21. Waking Up, Growing Up: A Conversation with Thomas McConkie Part 7

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🗓️ 26 March 2019

⏱️ 38 minutes

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In Part 7, Bill’s final interview gives voice to how his native religion has “become new” for Thomas, and how it might become new for all of us. Thomas gives detailed examples of how his study in Buddhism and travels around the world offer a connection to greater wholeness, and magnifies simple practices in Mormon tradition. He shares his observation of specific gifts the Mormon tradition offers from an “outsiders” perspective, and how each one of us can reconnect to something we may have los...

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0:00.0	Hey everybody. Before we get started I just wanted to tell you about a new book from
0:04.4	Faith Matters Publishing. It's called Restoration by Patrick Mason. When we started the
0:08.8	Faith Matters Publishing project one of our goals was to explore what
0:11.9	restoration really means as the church moves into its third century
0:15.2	and that's exactly what Patrick does. If you're like me and you've ever wondered how restoring Israel
0:19.9	can be relevant to you, you've got to read this book. Patrick shows how as members of the
0:24.4	church it's our mission to truly lead out in bringing wholeness and healing to the
0:28.2	marginalized and the vulnerable. This book absolutely lit a fire for me and it has
0:32.2	totally changed the way I view my own engagement with the church and with the world.
0:36.0	I really can't recommend this book strongly enough.
0:38.5	It's the kind of book you want everyone you know to be reading to so that you can talk about it. So you can pick up a copy for
0:43.9	yourself or for your friends and family at Desert Book, Amazon, Audible, and Apple
0:48.3	Books. Okay that's it on the book for now but we'll be sharing a lot more in the
0:51.5	near future. Thanks as always and here's the episode.
0:54.0	Welcome back to our deep dive with Thomas Wirthland McConke,
1:08.0	Mindfulness Teacher and researcher in the field of adult development.
1:12.7	In this episode, we tie up some loose ends
1:15.5	and ask some really big questions.
1:18.2	Join us for the seventh and final episode
1:20.4	in this deep dive with Thomas McConkey.
1:24.0	Welcome back.
1:25.0	We are, we have a, this is going to be a wrap-up session I think, Thomas.
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