The Gift of the Mormon Faith Crisis

• Disappointing parents and extended family
• Navigating a marriage built on Mormonism
• Coming out to family, friends, co-workers, and the world
• Feeling like a disappointment to loved ones, our ward
• Navigating a mixed-faith marriage/family
• Renegotiating/rebuilding a marriage after a faith crisis.

In this episode of Mormon Faith Crisis podcast, Dr. John Dehlin and Margi Weber Dehlin and Natasha Helfer Parker discuss the most common causes of a Mormon Faith Crisis. In Part 1 of this episode we cover:

• Those who develop sympathies for a discriminated minority group, usually close friend or family member
• Those who experienced some sort of abuse in a church context.
• Those who were exposed to historical or doctrinal problems that challenge the church’s truth claims.

We also cover several other factors that can impact a faith crisis including: 1) One's placement within Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. 2) Family factors, including parents/spouse/children in church 3) Multi-generational Mormon heritage 4) Social factors including friends/community 5) Personality factors 6) Age 7) Financial (Job dependent on church or church community) 8) Fear/conditioning

In this episode of Mormon Faith Crisis podcast, Dr. John Dehlin and Margi Weber Dehlin and Natasha Helfer Parker discuss the most common causes of a Mormon Faith Crisis. In Part 1 of this episode we cover:

• People for whom the church never really resonated, or ceased to resonate.
• Exposure to awesome non-Mormons
• People who sometimes don’t fit within Mormon culture, including feminists, LGBTQ individuals, intellectuals, people of color, millennials, singles, divorced, those married to non-members, and political liberals.

In this episode, Dr. John Dehlin, Margi Dehlin, and Natasha Helfer Parker discuss the common stereotypes regarding Mormons who have a faith crisis. These stereotypes include:

1) That they were offended. 2) That they were weak and/or never really had a testimony. 3) That they wanted to sin 4) That they were exposed to anti-Mormon literature, podcasts, or individuals.

In this episode, John Dehlin, Margi Weber Dehlin, and Natasha Helfer Parker discuss the importance of having gratitude for, and making peace with our Mormon past.