1253: Sian Wall Coombs - Navigating a Faith Crisis in Wales, U.K. Pt. 1
Mormon Stories Podcast
Dr. John Dehlin
4.5 • 5.7K Ratings
🗓️ 3 February 2020
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
For today's Mormon Stories Podcast interview we will speak with Sian Wall Coombs. Sian is a mother of 5 who lives in Wales (U.K.). We will be discussing:
- Her life as the 7th of 9 children in a Welsh Mormon family,
- Her parents' very public divorce,
- Dealing with the difficulties of teenage pregnancy and church discipline,
- Her marriage to a church convert and life as an orthodox Mormon,
- Her faith crisis, and
- Her process of navigating life after Mormonism.
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| 0:36.5 | Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Warmest Stories podcast. |
| 0:43.3 | I'm your host John DeLin. |
| 0:45.3 | It is January 15th, 2020. |
| 0:48.8 | We are so super excited to have a new year and to be kicking off a new year of Warmest |
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| 0:56.8 | And today we are so thrilled to be continuing our series of interviewing Mormons or post |
| 1:04.1 | Mormons from around the world to get sort of that international perspective. |
| 1:09.1 | And that's what we're going to be doing today. |
| 1:11.2 | And today we are interviewing Sean Wal-Kooms. |
| 1:16.6 | Sean is from Wales, which is within the United Kingdom of course. |
| 1:21.2 | And Sean has a super interesting and compelling and important story to tell about her Mormon |
| 1:29.2 | experience, which includes growing up in the Mormon church in Wales, which includes probably |
| 1:35.2 | a lot of fond memories within the church, but also some complexities, including navigating |
| 1:41.7 | teen pregnancy and church discipline as a Mormon in Wales. |
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