Award-winning author Joanna Brooks discusses her love for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, as well as her frustrations with the faith.  A self-described "Mormon feminist," Brooks has sometimes felt misunderstood and unwelcome in her tradition. Despite these frictions, Brooks proudly proclaims her Mormon heritage and its history as a "pioneer faith."

Also on the program, Katy Scrogin reviews Speaking Christian, by Marcus J. Borg.

This is about 15 minutes of extra audio from our interview with Joanna Brooks from show #1213.  We talk about South Park, Judaism, and the X-Files.

In the late 1990s, Sherry Cothran was the lead singer for the popular indie-rock band The Evinrudes.  After the band broke up, Cothran followed a calling to divinity school, and is now a pastor in the United Methodist Church.  As she leads her congregation, she combines her skills as a musician with preaching, resulting in what she refers to as "song sermons."

Cothran has collected several of these song sermons on her new album, "Sunland," which explores the voices of women from the ancient religious world.

Also on the show. Katy Scrogin reviews The Chemistry of Tears, a novel by Peter Carey.

Tom Bergler is Professor of Ministry and Missions at Huntington University in Indiana.  His recent book, The Juvenilization of American Christianity, looks at nearly a hundred years of history to explore what has gone wrong - and what is still going right - in youth ministry.  His examiniation looks at how "youth culture" has permeated even adult spiritual formation programs.  The goal, Bergler says, should be spiritual maturity, not an endless quest for the new and the different.

Also on the program, Katy Scrogin reviews iDisorder: Understanding our Obsession with Technology and Overcoming its Hold on Us, by Larry Rosen

Show #1210 features Tom Beaudoin of the Rock and Theology Project, and Katy Scrogin reflecting on the Gnossienne Suites by Erik Satie

Our guest Tom Beaudoin tells us more about the Rock and Theology project.

This is extra audio from the interview with Katherine Willis Pershey

If it is hard for us to admit faults and shortcomings, it must be doubly hard for a pastor.  Katherine Willis Pershey, however, has learned to trust her congregation, her family, and her readers.  Her book, Any Day a Beautiful Change, is a moving and personal account of her journey as a woman in ministry, a new mother, and a spouse to a loving but struggling husband in recovery.

Also on the show, Travis Ables explores what the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who can tell us about everyday faith.