1675: Navigating a Faith Crisis as Brothers-in-law: Chris Lee and Mitch Hadfield Pt. 2
Mormon Stories Podcast
Dr. John Dehlin
4.6 • 5.2K Ratings
🗓️ 18 October 2022
⏱️ 155 minutes
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Summary
Going through a faith crisis can be a lonely and isolating experience, especially in a believing family, so imagine the relief to find someone else is going through the same thing! Join John & Margi as they interview Chris Lee and Mitch Hadfield about their Mormon Story, their struggles with the faith, their relief to find understanding, support & solidarity with each other, and where their lives are now.
In Part 2 of 2, Chris and Mitch explain the sources of their individual faith crises and how they processed it. Chris’ was a slow burn with a long amount of time spent in progressive Mormonism, while Mitch went from fairly conservative to a nonbeliever overnight. They explain the results of sharing their faith loss with each other, their wives, and other believing family members and where Chris and Mitch find themselves today.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone and welcome back to another episode of Mormon Stories Podcast. |
| 0:03.8 | I'm your host John DeLin. |
| 0:05.4 | We are here with my amazing co-host, Margie DeLin. |
| 0:08.7 | Hey Margie. |
| 0:09.7 | Hey everyone. |
| 0:10.7 | Thanks for joining us. |
| 0:11.7 | It's all great to have you. |
| 0:12.7 | Thank you. |
| 0:13.7 | We are here right in the middle of a two-part episode with Chris and Mitch. |
| 0:19.5 | If you haven't heard part one of our interview with Chris and Mitch, it was really valuable. |
| 0:24.9 | They basically talked about their respective Mormon up readings. |
| 0:28.3 | Having raged outside of Utah, Chris in California and Mitch in Virginia, but how they eventually |
| 0:35.0 | went to college in Utah, Chris to Snow College in Ephraim and Mitch to be where you Idaho |
| 0:41.8 | in Rexburg, Idaho, and eventually how they went and served missions. |
| 0:46.9 | Chris in Boston, Massachusetts and Mitch in Ukraine. |
| 0:51.4 | The focus of part one was their stories, but also on how difficult missions can be. |
| 0:59.1 | And Chris shared about an early return from his mission after serving two months and |
| 1:03.6 | how depressed and anxious he got. |
| 1:06.1 | And Mitch completed his two-year mission, but talked about suicidal ideation due to |
| 1:11.9 | purity culture, kind of pressure and guilt and shame. |
| 1:15.0 | So it was a really important interview. |
| 1:17.2 | It's worth watching. |
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