955: Emily and Kyle Harris’ 14 Year Mixed Faith Journey Pt. 1
Mormon Stories Podcast
Dr. John Dehlin
4.5 • 5.7K Ratings
🗓️ 2 August 2018
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
In this edition of Mormon Stories, we visit the Houston, Texas area to interview Emily and Kyle Harris as they recount their 14-year mixed faith journey in their marriage. We cover:
- Their backgrounds being raised in the LDS Church, leading up to their marriage while still being believers
- How Kyle lost his faith in the Church early on in their marriage
- The process Emily went through for 14 years as she learned to understand and accept Kyle’s lack of faith
- What mistakes and successes Emily and Kyle experienced as they learned to navigate their mixed-faith marriage
- What changed in Emily’s life to help them get on the same page
- How Emily and Kyle arrived at a healthy, happy place in their marriage
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| 1:22.0 | Hello everyone and welcome back to another edition of Mormon Stories podcast. I'm your host |
| 1:32.0 | John Dillin. I have a bit of an alternative introduction today. I am recording an introduction |
| 1:41.0 | separate from the actual recorded interview because there were some technical difficulties |
| 1:47.0 | in this interview. Welcome to another episode of Mormon Stories podcast. Something that's not |
| 1:52.0 | different between this episode and others is how excited I am to introduce this amazing |
| 1:58.0 | what I think is kind of an epic story. Today we are going to be playing for you an interview |
| 2:05.0 | with Emily and Kyle Davis. This is an interview that I conducted on July 12, 2018, in the |
| 2:13.0 | Woodlands in Houston, Texas. This interview is epic because it deals with Emily and Kyle's |
| 2:22.0 | mixed faith marriage that lasted 14 years. In other words, Emily and Kyle were raised |
| 2:29.0 | LDS, they got married and Kyle at some point early in their marriage lost his faith in the church. |
| 2:39.0 | They went another 14 years in a mixed faith marriage before Emily was able to really understand |
| 2:47.0 | what Kyle was going through and were able to get to a really happy, healthy place. That's kind of |
| 2:53.0 | epic. There are so many people who are in a mixed faith marriage or one person loses their faith |
| 2:59.0 | and another one doesn't. They need help knowing how to navigate that. This interview is going |
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