stages of faith

Dear Mormons in a faith crisis: You’re not crazy, wrong or stupid

By Jana Riess — August 17, 2022
(RNS) — Your old faith, like the caterpillar’s body, used to serve you well, until suddenly it didn’t.

Brian McLaren says there’s a good reason your beliefs stopped working

By Jana Riess — January 5, 2021
People who doubt their faith often get the “you are not wanted here” message from their religion, says author Brian McLaren. After the anger and loss, is there room for them to build a different kind of faith?

In a Mormon faith transition? Here’s help

By Jana Riess — December 18, 2015
A new book argues Mormon faith transitions are healthy and necessary crucibles in our journey toward spiritual maturity. "We can grow unbounded," says Thomas Wirthlin McConkie. "Isn’t that the message of Mormonism in the end?"

When your Mormon faith is too small

By Jana Riess — December 17, 2015
When our faith is in crisis, it can be comforting to know that what we’re going through doesn’t mean we're falling into apostasy. Drawing from the science of adult development, this author says we’ve “simply driven off the edge of our current map.”
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