1255: Sian Wall Coombs - Navigating a Faith Crisis in Wales, U.K. Pt. 3
Mormon Stories Podcast
Dr. John Dehlin
4.5 • 5.7K Ratings
🗓️ 3 February 2020
⏱️ 62 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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| 0:46.1 | It is January 23rd, 2020 and we are off to a great year so far on Warmest Stories podcast |
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| 1:00.2 | And today we are going to be continuing our interview with Sean Coombs. |
| 1:06.6 | I was so thrilled to interview Sean last week. |
| 1:10.7 | Sean is Welsh so she's from Wales in the UK and she had a particularly fascinating and |
| 1:17.9 | compelling and wise and thoughtful interview last week that focused around a lot of really |
| 1:25.2 | important topics. |
| 1:26.2 | But what it's like to grow warm and in Wales, we talked about the Church's modesty and sexual |
| 1:34.4 | standards. |
| 1:35.4 | We talked about teen pregnancy in the church, Sean's life marrying a convert to the church |
| 1:47.7 | and then we talked about her life in the church or faith crisis. |
| 1:52.1 | And that's kind of where we ended which included her discussion about her husband's faith journey |
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