My Faith Shattered While My Daughter Was on a Mormon Mission - Jen and Rian Anderson | Ep. 1955
Mormon Stories Podcast
Dr. John Dehlin
4.6 • 5.2K Ratings
🗓️ 21 October 2024
⏱️ 299 minutes
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Summary
In this compelling episode, Rian Anderson unites with her mother, Jen, to share their powerful journey of faith and family. While Rian served her Mormon mission, her entire family left the church. Jen is here to tell her side of the story. Jen shares about how her mother battled with cancer while she was in High School and after marriage Jen’s husband struggled with pornography. As a former Relief Society President, Scout Leader, and member of the Stake Young Women’s Presidency, Jen also reflects on her experiences with church leadership and the inequalities she witnessed. The conversation touches on her son coming out as gay and the impact of her decision to leave the church on Rian's mission. Join them as they candidly discuss their stories and the complexities of their faith journey.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Mormon stories podcast. I'm your host John DeLinn. It is September 18th, 2024. And today we have back in studio Ryan Anderson. Hey, Ryan. Hi. And the reason we have Ryan Anderson back in studio is because we have Ryan's mom in studio. Jen, hey, Jen. Hey, guys. |
| 0:21.6 | Hey! |
| 0:22.6 | Y'all may remember recently we had Ryan talk about her story and about kind of her family |
| 0:30.6 | losing their faith while she was on her mission and what that was like to be a Mormon missionary |
| 0:35.6 | when your whole family or most of your family |
| 0:38.0 | kind of starts questioning and or leaving the Mormon church. And it was such a compelling |
| 0:42.7 | interview. And we had such a lovely time getting to know Jen, her mom, that we decided that we |
| 0:48.1 | wanted to have Jen back to tell her side of the story. Right? Yes. Yes. And the idea is what to do when, you know, |
| 0:58.2 | you've sent a kid on a mission and your entire family as a parent, including you and your spouse, |
| 1:03.9 | and many of the siblings, lose their Mormon faith while their kids on a mission. Does that sound |
| 1:10.7 | right, Jen? Yeah. Yeah. It's a big deal. |
| 1:13.4 | It's an epic story. So think of today's episode very much in the tradition of Donna, |
| 1:18.1 | Showalter of Leah and Cody Young with Brinley, you know, the Langs, all those epic Mormon family |
| 1:26.2 | in it to win its stories where they're living the Mormon dream and then |
| 1:30.4 | something goes terribly wrong. Does that sound right? Definitely. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah. |
| 1:37.3 | That's what today's about. Ryan, how's it feel? How's it been since your interview? It's been wild, |
| 1:42.3 | but really beautiful. It's really beautiful to feel seen and heard |
| 1:47.2 | from other people. And I've had a lot of people reach out and it's just been wonderful. |
| 1:52.8 | Oh, good. Yeah. Well, good. Well, we're thrilled to have you all back. And if that weren't enough |
| 1:58.1 | awesomeness, Margie's in the house. Hey, Margie. Hey there. |
| 2:01.4 | Thanks for joining us. |
| 2:02.5 | I'm so thrilled. |
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