Hey everybody, the third annual Wayfair Summer Festival is coming up on July 11th, and you are not

going to want to miss this. We're bringing in some amazing speakers like Thomas McConkey,

Christine Hogland, and Catherine Sontag to talk about spiritual attention in the age of AI, the history

and future of Mormon utopianism, and what a Latter-day Saint cultural Renaissance might look like.

Plus, just lots of amazing time to connect with friends, old and new, and we've got catered lunches, poetry readings, musical performances, breakout sessions, and art gallery, and everything taking place in the gorgeous Heber Valley. Space for this is extremely limited so you won't want to delay. You can get tickets at Wayfairmagine.org or look for the link in the show notes. Hey everybody, this is Aubrey Chavez from Faith Matters. We are so excited

to share a special session from our Restore Gathering in 2025, featuring Stephen Kat Perry,

Alicia Anderson, and Ben Shalati, three gay Latter-day Saints who have each taken different paths and who share a deep

commitment to following God with honesty, courage, and faith. In this on-stage conversation,

Steve, Alicia, and Ben share personal and vulnerable reflections on what it means to seek God

when the road ahead feels uncertain and the courage that it's taken to move forward in faith.

They explore belonging, revelation, and the complexity of spiritual life,

as they describe discerning and following paths that look very different from each others and

from the ones that they expected, often amid the pain of being misunderstood.

This session was a powerful reminder that God is at work in every life and that each

person's journey is sacred. As Ben shares near the end of the conversation, the stories that

truly matter are the stories of the LGBTQ people in your own lives. And that's our invitation

this month. We hope that this conversation opens the door to deeper connection with the people

in your own life whose paths may look different than your own. We are so grateful to Steve, Alicia, and Ben for their vulnerability and their wisdom. Also, you'll hear Steve mention a short film at the beginning of this session. This is a film that tells a little bit more of Alicia's story, and the audience saw this just before the session began. It is so beautiful and moving, and we can't recommend it enough.

You can go to the link in the show notes if you'd like to see it.

And now here's Steve, Alicia, and Ben at Restore.

Hello, we're glad to be here.

I'm Stephen Cap Perry.

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