Recently a documentary series entitled “An Inconvenient Faith” appeared on YouTube, produced by Robert Reynolds and Jim Bennett (among others). The documentary seeks to promote progressive Mormonism within LDS church membership. The documentary is groundbreaking in the sense that it includes both Ex-Mormons (e.g. Jeremy Runnells, Sandra Tanner, John Dehlin, Bill Reel) and faithful Mormon scholars (e.g. Richard Bushman, Terryl & Fiona Givens, Patrick Mason). The series has also received a considerable amount of excitement and critique on the Internet.
Please join Mormon Stories for a livestream as a panel (John Dehlin, Bishop Beau Oyler, Julie Hanks, and Jana Spangler) react to the documentary. We welcome your participation as well!
Link to documentary: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ0nfqDWsl-EILHfhgzJWuQ
Thumbnail Credits: Image of John Dehlin provided by John Dehlin; Image of Patrick Mason from his social media profile; Image of Maxine Hanks by Maxine Hanks; Image of Sandra Tanner from the Mormon Stories Studio; Image of Jeremy Runnells taken from An Inconvenient Faith; Image of Richard Bushman from Chris Samuels of the Salt Lake Tribune; Background image of the National Park Service.
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John, I love and appreciate you and Margi for you have done for me in the 25 years since I left. I watched you wrestle with your own faith journey with margi at your side in and then out of the church. I have been watching you since 2008. I am in a mixed faith marriage and have been married 41 years. I possibly could not have done it without your help with Mormon Stories. My wife is very orthodox and has ancestors going back to the Knight family. We have fought over church issues for about 25 years and are only now able to talk more calmly over our differences. Most of the turbulence was on my part and our kids suffered much because of all of this. As much as I would like my wife to join me out of the church I realize how much joy and support she gets from belonging. I no longer wish to take that away from her so am more careful how I handle our differences. I don’t have the money to support you but want to tell how much I appreciate the help you have been to me. I say this through tears. Thank you