1123: The Purves Family: How a Davis, CA Bishop and his Family Navigate(d) a Mormon Faith Crisis Pt. 4
Mormon Stories Podcast
Dr. John Dehlin
4.5 • 5.7K Ratings
🗓️ 6 June 2019
⏱️ 108 minutes
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Summary
On this episode of Mormon Stories Podcast, we travel to Davis, California to visit with the Purves family as they share their unique experience with a Mormon Faith Crisis.
In this interview we cover:
- The goodness that Mormonism brought Scott and Joanna as youth, including a nurturing community and a sense of purpose
- Scott and Joanna's decision to raise their family in Mormonism, culminating in the calling of Scott as Bishop
- The rewards and challenges of serving as a Bishop, and how the demanding service impacted Joanna and the rest of the family
- What made a Mormon Bishop question and then lose his testimony?
- What happens when a Mormon Bishop's daughter comes out as lesbian and how does the family handle that?
- How does the Purves family rebuild and regroup to find joy and fulfillment outside of Mormon orthodoxy?
- And so much more...
Join us as this amazing and loving family becomes both strong and vulnerable to share the joys and challenges of their Mormon Faith Crisis!
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| 0:42.0 | One. |
| 0:43.0 | Life to me. |
| 0:47.0 | Mine the time. |
| 0:52.0 | While it takes. |
| 0:56.0 | Yeah. |
| 0:57.9 | I have suffered a couple of panic attacks and some depression in the last year or two. |
| 1:04.2 | Really, it finally all kind of calved up to me. |
| 1:07.5 | But my wife has experienced decades of this while we were active before we ever met our |
| 1:16.2 | whole marriage. |
| 1:18.2 | And we've been a little protective of that part today. |
| 1:24.2 | My sweet wife has experienced physical damage from all of this well beyond what she's |
| 1:33.0 | talking about now. |
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