David and Catie Borland: Cleaving Amid Questions of Faith

All In

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Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 6.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

When questions of faith shake the foundation of one partner’s belief, what happens to the marriage built on shared spiritual foundation? On this week’s episode, David and Catie Borland share the story of a season of searching that spanned years and how a marriage rooted in open communication, faith and love helped them cleave to one another through it all—and ultimately resulted in stronger faith than ever before.

1:41- Foundations
3:26- An Unintended Destination
4:57- An Open Line of Communication
7:32- An All-Consuming Search For Truth
12:25- The Modern-Day Wrestle
19:54- ‘Where Would Satan Start?’
28:20- All a Spouse Can Do
37:54- Leaning Into the Parts You Love
45:10- Falling in Love
54:00- Encouragement For Others
58:40- What Does It Mean To Be All In the Gospel of Jesus Christ?

“This isn’t an emergency. Drop your shoulders, exhale. Keep God in this first and foremost. Cut out the distractions…and find out what God thinks and what God wants you to know.”

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0:00.0	Katie Borland and I have been best friends for over a decade. Over a period of about five years,
0:06.1	she let me see glimpses of a private struggle she was facing with her faith. But I admittedly
0:11.9	didn't know the extent of it until it reached a boiling point. We each have a story of faith that is
0:17.7	ongoing and requires daily attention. But on today's episode, Katie shares
0:22.2	hers up to this point. She is joined by the person who is by her side the entire time,
0:28.5	her sweet husband, David. Katie and David Borland first met while attending Southern Virginia
0:34.4	University. Originally from Virginia and Colorado, they have raised
0:38.7	their young family in Nashville, Illinois, and now North Carolina. They are the parents of
0:44.2	five kids, one of whom is named after me. This is All-In, an LDS Living podcast where we ask the question, what does it really mean to be
0:57.1	all in the gospel of Jesus Christ?
0:59.2	I'm Morgan Pearson, and I am so honored to have my friends Katie and David Borland on the line
1:05.2	with me today.
1:06.1	Katie and David, welcome.
1:08.1	Thank you.
1:09.4	Thanks for having us.
1:11.5	Well, this is such a treat for me.
1:14.9	Listeners should know that Katie is one of my dearest friends in the world.
1:19.6	And Katie and David have just been the epitome of true friends to me.
1:24.8	And so as we talk today, just know that I love these two so much.
1:31.2	But I want to start out with the two of you grew up in the church, but from what I know,
1:37.2	you kind of had different experiences with your faith growing up.
1:41.3	So I wondered if we could start by having you share a little bit about your
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