Episode 157: Embracing Your Journey | A Conversation with Mer Monson

At Last She Said It

Cynthia Winward

Religion & Spirituality, Feminism, Motherhood, Ldswomen, Spirituality, Lds, Thechurchofjesuschristoflatterdaysaints, Mormonwomen, Religion, Marriage, Mormon, Faith

5 • 900 Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Every faith path is walked one step at a time. Every woman’s story is unique. In Episode 157, Cynthia and Susan are joined by Mer Monson to talk about her journey so far, and how the ground she’s traveled informs the way she’s walking now. It’s a conversation that radiates hard-won wisdom, an inspiring glimpse into one Latter-day Saint woman’s spiritual life.

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0:00.0	But it was a time of floating in Grace and when I turned around and looked back at faith and God and church and religion from that
0:17.9	place it just completely turned inside out for me and And it was like, oh God's not something out there. God's not separate. God is
0:30.7	inextricably tied to who I am in a way that I can't undo. I don't have the power to undo that.
0:40.0	Hi, I'm Cynthia Wynward.
0:44.0	And I'm Susan Hinckley.
0:46.0	And this is at last she said it.
0:48.0	We are Women of Faith discussing complicated themes.
0:51.0	And the title of today's episode is,
0:54.5	Embracing your journey, a conversation with Merr-Monson.
0:59.2	Yeah, we're excited, yeah.
1:01.3	Merr is in the house. Merr is in the house.
1:03.0	We are grateful to have you.
1:07.0	I'm not going to put you on the spot and ask you if you listen to every episode,
1:10.0	but I feel like we've seen you in our at last she said at space
1:14.0	Quite a bit over the last few years. So thank you for supporting us so much. No, thank you for making a space
1:22.0	What a space.
1:22.6	What a gift.
1:24.0	Well, we're so excited to have you.
1:26.1	How about, Mer, can you go ahead and just
1:29.2	go ahead and give us a snapshot of who you are?
1:31.3	Yeah, so I turn 51 in about a month. I have three sons.
1:36.6	We just sent my youngest off to college. So yay. Wow, yeah.
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