowering of a more-than-forty-year interest that Carol Lynn has had in the deep energies of the soul and universe that are at play in both societies and individual human lives. In this book, she focuses on the chakra system, which outlines seven energy centers in our bodies, each with its own different but vital contribution to our well-being, both physically and spiritually. Carol Lynn uses the metaphor of "kingdoms" in speaking about the contributions of (and potential dangers inherent in) each chakra, but focuses on the fourth kingdom, the "heart" chakra, as the most important for our love relationships. But learning to live and flourish in this kingdom only comes after all sorts of inner wrestles, especially with ego and the dangerous (and wonderful) energy of the third kingdom in which "power" is preeminent. Through compelling narrative and first-person voice, The Love Map, traces the journey of human history as Carol Lynn describes the type of energy that is ascendent in different chronological epochs, as well as through developments in the life of Joanna, a young woman, the narrator, whose three-year marriage is nearing collapse. The book is a depiction of Joanna's hero's journey. The book's voice and prose allows us to understand ourselves and human development writ large through dramatic encounters with each energy in a way that isn't accessible through more academic approaches. We "experience" our lives in these kingdoms, and we are grateful to Carol Lynn for teaching us of these kingdoms through story, which includes humor, heartaches, and faced fears. You don't want to miss this book! Nor this conversation!

I had a personal experience earlier this year that led me to realizing I was deeply exhausted, and seeing the affects of it in several areas of my life. In particular I noticed that my, like many of our, relationships had taken a beating. Whether that is with family, friends, co-workers, or even the relationship we have with ourselves. I invited my friend, author Carol Lynn Pearson, to return to the podcast to discuss all things relationships. She is a woman who has changed thousands of lives through her story, and storytelling. One of those lives is mine. In this conversation she teaches us how to deeply love and accept people, including yourself. Get notified of when my habits class is available Full Show Notes Sticky Habit Method Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, we got to speak with Carol Lynn Pearson about her new book, The Love Map: Saving Your Love Relationship and Incidentally Saving the World.Carol Lynn has been a powerful and well-known voice in the Latter-day Saint community for many years. She's the author of several remarkable works, including the memoir Goodbye, I Love You, and the book of poetry Finding Mother God: Poems to Heal the World. Her full catalog of works is too impressive to list here, but one other highlight is that she wrote one of our very favorite primary songs: I'll Walk with You, which was published as a children's book in 2020.Carol Lynn will also be speaking with us at Restore, our upcoming gathering in Salt Lake City.Carol Lynn's new book is a remarkable work of fiction, that, as Carol Lynn says, is also true. It's the story of a young woman whose fraught relationship with her husband is reaching a breaking point just as she suffers traumatic injuries in a terrorist attack. But a vision she experiences while recovering gives her something remarkable and unexpected — a “map” that will serve as a guide to healing her most intimate relationship, and allow her to see each person in her life as God does.Though the book is intended for an audience much wider than just Latter-day Saints, its message resonated deeply with us, and Carol Lynn's hard-won wisdom and remarkable gifts an artist were abundantly apparent throughout the book.We'd strongly encourage anyone hoping for healing in their relationships to pick it up — we really think you won't regret it. You can find the book available on Amazon now.We want to extend a sincere thanks to Carol Lynn for coming on, and we hope you enjoy this conversation as much as we did.

Welcome to Part two as we discuss women, priesthood keys, witnesses, and resurrection. I go over the recorded instances of women as Special Witnesses of Christ and the interesting archetypes in the scriptures of women, goddesses, and their ties to resurrection. The resources that I used are as follows:* Alma 18-19* Kevin and Shauna Christensen, “Nephite Feminism Revisited: Thoughts on Carol Lynn Pearson's View of Women in the Book of Mormon,” FARMS Review of Books 10, no. 2 (1998): 18.* https://knowhy.bookofmormoncentral.org/knowhy/what-does-the-abish-story-signal-about-the-resurrection#footnote4_emkedh9*     *     *   Email me at ramonasiddoway@gmail.com*     *     *You can buy my book We are Adam at Amazon or CedarFort.You can also listen to my book on Audible.Visit my website: ramonasiddoway.comSign up for my newsletter and get a free workbook here.Connect with me on Facebook @ Ramona Siddoway-AuthorHave a Divine Day!!

