Lauren Wood: Enjoying Community while not ignoring the pain

Welcome to Pioneering Paradox, a podcast for Latter-day Saints navigating inner conflict and complexity. As Richard Rohr once said, “Paradox is the only language that can contain the whole.” In this space, we aim to embrace both light and shadow—because holding the tension between them is often the closest we come to the truth.In this episode we invited the lovely Lauren Wood to join us for a discussion about the paradox of being a part of a community, specifically the Latter Day Saint Community. Lauren discusses how the church has been a place she finds meaningful spiritual nourishment while also expressing she can’t fully enjoy it as long as there are people feeling left out. We discuss finding that balance. I am hoping this is only part one of a two part series on community because Lauren brings some heart to this topic and we still have so much more to say about this. Thanks for listening.