364: Bishop Bill Reel Pt. 2 - A Critique of Mormon Stories, Resolving Faith Struggles, and His Testimony
Mormon Stories Podcast
Dr. John Dehlin
4.5 • 5.7K Ratings
🗓️ 19 July 2012
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
Bill Reel is currently serving as Bishop of the Sandusky ward of the Cleveland Ohio Stake. In this interview we begin by discussing Bishop Reel’s conversion to the church AFTER reading Fawn Brodie’s"No Man Knows my History", and his avid pursuit of Mormon apologetics after his baptism. We also discuss in depth his calling as bishop, including his job to counsel youth and women on sexual matters, masturbation, and homosexuality. Since Bishop Reel is a listener of the podcast, we discuss his perception and frustration of an increasing trend towards negativity on Mormon Stories. We also discuss the future direction of Mormon Stories, and Bishop Reel offers his advice for members in doubt.
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| 0:28.6 | All right, Bill. |
| 0:30.6 | So this has been so interesting and valuable beginning with your concerns and questions |
| 0:37.5 | about Mormon stories. |
| 0:39.0 | And from there, I want to come back to your faith crisis and how you approach difficult |
| 0:46.2 | issues today because I think that'll be an interesting exchange because you can |
| 0:50.6 | tell me your concerns, I can tell you my concerns. |
| 0:53.9 | And then we can talk about how you make things work. |
| 0:56.8 | Does that make sense? |
| 0:57.8 | Sure, absolutely. |
| 0:58.8 | And I think that'll just be a nice framing. |
| 1:00.7 | So why don't you tell me about your frustrations with Mormon Stories recently? |
| 1:05.4 | Well, tell us about what drew you to it, what you liked about it, and then why you've |
| 1:09.2 | been frustrated. |
| 1:10.2 | Absolutely. |
| 1:11.2 | It started off probably like I said eight, nine months ago or so. |
| 1:13.9 | I was on a kick of really trying to feed myself spiritually. |
| 1:18.0 | And so I went on to the BYU Speeches website, the BYU Broadcast website, downloaded |
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