Hey everyone, I just want to take a second to invite you to join me this year at Restore

a Faith Matters Gathering happening October 13th and 14th.

It's going to be at the Amount and America Expo Center in Sandy and it promises to be

an exceptional conference.

I attended last fall and found it to be a remarkably inspiring, hopeful two days of listening

to really well-prepared, thoughtful talks as well as inspiring music and really feeling

a deep connection with my other Latter-day Saint brothers and sisters around me in our

shared desire to speak to the best in our faith and to speak to one another and find a sense

of connection.

I'm also going to be one of the people speaking.

I'll be speaking a bit about eros energy and its connection to spirituality and to the

light of Christ and so I hope to see you all there.

Hey everybody, this is Aubrey Tavis from Faith Matters.

In this episode, we were honored to bring back our friend Brian McLaren to talk about his

new book, Do I Stay Christian?

In this new book, Brian addresses a real question which underlies a startling sociological

truth.

People are leaving Christianity at a rapid pace.

In fact, few research shows that today about 64% of people in the U.S. identify as Christian

after falling rapidly from a high of 90% just a few decades back.

Brian's book takes an unflinching look at the reasons that people might choose to leave

Christianity before spending a lot of time on why someone might choose to stay as Brian

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