Faith Expansion vs Faith Crisis: Finding Truth in Mormonism and Beyond — Cami Sanders

About this episode

Brynne Erickson and Cami Sanders discuss faith expansion, truth-seeking, and navigating doubt within and beyond Mormonism.

In this episode, I have a deep conversation with Cami Sanders about our faith journeys, truth, and navigating doubt. Cami shares how she's never felt like she was in a "faith crisis" but rather a "faith expansion," constantly seeking truth from multiple sources while keeping her roots in Mormonism. She introduces the fixed foot and searching foot metaphor, where you plant your foot in the doctrine with the deepest roots and then expand to gather truth from everywhere else. We talk about how God has spoken to all people throughout history, not just a tiny percentage in the LDS church. Cami shares her practice of lectio divina for studying scripture, a four-step process of reading, meditating, wrestling with God, and letting it change you. She talks honestly about reconciling hard church history like Joseph Smith's polygamy and Brigham Young's racist policies. Cami shares a powerful dream she had six years ago about a giant black cube with openings representing different religions and philosophies. She saw Mormonism as the largest window for her, but a man in a suit was blocking it. A woman's voice said "He needs to move. You need to move him," leading her to get a tattoo of a…

People in this episode

Host: Brynne Erickson

Guest: Cami Sanders

Topics covered

• faith journeys
• truth seeking
• Mormonism
• doubt
• spirituality
• scripture study
• personal spirituality

Keywords

• faith expansion
• Mormonism
• truth
• doubt
• lectio divina
• spirituality
• church history

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