Mormon Awakenings

  Jack Naneek reviews the tension between the old guard and the young upstarts. The old guard is smarter than we give them credit for being, and the young upstarts are often not as prepared as they should be. Literalism is compared with the power of metaphor. In the end, we learn that mastery of […] The post Mormon Awakenings: 007: The Old Guard appeared first on Mormon Awakenings.

Jack Naneek explores the technological hijacking.  Awakening from the grip of our devices isn’t so different, in turns out, from a more general awakening.  Street signs are explored and our worship of them is discussed, as well as some of the sacred cows inside our own religion! In the end we learn the difference between […] The post Mormon Awakenings: 006: A Technological Awakening appeared first on Mormon Awakenings.

Jack Naneek explores the mind, and how it reconciles the “should be” with the “actually is.”  The iron rod, enduring to the end, and life as a test of wills is discussed, but we learn eternal progress trumps all.  So whether you’re an orthodox perfectionist, or a disillusioned malcontent, hopefully you’ll realize in the end […] The post Mormon Awakenings: 005: Being “Supposed to” Driven appeared first on Mormon Awakenings.

Jack Naneek tackles church culture and its origins in the story of Lehi and his family.  Laman and Lemuel and murmuring are explored and compared to the playing of the “Lord Card.” Two funerals are mentioned, but it isn’t all tears and sadness.  In the end, you’ll have a better sense of what your own […] The post Mormon Awakenings: 004: Playing The Lord Card appeared first on Mormon Awakenings.

Today Jack Naneek helps us to investigate what it means to go through these journeys and discover “what comes out of a man” or woman.  He discusses all the chaos and subterfuge going on inside us by taking a fresh look at Matthew 15. Legalism, nitpicking and even the powder blue shirts at church get discussed!  […] The post Mormon Awakenings: 003: What Comes Out of a Man or Woman appeared first on Mormon Awakenings.

Guest host Jack Naneek shares with us a podcast episode titled “Getting Job”.  What are the lessons we find in the Book of Job.  When we get below the surface of the stories we always tell ourselves is there something more in this book of scripture?  The book of Job is a strange unusual story […] The post Mormon Awakenings: 002: Getting Job appeared first on Mormon Awakenings.

Guest host Jack Naneek shares with us a podcast episode titled “The Lone Villager”.  This episode seeks for us to not only recognize and validate that there are issues in Mormonism but that there are issues in life.  That we can either put those issues in a backpack and carry this heavy load everywhere putting […] The post Mormon Awakenings: 001: The Lone Villager appeared first on Mormon Awakenings.