When Grace Duddy Pomroy was in high school, she asked a Bible-quiz volunteer why two verses seemed to contradict each other. The answer she received: "That's not something we ask here."

To her credit, Grace didn't let that stop her from asking hard questions about her faith.

This conversation covers competitive Bible quiz, why a pastor's wife kicked Grace out of church over her mom's job history, Luther's word for the things Christians are allowed to disagree about, and how learning to sit with ambiguity can be a powerful spiritual practice.

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Chapters

00:00 Cold open: "God was right there in the middle of it"
00:23 Welcome + the solvent theory of doubt

02:02 Growing up Assemblies of God

13:13 St. Olaf, and clinging to her old identity

13:54 Thrown out by the pastor's wife

18:08 Get curious, not certain: what Lutheran camp taught her

19:15 What makes a faith that can hold a question

21:04 Professors, friends, and no hidden agenda

25:34 Allowing different answers to live at the same time

33:17 What does faith after faith look like for you?

Resources

• Grace Pomroy, Funding Forward: A Pathway to More Sustainable Models for Ministry (Fortress Press, 2024, ISBN 9781506493336).