Since she was little, Erica has always appreciated the value of asking sincere religious questions. Unfortunately, she has experienced a variety of responses to her questions, some of which made her feel like perhaps she didn’t belong in the church. Erica shares how her relationships with others have been both challenged and ultimately strengthened as she has learned how to use the process of seeking answers to her questions to develop her relationship with her Heavenly Parents.

Dan Ellsworth’s faith crisis made him feel like “a bomb went off” as he felt his proverbial religious shelf break. In this episode, Dan’s shares the personal details and painful realities that accompanied his own crisis of faith. He then describes how he eventually found personal redemption that helped him not only survive the crisis but emerge from it a stronger, more spiritually settled person. Dan also offers seasoned advice that will help both those experiencing a faith crisis and those who have loved ones struggling with deep doubts.

Christian shares his remarkable story about leaving the Gospel at a young age and what prompted his return to the Church years later.

Emily talks about how her expectations were seriously challenged because of traumatic experiences. She also discusses how her difficult divorce and the judgments that accompanied it caused her to create complex versions of both faith and charity.

As a member of the Church in Sweden, Katrin has had to make a deliberate choice to remain active in the Church as she has watched of her family and friends choose to leave. As easy as it would have been to follow them away from the Church, Katrin realized that her love for the Lord and for His Restored Gospel outweighed any pressure to leave. With admirable serenity, Katrin shows how her strength comes from finding peace in her decision to remain active in the Church while still actively loving her family and friends who have chosen a different path. Katrin shares advice about how to love those who have chosen to leave the Church and how to be confident in your own decision to stay.

After being raised in an orthodox home where questions about faith were not encouraged, Kristine had to learn to revise her belief-system when she received an unexpected and unorthodox answer to a prayer.

Heidi shares how she was able to learn how to use her faith to help her gain more charity towards those she loves who have chosen to leave the Church. She talks about how to embrace love rather than judgement or criticism.

Raised in a mixed-faith home, Eric shares how he discovered his personal conversion to the Gospel despite the tragedies he experienced in his childhood. He speaks about how to find and maintain faith even when life is beautifully difficult.

Ben shares his captivating story about his experience of being an openly gay, active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Through his experience of coming out to his family, he learned the value of astonishing value of unconditional love as his family allowed him to make his own choices without judgement. Ben also learned to wrestle with uncertainty as he weighed his options and ultimately decided to remain active in the Church. He offers unique counsel for gay members, family members, and for ward members.

As a third-generation member of the Church in Sweden, Samuel enjoyed an idyllic childhood and adolescence full of faith. But when his brother and parents decided to leave the Church, it was “like lightning from a clear sky.” Rather than becoming stymied by the shock, Samuel chose to pursue his own search for difficult answers with determination and passion. As he dug in to gospel topics, he rediscovered and deepened his admiration and love for Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon and concluded that “knowledge is a principle of salvation.”