192. How Church? — Tom Christofferson at Restore

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🗓️ 25 November 2023

⏱️ 18 minutes

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A few weeks ago, Faith Matters released a video we called “Why Church?” It features several of our favorite people, who gave really thoughtful answers to that question that is present for so many.

Today, we’re sharing Tom Christofferson’s Restore talk, which addresses the next question: “How Church?” Tom describes in poignant and sometimes hilarious detail his experiences joining a new ward where so many people are so unlike him, and, in the end, found that that was kind of the point.

For us, this was one of the very most memorable sessions at this year’s Restore. We love Tom deeply and know he has so much to teach us. When he talks, we always stop to listen.

For those of you who don’t know, we’ve decided to release all of this year’s Restore sessions on YouTube totally free of charge. If you’d like to watch them, just head to YouTube and search “Faith Matters” — you’ll see our channel pop up and you can subscribe there.

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0:00.0	Hey everybody this is Aubrey Chavez from Faith Matters.
0:02.4	A few weeks ago, Faith Matters released a video called Why Church.
0:05.8	It features several of our favorite people who gave really thoughtful answers to that question
0:09.4	that is present for so many.
0:11.1	And today we're sharing Tom Christophanes'
0:12.8	restored talk, which addresses the next question, how church? Tom describes
0:17.4	poignant and sometimes hilarious detail, his experiences in joining a
0:20.8	new ward, where so many people were so unlike him and in the end he
0:24.4	found that that was kind of the point. For us this was one of the most very
0:28.0	memorable sessions at this year's restore. We love Tom deeply and we know that he
0:31.8	has so much to teach us.
0:33.2	When he talks we always stop to listen.
0:35.2	For those of you who don't know we've decided to release all of this year's
0:38.8	restore sessions on YouTube totally free of charge.
0:41.1	So if you'd like to watch them just head to
0:42.8	YouTube and search Faith Matters. You'll see our channel pop up and you can
0:45.7	subscribe there. Thanks so much for listening. We hope you enjoy this
0:48.4	episode with Tom Christofferson. Seeing a transparent podium reminds me of a fundraiser I was at one time with Anne Richards who had been the governor of Texas.
1:07.6	She was the honoree of the dinner. Came up to a podium like this and said if I had realized you all could see my legs I would have brought a better pair
1:18.4	That's all I got
1:21.7	So you've heard some really wonderful thoughts, reasons, why church? But perhaps some of you are like me, when the harder question isn't why church I've got good answers.
1:36.8	The harder question is how church.
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