Episode 186: What Happened to Community? | A Conversation with Candice Wendt

At Last She Said It

Cynthia Winward

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

5 • 900 Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2024

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

“Life as a member offers relatively little social time or enjoyment,” writes Candice Wendt. “Being in the ward is mostly about passive listening and being told to follow leaders and go to the temple. [...] You’re more likely to get asked to clean our very dirty building than be asked to dinner." In episode 186, Candice joins Susan and Cynthia for a discussion of some of the ways church has changed, with more focus on things like covenants and temple attendance, and less on community. It’s a conversation about what we’ve lost, what’s important, what remains, and what it all might mean in the lives of members and the future of the organization.

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0:00.0	And so in some ways this decision to turn away from us doing those things is just
0:08.7	yet another way that patriarchy in the church has taken a toll on women's importance and I think it's honestly
0:16.6	one of the reasons why maybe so many women are having feminist awakenings and are becoming more nuanced in their faith because they're like
0:27.2	what's what's in it for me now and you know women are pretty socially resilient and they're
0:32.4	they tend to be in touch with their social needs.
0:35.6	You know, when those aren't being met.
0:37.0	Hi, I'm Cynthia Wynnward.
0:43.0	And I'm Susan Winkley.
0:45.0	And this is at last she said it.
0:46.7	We are Women of Faith discussing complicated things.
0:49.7	And the title of this week's episode is what happened to community a conversation with
0:56.2	Candice went it's a beefy question Candice we're so glad to have you with us
1:01.6	today's hi Candice.
1:03.0	Hi, everyone.
1:04.0	It's such a pleasure to be here.
1:06.0	I feel like I just got called down to play Price is right or something.
1:10.0	I'm just delighted.
1:11.0	You know, out of all the listeners.
1:13.2	But Susan and I just had a long conversation
1:15.9	this week about the prices right.
1:17.7	So that's how excited I am.
1:20.3	What does it in conversation at Plinko, shall we?
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