Margi Dehlin - Why and How She Left the Mormon Church (Pt. 2 of 3 - Rec. 2016) | Ep. 685
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Margi Dehlin - Why and How She Left the Mormon Church (Pt. 2 of 3 - Rec. 2016) | Ep. 685

B1IntermediateSeptember 21, 20261 hr 44 min
  • Interview
  • Religion

I am incredibly pleased to re-release this 3-part interview with my wife of 33 years, Margaret (Margi) Weber Dehlin - first recorded in 2016 (a year after our excommunication from the Mormon church). I say "our" excommunication, because Margi felt that when they excommunicated me, they excommunicated our family as well. Part 1: Margi's life as a believing Mormon. This includes questions about how her family joined the LDS church in Washington D.C. during the 1970s, reflections on her own "conversion" to the church, Margi's favorite parts about being a believing, active Mormon, and the most challenging parts as...

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Tell us the story of the beginning of your faith transition. What happened? How did it happen? So the impetus would have been you, love.

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So I have a memory of you coming to me. And we had put the kids to bed. It was later in the evening. And you sat me down in our bedroom.

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And I remember your voice was shaking. I remember your hand actually shaking. When it took my hand, you kind of led me to sit down. And I had known the background that you were teaching seminary.

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