433: Hans Mattsson Pt. 4 -- His struggles with faith after being released as an area authority.

Mormon Stories Podcast

Dr. John Dehlin

Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 18 July 2013

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Hans H. Mattsson is a 3rd generation LDS church member from Sweden who served as a bishop and stake president before serving in the 3rd Quorum of the Seventy (Europe Central area) from 2000-2005 under LDS Apostle L. Tom Perry. In this 5-part interview, and accompanied by his beautiful wife Birgitta, Hans discusses the following: (1) His early years in Sweden, (2) His years as an Area Authority Seventy, (3) His interactions with LDS Apostles and the 1st Presidency, (4) His struggles with faith after being released as an area authority, and (5) His thoughts about the church today.

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0:28.6	Okay. Well, Hans and Berghita, we've taken your story through the point where you were released
0:39.0	or chose to be released as a 70, air authority 70 for the LDS Church.
0:45.6	Now we're going to talk about what happened next.
0:49.6	So real quick, was it hard to be released?
0:52.6	What was that like for you emotionally?
0:56.6	I mean, more time at the family, more time for work, it seems like it would be fantastic.
1:02.6	It was a relief in a way, you know.
1:05.6	And of course, I was quite busy in my own company and it gave me more time to...
1:14.6	we were selling our company, so it was a lot of pressure on there.
1:18.6	And of course, that felt better to have time for every duty you should do there.
1:26.6	So it was good?
1:28.6	Yeah, very good. Was there anything hard about it?
1:32.6	Well, the hard thing is maybe that so many members expected, I was still a 70,
1:39.6	so they usually ask me questions still.
1:46.6	What do you think about that? What do you do about that?
1:50.6	And they call it an article.
1:56.6	And sometimes they have... I mean, the bishop had respect, kind of,
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