50: Polygamy Narrative vs. Reality | 132 Problems: Revisiting Mormon Polygamy

Please consider supporting this podcast: Venmo: @Michelle-Stone-24 https://www.patreon.com/132Problems The second part of my conversation with the legendary Carol Lynn Pearson. Carol Lynn shares more profound insights, shares several of her poems about Mother God, and describes her most recent book, The Love Map. I highly recommend her books, particularly her newer books, The Ghost of Eternal Polygamy, Finding Mother God (which we will cover in greater depth in part 2,) and The Love Map. https://carollynnpearson.com/

17 Feb 20231h 6min

Some thoughts on Christmas. Please listen to our family's musical gift starting at 36:56. Merry Christmas!

17 Feb 202340min

Please consider supporting this podcast: Venmo: @Michelle-Stone-24 https://www.patreon.com/132Problems Carol Lynn Pearson has been contributing to important conversations in Mormonism since the 1960's. She is truly a legend in her own time who has used her powerful voice to bring awareness to some of the most challenging and sensitive issues we face as a church and as people. I highly recommend her books, particularly her newer books, The Ghost of Eternal Polygamy, Finding Mother God (which we will cover in greater depth in part 2,) and The Love Map. https://carollynnpearson.com/

16 Feb 20231h 11min

Please consider supporting this podcast: Venmo: @Michelle-Stone-24 https://www.patreon.com/132Problems It was amazing to have the opportunity to sit down with Patrick Mason and ask him some of my most pressing questions about church history and about his perspective on polygamy, the scriptural canon, belief, and how we can engage in the church. Patrick's books, which I highly recommend, are available in audio at DeseretBook.com, or in print from Amazon, and pretty much everywhere else. Planted: Belief and Belonging in an Age of Doubt https://deseretbook.com/p/planted-belief-and-belonging-in-an-age-of-doubt?queryID=8bac48a199653b6cce8ca9b4986773e2&variant_id=126475-paperback Restoration: God’s Call to the 21st-Century World https://deseretbook.com/p/restoration-gods-call-to-the-21st-century-world?queryID=f7b2d347eb948c46d66c7140de83ca6f&variant_id=190930-paperback Proclaim Peace: The Restoration's Answer to an Age of Conflict https://deseretbook.com/p/proclaim-peace-the-restorations-answer-to-an-age-of-conflict-maxwell-institute?queryID=f7b2d347eb948c46d66c7140de83ca6f&variant_id=194870-paperback

16 Feb 20231h 17min

Please consider supporting this podcast: Venmo: @Michelle-Stone-24 https://www.patreon.com/132Problems The Holidays are a wonderful time for families -- when families feel wonderful. For those of us struggling with difficult family relationships, holidays can feel like rubbing salt in an already painful wound. How can we best navigate family estrangement, whether it is with our adult children or with our parents and siblings? What is the purpose of families -- especially when they seem to cause more pain than joy? My best friend and I discuss the painful situations we are both struggling through in our families in a desire to provide insight, understanding, direction, hope, peace, and hopefully, greater connection.

13 Feb 20231h 59min

Please consider supporting this podcast: Venmo: @Michelle-Stone-24 https://www.patreon.com/132Problems Who was Emma Smith? What do we really know about her, and her relationship with God and her prophet husband? What can the lives, character, and interactions of Emma and Joseph teach us about their relationship, and polygamy? This one is long, but extremely important. Sources: "Mormon Enigma: Emma Hale Smith" by Linda King Newell and Valerie Tippets Avery "First: The Life and Faith of Emma Smith" by Jennifer Reeder https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/times-and-seasons-1-october-1842/13 https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/letter-to-emma-smith-and-the-relief-society-31-march-1842/1 https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/letter-to-emma-smith-4-april-1839/1#full-transcript https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/letter-from-emma-smith-7-march-1839/1#full-transcript https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/2008/09/my-dear-and-beloved-companion-the-letters-of-joseph-and-emma-smith?lang=eng https://www.josephsmithjr.org/emma-smith-an-elect-lady-and-mother-in-israel/ https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/history/saints-v1/39-the-seventh-trouble?lang=eng https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1992/08/my-great-great-grandmother-emma-hale-smith?lang=eng https://archive.org/details/TheSaintsHerald_Volume_26_1879/page/n287/mode/2up?view=theater

12 Feb 20231h 45min

Please consider supporting this podcast: Venmo: @Michelle-Stone-24 https://www.patreon.com/132Problems Does The Book of Mormon preach a gospel of works or a gospel of grace? (The answer is critically important for would-be disciples of Christ.) Where should we look for truth and direction? Inside or outside? And do we want a church where there is room for people who disagree? Or should people say, "My way or the highway," to one another? This perhaps one is long, but perhaps the most important of all.

12 Feb 20231h 44min

Please consider supporting this podcast: Venmo: @Michelle-Stone-24 https://www.patreon.com/132Problems In response to the many times people have asked for advice about how to talk to their children about the things they are learning, my two oldest children, Christian and Lincoln, sit down with me to talk about their experience being raised with evolving understandings of the church and gospel of Jesus Christ. Please listen to the end -- the final testimony is the best part.

9 Feb 20231h 31min