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🗓️ 26 October 2023
⏱️ 102 minutes
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Kim and Josh Coffin's candid discussion with John Dehlin delves into their journey of faith transition within the Mormon Church, exploring the challenges and triumphs of rebuilding their identities and relationships post-departure. Kim's exploration of her LGBTQIA identity, Josh's shift in parenting roles, and their mutual reframing of mental health and gender dynamics are emphasized. The interview highlights their shared experiences of loss, disassociation, and the transformation of their personal and communal beliefs. The Coffins' unwavering commitment to rediscovering authenticity and embracing personal growth serves as an inspiring narrative for those navigating the complexities of faith and identity within and beyond religious communities.
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0:00.0 | Hello everyone and welcome back to another episode of Mormon Stories podcast. I'm your host, |
0:03.8 | John DeLin. It is October 16, 2023. And we are here in part three of our interview with Josh |
0:11.9 | and Kim Coffin. Hey, y'all. How's it going? Thanks for joining us back again. We have been covering |
0:19.0 | this week, sort of the fallout from the Ruby Frankie, eight passengers, Jody Hildebrand, Tim |
0:28.0 | Ballard, OUR, Chad Debell, Laurie Valow, just sort of disaster that's been befalling Mormonism |
0:36.2 | over the past year. I call it Mormon neofundamentalism. Others call it Mormon Preparism. And we've been |
0:43.2 | covering all the connections to this book, Visions of Glory, written by a man named Tom Harrison, |
0:54.7 | who is a therapist here in Utah, along the Wasatch front. And we're not going to be, we've covered |
1:01.3 | in parts one and two, Kim and Josh's Mormon stories, Kim being raised by kind of Prepar Mormon |
1:09.7 | parents, Josh being raised by more traditional Idaho believing faithful Mormon parents, |
1:17.0 | and their marriage and then eventually their experiences with Kim's dad, who still is a leader |
1:26.0 | of an online Mormon internet, Prepar group called a Val. And it's relationship and Kim's dad's |
1:34.8 | relationship with Chad Debell and the Prepar movement and his responsibility in helping make |
1:43.7 | Chad Debell and Julie Row and eventually Laurie Valow what they became. And we are now on part three |
1:55.2 | and part three is Margie's favorite part, right Margie? I'm here for it. And also the part that Josh and |
2:04.4 | Kim are most excited about, which is the healing and growth that comes after deconstruction for |
2:12.0 | Mormonism or from a high-demand religion. So where we left off in part two was them starting to |
2:19.4 | question their faith as they found out that the friend that Kim's dad had defended Chad Debell |
2:28.2 | is likely according to allegations, the murder or complicit in the murder of his own wife |
2:35.4 | and possibly complicit or at least aware of the murder. The murders of Laurie Valow's two children |
2:45.9 | and or at least one ex-husband and her brother, a bunch of murder and mayhem |
2:52.4 | and this causing Kim after her dad defends Chad Valow and then has to correct his error. |
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