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Rooting Out “It Was Right for Its Time” : Paul Reeve & Ramesus Stewart-Johnson
Who is my family? What does The Family Proclamation mean today?
Advent: A Season of Sacred Longing, with Cecelia Proffit
How and why does the Church change? Is it okay to work for change in the Church?
Humor as Wisdom: Mallory Everton at Restore
The Prophet and the Priest, with Matt Bowman
What is the legacy of Joseph Smith?
"Truth and Treason": A must-see film
Unpacking Polygamy: The Complete Series
Wrestling with 132: Bethany Brady Spalding, Patrick Mason, & Bill Turnbull
The Ghost of Eternal Polygamy: Carol Lynn Pearson
Polygamy from Nauvoo to Utah: Brittany Chapman Nash & Patrick Mason
Our Evolving Sealing Practices: Nate Oman
Joseph Smith’s Polygamy: Laurel Thatcher Ulrich & Patrick Mason
Sharon Eubank: Beyond Thoughts and Prayers
What is heaven like? (And what do we do with polygamy?)
Faith on the Frontier of AI: A Conversation with Medlir Mema
What does it mean to redeem the dead?
Join us for Organized Intelligence: Latter-day Saint Perspectives on AI
The Spiritual Practice of Speaking Up: A Conversation with Cynthia Winward & Susan Hinckley
What are we building together?
Jeff Burningham: The Last Book Written By a Human
How do we respond to suffering?
How to Love Your Enemy: Arthur Brooks at Restore 2025
Peacemaking and Discipleship: A Live Episode of Proclaim Peace with Jennifer Thomas and Chad Ford
What does it mean to be a disciple of Christ?
Loving Your Neighbor: Jared Halverson at Restore 2024
Updates to Restore in light of recent events
What is the relationship between ancient and modern temples?
A Church Where We Belong: An Episode from Article 13
What is the role of a prophet? What is the purpose of covenants?
Financial Aid available for Restore tickets!
President Russell M. Nelson's Legacy of Peace
Joseph Grenny: The Honest Truth About Our Messy Families
How do we become a Zion people?
Restore 2025 Breakout Sessions
Full Restore Agenda Now Available!
Sharon McMahon: Why We Love Conspiracy Theories
How can trials ever work together for good?
Join us at The Compass on September 13th for Students' Night Out!
Jonathan Stapley: Holiness to the Lord
What is the role of the temple? What is the purpose of covenants?
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Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife on That We Might Have Joy: Desire, Divinity, and Intimate Love
What does it mean to receive further light and knowledge?
That We Might Have Joy, by Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife
The Peacemaker: Exploring the Legacy of President Russell M. Nelson
Ali Essig & Bill Turnbull: A Fresh Look at The Word of Wisdom
What does the Word of Wisdom have to offer us in the modern world?
Announcing New Speakers and Performers at Restore!
Join us for a live zoom call with Hannah Packard Crowther!
Joy is Our Birthright: Astrid Tuminez at Restore
How can I find peace, holiness, and joy?
Brian McLaren: The Last Voyage
Are there big problems with the Book of Abraham?
Is the Book of Abraham a Problem?
Medlir Mema: Faith Matters Senior Fellow
What does it mean to "stand in holy places"?
Leap of Faith: Mauli Bonner at Restore 2024
Get an exclusive first look at Jennifer Finlayson-Fife’s new book
John Turner: A Candid Portrait of Joseph Smith
How can I succor the weak, lift up the hands which hang down, and strengthen the feeble knees?
Join the Restore Community Choir!
Holy Envy: David Butler at Restore
How can I best serve God and others?
The Story I Tell My Children About Creation
Lisa Olsen Tait & James Goldberg: The Untold Story of the Church’s Young Women Organization
Announcing Our Speakers at Restore!
John Gustav-Wrathall and Allison Dayton: I’m Still Here
Anna Lott: Divorced in a Family-Centered Church
How should we respond to people who leave the Church or criticize our beliefs?
How can I deal with imperfections in myself, in others, or in the Church?
Lifting the Ban: The Untold Story of the 1978 Revelation
Join Faith Matters at the Wayfare Summer Festival!
Is it okay to work for change in the church?
Join the Faith Matters Summer Book Club!
Article 13: What We Owe Each Other
How can I speak more openly about the things that matter most to me?
Steven Sharp Nelson: God Loves Your ADHD
How can we be "anxiously engaged in a good cause"?
Is Ours the Only True and Living Church?
Philip Barlow: A Thoughtful Faith
What does it mean to live a consecrated life?
Jared Halverson & Terryl Givens: Can Doubt be a Spiritual Gift?
What about our LGBT brothers and sisters?
In what way is our Church "the true Church"?
True and Living Church: Bearer and Receiver of Gifts
McArthur Krishna: Heavenly Mother's Day
Imagining a Church where everyone feels truly welcome
What do we know about Heavenly Mother?
Join us in Celebrating Wayfare Issue 5!
One Couple's Wrestle with Polygamy
Presentism, Polygamy, and the Dangers of a Single Story
Exorcising the Ghost of Eternal Polygamy
Is Abraham's story really our story?
Making Sense of the Church's History on Race
Historicity and The Book of Mormon
I'm really put off by patriarchy. Isn't it a big problem for a modern Church?
Why do people leave the church and how should we engage with friends or family members who leave?
