Faith After Faith

The Bible: Not As Bad As You Think (Part 1) — Kathryn Schifferdecker

Kathryn Schifferdecker is Professor and Elva B. Lovell Chair of Old Testament at Luther Seminary. She taught Katie’s year-long Intro to Bible class, and she…

How and Why You Should Yell at God: The Practice of Lament

A biblical, spiritual, and emotional exploration of the practice of lament.

It’s Okay to Be Angry with God — Nikki Hendrix

Nikki Hendrix has more reasons than most people to be done with church: nuns who hit her left hand with a yardstick, a youth pastor…

Garments, Sex, and Purity Culture — Nancy Ross

All That Remains is a support group for deconstructors and doubters. To hear when the next round opens, visit katielangston.com/all-that-remains. For many people leaving high-demand…

Letting Go of Cosmic Child Abuse

On her LDS mission in Bulgaria, Katie taught people that every sin debits a cosmic bank account, that Jesus paid it, and that he set…

Jesus, the Devil, and Hell — Sarah Hinlicky Wilson

Sarah Hinlicky Wilson has never doubted that God loves her. (She’s doubted whether God exists at all—but she’s always assumed that if there is a…

Letting Go of Certainty

Katie Langston grew up in a tradition where certainty was the point—where a missionary lesson literally stacked paper cups, prophets on the bottom and Jesus…

God Invites Your Questions — Grace Duddy Pomroy

Letting Go of Shame

Shame is a near-universal human experience, but high-demand religious systems can exacerbate it significantly. In this episode with Pastor Katie Langston, explore where shame comes…

The Opposite of Grace Is Shame — Dave Zahl

DescriptionDave Zahl has spent twenty years running a ministry devoted to grace. He also attends a church that preaches grace every single week—because by the…

Were We Better off Believing in Charms? — Cristina Gagliano

Dr. Cristina Gagliano (nee Rosetti) was a functional atheist finishing a religion PhD when she walked into St. Peter’s Basilica, stood in front of a…

Where Have All the Women Gone?

In the 1980s, sociologist Rodney Stark projected the LDS Church would reach somewhere between 63 and 265 million members by 2080. Today, it has just…

Am I Even Allowed to Think This? — Jana Riess

Katie Langston talks with Jana Reiss, senior columnist at Religion News Service and historian of American religion, about spiritual authority after a faith crisis, why…

Who Gets to Tell You What’s True?

What happens to your sense of spiritual authority when your worldview crumbles?High-control religions want you to externalize your authority by handing it to them. After…

Congratulations, You’re a Growth Opportunity for Your Family — Lindsay Hansen Park

The Understory: Deconstruction and Family Conflict

Natasha Helfer: A Faith Crisis Is a Full Identity Makeover

Faith Crisis or Identity Crisis?