Mormon spirituality
For adult Mormons, there’s more to spirituality than ‘endure to the end’
By Jana Riess — September 23, 2020
Feeling burned out? A new online course from author Thomas McConkie casts a wide net to help Latter-day Saints deepen their faith through meditation, theology and psychology.
If you want to win Mormons back to the LDS Church, shame and fear are not the ways to do it
By Jana Riess — July 10, 2020
Fear and shame seem to be the most common tactics orthodox Mormons use to keep people in the church. There is a better way.
For some Mormons, “cafeteria spirituality” is a lifeline
By Jana Riess — July 31, 2018
As more Mormons leave the LDS Church, others draw on "cafeteria spirituality" in their quest for a way to stay, supplementing their Mormon identity with meditation and practices from other traditions.
For many former Mormons, it’s hard to be “spiritual but not religious”
By Jana Riess — April 21, 2018
Former Mormons don’t generally maintain a high level of spirituality when they decide to leave the fold, unless they become actively involved in another religion.
Death by Mormon fasting
By Jana Riess — June 5, 2015
Mormons believe that if we are to become like Christ, one thing we must learn to do is to die and be reborn. Fasting is that lesson for us, month in and month out.
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