70. A Better Heart — A Conversation with Tom Christofferson

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🗓️ 2 May 2021

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Those fortunate to have come into the orbit of Tom Christofferson have found a wise, genuine and compassionate friend. His first book That We May Be One: A Gay Mormon’s Perspective on Faith and Family was instrumental in healing many hearts and building many bridges.

In his new book A Better Heart, Tom dives deeper into his journey toward the kind of Christ-like love to which we aspire as disciples.

Tom sat down with Aubrey and Tim Chaves this week to talk about the spiritual journey that led to his latest book.

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, before we get started, I just wanted to tell you about a new book from Faith Matters
0:03.8	Publishing. It's called Restoration by Patrick Mason. When we started the Faith Matters Publishing
0:08.4	project, one of our goals was to explore what restoration really means as the church moves into
0:12.9	its third century. And that's exactly what Patrick does. If you're like me and you've ever wondered
0:17.7	how restoring Israel can be relevant to you, you've got to read this book. Patrick shows how as
0:22.8	members of the church, it's our mission to truly lead out in bringing wholeness and healing to
0:27.0	the marginalized and the vulnerable. This book absolutely lit a fire for me and it has totally
0:31.5	changed the way I view my own engagement with the church and with the world. I really can't
0:35.8	recommend this book strongly enough. It's the kind of book you want everyone you know to be reading
0:39.5	to so that you can talk about it. So you can pick up a copy for yourself or for your friends and
0:44.0	family at Desert Book, Amazon, Audible, and Apple Books. Okay, that's it on the book for now,
0:49.0	but we'll be sharing a lot more in the near future. Thanks as always and here's the episode.
0:53.6	Hey everybody, this is Aubrey Chavez with Faith Matters. In this episode, we spoke with Tom
0:58.1	Christopherson about his new book A Better Heart. Tom is known for his influential first book that we
1:02.8	may be one, a gay Mormon's perspective on faith and family. He also comes from a well-known
1:07.3	Latter-day Saint family and is the brother of Elder D. Todd Christopherson. In this new book, Tom
1:12.4	explores his own journey growing closer to the Christ-like love that we aspire to and shows how so
1:16.8	many of our faiths, chairs, scriptures, and traditions can be instrumental in helping us get there.
1:21.4	Tom's also an advisor to Faith Matters, and having met Tom a number of times,
1:24.4	we were really excited to get his perspective on this particular topic.
1:27.7	In our opinion, he really exemplifies so well what it means to be a Christian in its true sense.
1:32.3	Thanks so much for listening, and as always, we hope that you enjoy this conversation.
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