22. The Spiritual Journey - Terryl Givens with Thomas McConkie

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Christianity, Ethics, Latter-day Saint, The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints, Mormon, Mormonism, Morality, Lds, Philosophy, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 26 March 2019

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Thomas Wirthlin McConkie was born into a prominent American Latter-day Saint family, but the faith didn't resonate with him as a teenager. He disconnected from the Church and began exploring the wider world's faith traditions. He followed a thread through eastern religion and philosophy, and was surprised when that thread guided him all the way back to the faith of his youth. As a specialist in meditation and adult psychological development, Thomas Wirthlin McConkie appreciates how connecting with his past opens a new vision of the future.

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, before we get started I just wanted to let you know that the first book from Faith Matters publishing is now available.
0:06.0	It's called All Things New and was written by Fiona and Terrell Givens.
0:09.0	When I finished the book, I just thought this has so much potential to actually change lives. They go
0:14.8	through and trace the roots of our religious vocabulary and show how so many of
0:18.6	these words have become totally unmoored from their original foundation and
0:21.8	how a lot of those traditions have been
0:24.1	carried forward for hundreds and even thousands of years and are in a lot of ways still damaging
0:28.5	us today.
0:29.5	And then they dive into how we can reformulate our language in healthy and inspiring ways. This book is so
0:34.3	healing, it's hopeful, it's a totally paradigm shifting book that you will not be able to
0:38.4	put down. You can pick up a copy for yourself or for friends and family. It's available
0:42.4	at Desert Book on Amazon, Audible and
0:44.8	Apple Books. We're so grateful for Terrell and Fiona and all of the amazing work
0:48.3	that they've done here. All right that's all for the book for now but we have a lot more
0:51.4	to come. Thanks as always and here's the
0:53.2	episode. Welcome to Maxwell Institute Conversations. Special video cast
0:59.3	episodes of the Maxwell Institute podcast hosted by Terrell Givens and created in collaboration
1:04.8	with Faith Matters Foundation.
1:06.9	You can watch this episode in your podcast app or if you're on the run, listen to the audio
1:11.2	version. Thomas Wortland Maconkey was born into a prominent American Latter-day Saint family, but the faith didn't
1:26.1	resonate with him as a teenager.
1:28.1	He disconnected from the church and began exploring the wider worlds of faith traditions.
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