In Good Faith
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Discover how God is working in the world and in our lives. Strengthen community by connecting with people of different faith traditions. Celebrate commonality and honor difference as believers share the wisdom and sacred stories, faith journeys, and life experiences that connect them to the Divine.
Host Steven Kapp Perry talks with believers from all walks of faith—Catholic and Episcopalian, Buddhist and Baptist, Jewish and Hindu, Presbyterian and Seventh Day Adventist, Muslim and Latter-day Saint— sharing their personal experience with the sacred and the divine. Sundays on BYUradio—and be sure to subscribe to the podcast!
Host Steven Kapp Perry talks with believers from all walks of faith—Catholic and Episcopalian, Buddhist and Baptist, Jewish and Hindu, Presbyterian and Seventh Day Adventist, Muslim and Latter-day Saint— sharing their personal experience with the sacred and the divine. Sundays on BYUradio—and be sure to subscribe to the podcast!
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May 20, 2018 • 58min
Ep 31. Caru Das, Krishna Consciousness
Caru Das had a different name and not much direction, when an encounter with a Krishna devotee in Australia started him on a path of learning and faith that would lead him back to India and eventually to found two Krishna temples in the Rocky Mountains of the US. It's a journey of enlightenment you'll enjoy taking along with him.
Caru Das pictured (below) at the Krishna Temple in Spanish Fork, Utah, and (bottom) announcing at the temple's annual Holi Festival--the Festival of Colors.
May 6, 2018 • 59min
Ep 30. Josie Stone, Anglican/Episcopalian
Born in Britain on the eve of WWII, Josie Stone has had a life filled with faith, curiosity, family, and service in her career in nursing as well as her current position as chair of the Salt Lake Interfaith Council. She is a woman who is comfortable with mystery and talking about the big questions in life.
Josie Stone
Apr 29, 2018 • 56min
Ep 29. Walt Raber, Mennonite
"You can know--without a shadow of a doubt--you can know whether you know you know you are going to heaven." That's Walt Raber, he was born to an Amish family and later became Mennonite. He'll inspire you with his infectious happy nature and his heart for serving other people.
(Walt Raber, pictured here with his wife, Mary Louise.)
Walt and Mary Louise Raber
Apr 22, 2018 • 58min
Ep 28. Pastor Scott McKinney
"Sometimes the thing we resist the most is maybe the thing that we're meant to do." Pastor Scott McKinney of CenterPoint Church shares his spiritual journey and talks about the importance of community and the benefits of simply "showing up."
Apr 15, 2018 • 59min
Ep 27. Rabbi Dr. Alon Goshen-Gottstein
It was a moment of mid-life crisis, a question, and a vision for a new kind of religious work that set Rabbi Alon Goshen-Gottstein on his current path of promoting interfaith understanding. He is the founder of the Elijah Interfaith Institute and a prolific author. In this interview he shares his thoughts and experiences, and advice for those taking their first steps into understanding others and their differing traditions and beliefs.
Mar 25, 2018 • 54min
Ep 26. Harry & Debra Bonner
Harry and Debra Bonner were each mentored by people of faith, from parents and priests to parishioners, and they've followed that faith wherever it led them; as a young missionary couple in Liberia, to directing a gospel choir in the Rocky Mountains. In the second half, you'll hear Debra soloing with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
Mar 18, 2018 • 55min
Ep 25. Jan Saeed, Baha'i
From her earliest memories of the Baha'i prayer book her mother gave her, Jan Saeed has sought and found comfort and peace in prayer. She talks about the oneness of humanity and being open to listen to others with differing beliefs.
Mar 11, 2018 • 57min
Ep 24. Pastor Logan Wolf
Pastor Logan Wolf from CrossPoint Church Utah talks about following God when he is leading you to do something. And what if you don’t do it? Or, what if you follow that inspiration and things don’t turn out the way you expected? And does "love your neighbor" mean, like, the actual person next door? I think you'll enjoy getting to know Pastor Logan Wolf.
Feb 25, 2018 • 55min
Ep 23. Rev. Molly Cameron
Looking up at the sky on starry nights was Rev. Molly Cameron's first intimation of something mysterious, big, powerful, and spiritual. She talks about "burning bush" moments that define your life, and how faith in God is actually good for you.
Feb 18, 2018 • 56min
Ep 22. Deacon Sandra Jones
Rev. Deacon Sandra Jones shares a life-long faith that blossomed into ministry in her later years, when she stopped fighting a call she'd always felt. She tells how adding a little "Mary to her Martha" added meaning to her life and let her know she was always connected to God.
(pictured, Deacon Sandra Jones--3rd from right--working on one of her social-good projects.)
