Hey everybody before we get started I just wanted to jump on because we are so excited to announce that restore registration is officially open

We can't wait to be with you again this year. It's gonna be on September 5th through 7th at the Mountain America Expo Center in Sandy, Utah.

That's the evening of September 5th and then all day on the 6th and the 7th.

Three days of incredible speakers, poets, musicians, and artists.

We really think that what we have planned will blow you away again this year so you won't want to miss it.

Go to faithmatters.org slash restore for tickets and we'll see you there.

Hey everybody this is Aubridge Chavez from Faith Matters. It's general conference weekend.

Time to dig up the bingo cards and park yourself. from Faith Matters. It's General Conference Weekend.

Time to dig up the bingo cards and park yourself in front of the TV for a couple of days

with some cinnamon rolls and a Diet Coke or two, to soak in some inspiration and maybe

encounter some discomfort.

We thought we'd re-release a re-edited episode with Patrick Mason that we feel like is really

timely.

In this conversation with Patrick, we talk about creating what Brian McLaren is called a four-stage

community.

The stages that we're referencing here come from Brian's book,

Faith After Doubt, and refer to different stages

in which people might find themselves in their journeys of faith.

McLaren defines these stages as simplicity,

where faith is very straightforward, complexity where faith becomes somewhat more complicated,

perplexity the stage where questions become more important than answers, and previous faith paradigms often undergo massive shifts. And then finally, harmony harmony where the gifts of each stage are

realized and integrated. It seems to us that these diverse reactions and

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