727: Nicki and Lance Miles' Mormon Transition Pt. 1
Mormon Stories Podcast
Dr. John Dehlin
4.5 • 5.7K Ratings
🗓️ 21 April 2017
⏱️ 99 minutes
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Summary
In this 4-part series, we interview Nicki and Lance Miles who share their Mormon upbringing, how they met, and how their individual mission experiences intertwined in Episode 1.
In Episode 2, we have a serious discussion about Lance’s father who comes out as gay and the impact it had on the Miles family. Nicki and Lance share how their feelings towards their father evolved in a more positive direction as time progressed.
Episode 3 details the meeting Nicki and Lance had with Marlin K. Jensen, former historian for the LDS Church. They detail the questions asked of the historian, and the impact his answers had on them.
Rounding out the interview, in Episode 4 we discuss Nicki’s feminist awakening and the impact it had on Lance’s view of their marriage. Transitioning out of the LDS Church led the couple to take a serious look at the foundation of their marriage and their approach to raising their children.
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| 0:49.7 | Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Mormon Stories podcast. My name is |
| 0:54.3 | John DeLin. I'm your host. It's April 12th, 2017. We're broadcasting to you. |
| 1:01.2 | We're recording and broadcasting live to you today from my home. My soon-to-be |
| 1:07.1 | former home in North Logan, Utah. And we have, you know, every time I say this, we've |
| 1:14.4 | had so many epic stories on Mormon Stories. But today's interview I think is |
| 1:20.0 | truly epic and powerful and interesting. And we're going to do it. It's going to be |
| 1:25.1 | one of those three, four-hour interviews, maybe longer, who knows. But there's a |
| 1:31.2 | lot of really cool stuff in this story. So today we're interviewing Lance and |
| 1:37.5 | Nikki Miles. Hello John. Welcome guys. Thank you. How are you feeling Nikki? I'm |
| 1:43.0 | very nervous. Super nervous. That's how I am. Yeah. I'm so nervous. Say hello to |
| 1:51.4 | sort of. Say hello to at least 60 people. We're really hoping you guys will |
| 1:58.8 | share with us your comments and questions live as well. But just to give you a |
| 2:03.5 | real preview of what this epic story is about, Lance and Nikki both, you know, |
| 2:10.5 | for the most part grew up in Utah. Some of the things we'll be covering, Nikki's |
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