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Mormon Stories Podcast

958: Emily and Kyle Harris’ 14 Year Mixed Faith Journey Pt. 4

Mormon Stories Podcast

Dr. John Dehlin

Religion & Spirituality

4.55.7K Ratings

🗓️ 2 August 2018

⏱️ 65 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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So just tell us how this kind of, I don't want to say how it ends but like how does it end,

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this journey?

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So we purchased a house in New Boundaries and move wards. I should say you know I was teaching

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back in the old word teaching young women with Jade and I, that's really when I started

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having her and young women for me and learning the things I was learning caused me to want to

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advocate in lessons and give my spin on things in class. I often was doing damage control with the kids

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when they would come home from their lessons. I'm trying to think of some examples. For example,

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Jade and I, being in women's together, there was a lesson once, this, I'm giving an example of some

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friction that started to occur. There was a lesson, it was on temples I'm sure and one of

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the leaders got fancy with it and created and maybe it was something going around the blogger

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world or something but the theme of the lesson was if this is not, if this isn't your, you know,

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it was a picture of a temple, if this isn't your castle, you're not my prince. And so she sat

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through that lesson and we came home that Sunday and kind of did some damage control fast forward

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