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The Honest Truth About Our Messy Families: Joseph Grenny at Restore 2024

Faith Matters

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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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🗓️ 7 September 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

This week, we’re re-sharing what we thought was an “instant classic” from last year’s Restore Gathering; a deeply personal and thought-provoking message about family, faith, and the complexity of life from Joseph Grenny, author of Crucial Conversations and co-founder of The Other Side Academy. Drawing from his own experience with his own “messy” family, Joseph speaks openly about moments of despair, like the heartache of watching loved ones—including his own children—struggle with addiction, ...

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0:00.0

Hey everybody, Saturday, September 13th at the Compass in downtown Provo is students' night out.

0:05.9

We'll have live music from artists like Gem Blossel, free food and drinks, a gift for everybody

0:10.8

who comes, and a chance to explore the space, give us feedback on our content, meet new friends,

0:15.9

and be entered into drawings for prizes, including free tickets to restore, prints from the

0:20.5

compass, and the use

0:21.5

of the space for your own private event. Whether you're a new student, a returning student,

0:25.9

or just a student of life, we would love to have you come join us on September 13th.

0:31.1

You can swing by the compass any time before then for a back-to-school gift from us.

0:35.1

And as a reminder, Restore is at UVU this year, and thanks to our donors, we're offering deeply discounted tickets to students and young adults. You can learn more and register to join us at faithmatters.org slash restore. Hey, everybody, Restore is coming up on September 25th through 27th, and so we just wanted to jump on and tell you about some of the new things that are happening this year that we're really excited about. First of all, it's going to be at a brand new venue at the UCCU Center at UVU. And the UCCU Center has arena seating, so there really will not be a bad seat in the entire house. There's also going to be much easier parking, and there will be tons of food options on site, so there's no need to leave for lunch.

0:54.5

Which will be a of food options on

1:11.3

site. So there's no need to leave for lunch. Which will be a really fun thing this year, because we're

1:15.8

offering six simultaneous breakouts that are happening during lunch both days. So these will be

1:20.5

deeper dives and Q&As into some of the topics that we think really matter. The content is going to be

1:25.2

as amazing as ever, both music and presentations. The piano

1:29.0

guys are going to be there. Stephen Sharp Nelson is going to be bringing John Schmidt with him.

1:33.8

Eminissin is going to be there. The King Will Come will be there. And we've put together the Restore

1:38.3

Community Gospel Choir, which is coming together just for this event. And they will be backing

1:42.7

up some fantastic soloists,

1:44.4

including Adossa, who played Dolores in the Disney movie in Canto. We'll have tons of

1:49.3

amazing sessions as well, including Arthur Brooks and Sharon McMahon, who will be opening

1:54.2

and closing on Friday and Saturday. The theme on Friday will be about restoring our souls and

1:59.3

being inspired, so we're calling it Pentecost,

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