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 Tim Chavez from Faith Matters.

We've been really excited to share the interview you're about to hear with you.

Our guest was Astrid Tumines, president of Utah Valley University.

Astrid is an absolute delight to talk with and listen to.

She's full of stories, humor and deep insights that made our time with her pass way too quickly.

This interview actually came about because Astrid wrote an essay in Melissa Innoey and Kate

Holbrooke's new book, Every Needful Thing.

We loved Astrid's essay and we knew we wanted to get to know her better.

Astrid has an absolutely fascinating and unique story.

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