Reading scientific papers requires a critical mindset, but often ‘critical' has a negative connotation. How can we apply critical reading to scriptures and conference addresses? This is especially relevant in the context of recent conference addresses and discourse in the Mormon community on Heavenly Mother (see especially Dialogue's spring issue, “Heavenly Mother in Critical Context”). Link to our Face in Hat discord server! https://discord.gg/MnSMvKHvwh Infographic: How to read a scientific paper, by Natalia Rodriguez https://www.elsevier.com/connect/infographic-how-to-read-a-scientific-paper Answering Gospel Questions https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/gospel-topics/answering-gospel-questions?lang=eng How to Tell a True War Story, by Tim O'Brian https://www.ndsu.edu/pubweb/~cinichol/CreativeWriting/323/OBrienWarStory.pdf The things they carried, by Tim O'Brian https://www.amazon.com/Things-They-Carried-Tim-OBrien/dp/0618706410 Your Divine Nature and Eternal Destiny, By Elder Dale G. Renlund (see footnote 10) https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2022/04/36renlund Dialogue, Spring 2022. “Heavenly Mother in Critical Context.” https://www.dialoguejournal.com/issues/spring-2022/ In Defense of Heavenly Mother: Her Critical Importance for Mormon Culture and Theology, by Margaret Toscano https://www.dialoguejournal.com/articles/in-defense-of-heavenly-mother-her-critical-importance-for-mormon-culture-and-theology/ Abbott & Costello 7 x 13 = 28 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzxVyO6cpos Queer Mormon Theology: An Introduction, by Blaire Ostler https://www.amazon.com/Queer-Mormon-Theology-Blaire-Ostler/dp/1948218410 Mother's Milk, by Rachel Hunt Steenblik  https://www.amazon.com/Mothers-Milk-Rachel-Hunt-Steenblik/dp/0998605220 Finding Mother God: Poems to Heal the World Hardcover, by Carol Lynn Pearson  https://www.amazon.com/Finding-Mother-God-Poems-World/dp/1423656687 Dove Song: Heavenly Mother in Mormon Poetry.  Edited by Tyler Chadwick, Dayna Patterson, and Martin Pulido http://www.peculiarpages.com/books/dove-song/

Carol Lynn Pearson has been a pioneer in finding Mother God and inspiring others to do so for decades. In this episode, Sara asks about her journey writing and performing her one-woman play Mother Wove the Morning in the late 80's and 90's, and about her more recent publication, Finding Mother God, a book of poetry published in 2020. Carol Lynn recites some of her favorite poems from that book with all the eloquence and bravado of a stage performer, yet the sincerity and humility of a true seeker. She offers encouragement for others hoping to find and share about Heavenly Mother, urging us not to be afraid to use our voices and step outside the lines to make our desires known for greater church-wide recognition of the female half of God. Visit https://carollynnpearson.com to find Carol Lynn's works, including Mother Wove the Morning in video format and Finding Mother God (autographed!) Sara is on Instagram as @my.mother.is.the.queen, and her co-host Jess is on Instagram as @her.scriptures. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/inherimage/support

Amy: Welcome to Breaking Down Patriarchy! I'm Amy McPhie Allebest. Today we will be discussing Peggy Orenstein's Girls and Sex. I consider this book essential reading for anyone who is a girl or loves a girl, but I'm including it in this podcast on patriarchy because in our historical timeline, it contributes meaningfully to a conversation that we started in the very first episodes. Remember that for millennia, men thought of women's bodies as their possessions, and their reproductive capacity was considered a commodity. Up until about 100 years ago women were still considered to be “owned” by their husbands under the laws of coverture, and marital rape was outlawed only in 1993, a vestige of the belief that a man owned his wife's body and was his, to do whatever he wanted with it. Then in 1931 Virginia Woolf said that the one thing women couldn't write about was sex (even though men could), and in many ways that is still true today. Our Bodies, Ourselves paved new paths in the 1970's, but we are still figuring out girls' and women's bodies and sexuality in the context of always having been overseen and monitored and controlled by men. I think it's important to remember that historical context as we consider this book as it relates to patriarchy.  Also, obviously, given the title of the book, this episode is about sex, so please be advised of the subject matter, which we are (on purpose) going to discuss very openly. And I am very  excited to discuss this book with my reading partner, Natasha Helfer! Thanks for being here, Natasha! Natasha: (Response) Amy: Natasha Helfer and I met in Northern California a few years ago at a lunch for progressive Mormons - I was seated next to Carol Lynn Pearson, who is a hero of mine, and I was in heaven because whenever I turned to my left I got to talk with her, and whenever I turned to my right, Natasha I heard you and my husband Erik talking about sex shame in conservative religions, which is something I think about a lot so I felt torn at that lunch! I knew who you were and admired you so much - I had heard you speak on sexuality on several podcast episodes and was such a huge fan of your work. And I still am! So I can't wait to hear what you have to say about this book, but before we jump in, I'm wondering if you can tell us a little bit about who you are. Where you come from and what makes you you.  Natasha: Bio Amy: Awesome. And I also like to ask my reading partners what interested them in participating in Breaking Down Patriarchy. Do you have a thought or two on that? Natasha: Thoughts on this topic Amy: Thanks so much. Our last step before we start discussing the book is to learn just a little bit about the author, Peggy Orenstein. I'll read just a bit about her and what led her to write this text.  Peggy Orenstein  was born in 1961 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She earned her bachelor's degree from Oberlin College in 1983, and began her career in New York City, as an Associate Editor at Esquire Magazine. She subsequently served as editor of multiple other publications before moving to San Francisco to become Managing Editor of Mother Jones. She left that post to write full time in 1991. Orenstein lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and their daughter. She is the author of many books, including Cinderella Ate My Daughter, Girls and Sex, which we will be discussing today, and her newest book, Boys and Sex, which I will be reading soon as well. Orenstein has been a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine and AFAR, and has also written for the Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Atlantic, and The New Yorker, and has contributed commentaries to NPR's All Things Considered. She has been featured on many television shows and on NPR's Fresh Air and The PBS News Hour, and her TED talk, “What Young Women Believe about their own sexual pleasure,” has been viewed over...

We're going back to our roots with this week's episode! We're talking about human lighthouses: people we believe are shining beacons of hope and fantastic examples for single adult members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This week we're talking about Sharon Eubank, Tom Christofferson, Rosemary Card, David Archuleta, and Carol Lynn Pearson!

A Motherless House. In this live episode, in honour of US Mother's Day we reflect on the events of this past weekend. Join hosts Jane Christie and Alana Wilson Bryce as we talk about Mothers. And one Mother in particular. CW: OCD, Mental health, abuse. Links: Fiona Givens Bio- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiona_Givens You can find out more about Carol Lynn Pearson's work and poetry here. https://carollynnpearson.com/ Gospel Topics Essay on Heavenly Mother https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/gospel-topics-essays/mother-in-heaven?lang=eng --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jane-christie/message

A Motherless House. In this live episode, in honour of US Mother's Day we reflect on the events of this past weekend. Join hosts Jane Christie and Alana Wilson Bryce as we talk about Mothers. And one Mother in particular. CW: OCD, Mental health, abuse. Links: Fiona Givens Bio- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiona_Givens You can find out more about Carol Lynn Pearson's work and poetry here. https://carollynnpearson.com/ Gospel Topics Essay on Heavenly Mother https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/gospel-topics-essays/mother-in-heaven?lang=eng --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jane-christie/message

This is a time to celebrate renewal and resurrection. In this bonus episode I explain the purpose and contribution of Engaging Gospel Doctrine, comparing its approach to other Sunday School podcasts. There are so many great resources out there! I also reread Carol Lynn Pearson’s Holy Week, which applies the Easter message to our every… Continue Reading

Elizabeth Ostler interviews Amber Richardson, a storyteller with many credits in many mediums. Amber has produced a YouTube series, “Splitting the Sky,” and a podcast, “On Sovereign Wings.” She has performed in festivals and plays, such as “Mother Wove the Morning” by Carol Lynn Pearson. One of the common threads running through her creative work is the desire to expand the female experience within a spiritual context.

We know that in the Bible, many prophets practiced polygamy.  However, modern Christians and Jews mostly condemn the practice.  What are Joseph's theological justifications for polygamy?  Dr. Brian Hales tells us, The easiest one is part of the restitution of all things, and if somebody asks you, “Why did Joseph do it?”  The easy answer is, he was a prophet-restorer, and the old prophets did it, and he restored it.  That's not entirely nuanced, and some would say it's even correct.  I think it is generally. The second one is it was a trial.  This is the one I couldn't remember.  It presented a special trial.  The Lord does do that.  It gives different people at different times different kinds of trials. A third one was to—it was the one I had talked a great deal about.  It allowed all men and women to enter into a marriage, even if this is a plural wife, and then the [fourth] one is the one we started with, multiply and replenish the earth. We'll also talk about what Brian thinks of Carol Lynn Pearson's book, The Ghost of Eternal Polygamy. Of course on earth, polygamy is not fair.  It's unequal.  You could say it's sexist if you want, on earth.  But I don't think that we know anything about eternal marriage, and we certainly don't know anything about eternal plural marriage.  So to assume that that's a bad thing, that it victimizes women, and to assume that women should fear that is to fear unknown things.  God has promised us everlasting joy, a fullness of joy.  His plan is a plan of happiness. Check out our previous episode on Fanny Alger, as well as parts 1, 2, 3. Many of you will find Mark Staker's interview on Kirtland polygamy  enlightening too.  Don't forget to check out a transcript (link below), or the video! https://youtu.be/HXVAFCDxVRQ   https://gospeltangents.com/shop/transcripts/theological-justifications-polygamy/  

  Join Gina Colvin from A Thoughtful Faith and Lindsay Hansen Park as they engage in a two-part, joint interview with Carol Lynn Pearson, author of Ghost of Eternal Polygamy. Links mentioned in this podcast: Buy the book: Ghost of […]

  Join Lindsay and Gina Colvin from A Thoughtful Faith as they engage in a two-part, joint interview with Carol Lynn Pearson, author of Ghost of Eternal Polygamy. Links mentioned in this podcast: Buy the book: Ghost of Eternal Polygamy […]

Part One of a collaboration with Lindsay Hansen Park from 'A Year of Polygamy'.  We discuss Carol Lynn Pearson's new book - 'The Ghost of Eternal Polygamy.'

Part two of a collaboration with Lindsay Hansen Park from 'A Year of Polygamy' where we discuss the new book 'The Ghost of Eternal Polygamy' with author Carol Lynn Pearson.