Wrestling with patriarchy at BYU
What to do when loved ones leave the Church
Can Stronger Faith Emerge From The Crucible Of Doubt?
Do we misunderstand Christ’s atonement?
The Restored Gospel's Radical Perspective on Atonement and Grace
Atonement: From Penal Substitution to Radical Healing
Searching for Infallible Prophets?
Can I trust and sustain fallible leaders?
How can we find safety, peace, and holiness?
How might we relate to God's laws?
A look inside our newest book: A Thoughtful Faith For the 21st Century
Support Our Spring Fundraising Campaign
Jon Ogden and Amanda Suarez: Easter is for Everyone
Adam Miller & Rosalynde Welch: How to Have a Conversation with God
Adam Miller & Rosalynde Welch: How to Have a Conversation with God
McArthur Krishna & Anne Pimentel: Changemakers
McAthur Krishna & Anne Pimental: Changemakers
Easter & Holy Week resources from Faith Matters
Listening to Women: Jared Halverson hosts Aubrey, Kathryn Knight Sonntag, and Bethany Brady Spalding
James Goldberg: The Blessings of a Quirky Ward
James Goldberg: The Blessings of a Quirky Ward
What does it mean to be a witness of Christ?
Restore 2025: Early-Bird Tickets Now Available!
Mike Petrow: The Path of Descent
Mike Petrow: The Path of Descent
A Thoughtful Faith For the 21st Century
How should we think about "the Gathering"?
Big Questions with Terryl Givens videos
What is a Prophet? A Conversation between Terryl Givens and Matthew Bowman
David French: A Counter-Culture of Love
David French: A Counter-Culture of Love
What does it mean for all things to be done in order?
Jeff Strong: The Ongoing Tug-of-War Between Tradition and Change
Jeff Strong: The Ongoing Tug-of-War Between Tradition and Change
The Ongoing Tug-of-War Between Tradition and Change – A Conversation with Jeff Strong
Building the Kingdom of Heaven
Rich Hanks: When Sustaining Means Speaking Up
When Sustaining Means Speaking Up: The Life and Legacy of Marion D. Hanks
When Sustaining Means Speaking Up: The Life and Legacy of Marion D. Hanks
Thomas McConkie: He's back, and this could change your life.
Thomas McConkie's back, and this could change your life
Do we misunderstand Christ’s suffering?
Chapter 50: A Prayer from the Dust (Moroni 7-10)
Tonight! Terryl Givens and Rosalynde Welch Discuss The Gold Plates
Do the Gold Plates Matter? Livestream Link
Chapter 49: How to Make a Church Again (Moroni 1-6)
Chapter 48: The Story of Ether, the Optimistic Pen Pal (Ether 12-15)
Chapter 47: The People Who Forgot How to Love the World (Ether 6-12)
Chapter 46: The People Who Tried to Climb to Heaven (Ether 1-6)
Janeen Martin: When Faith Heals—and When it Hurts
Janeen Martin: When Faith Heals and When it Hurts
Chapter 45: Moroni, and His Books, and His Friends (Mormon 7-9)
When Faith Heals and When it Hurts — A Conversation with Janeen Martin
Chapter 44: Mormon and The Book (Mormon 1-6)
Chapter 43: The Three Men Who Kept Living and Living and Living and Living (3 Nephi 27- 4 Nephi)
Chapter 42. Zion and the big balloon (3 Nephi 20-26)
Chapter 41: The Long Day That Wasn’t Long at All (3 Nephi 17-19)
Chapter 39: The Terrible, Horrible Storm, and then In The Morning, Jesus (3 Nephi 7-11)
Terryl Givens: How Free is Your Will?
Terryl Givens: How Free is your Will?
Chapter 38: The Stargazers and the Downlookers (3 Nephi 1)
Chapter 37: The Story of Samuel, Who Was Almost Forgotten (Helaman 13-16)
Chapter 36: Nephi, Who Was No Good at Hiding (Helaman 6-12)
Chapter 35: The Story of The Prison on Fire (Helaman 1-5)
Chapter 34: The Man Who had Good Eyes and Gentlest Hands (Alma 59-63)
Chapter 33: 2000 child warriors (Alma 56-58) from the Book of Mormon Storybook
Chapter 32: The Story of Two Soldiers Who Were Both Good and Still Failed (Alma 43-52)
Carl Youngblood: Can God Speak Through AI?
Carl Youngblood: Can God Speak through AI?
Chapter 31: A Story of a Boy Who Was Scared He Wouldn’t Go to Heaven (Alma 36-42)
Can God Speak through AI? – A Conversation with Carl Youngblood
Chapter 30: A Sermon About A Seed (Alma 32)
At-One-Ment Retreat with Thomas McConkie
How “Great” Was the Great Apostasy? Livestream Link
Chapter 29: Korihor Who Was Wrong, and the Zoramites Who Were Also Wrong (Alma 30-31)
What is sin? How can we overcome temptation?
Chapter 28: The People With The Long Name (Alma 23-29)
Chapter 27: Abish, Whose Friend Was God (Alma 19)
Chapter 26: The Story of Ammon, The Good, Sneaky Missionary (Alma 17-18)
Ross Douthat: Is it Rational to Believe?
Ross Douthat: Is It Rational to Believe?
Philip Barlow: Questions at the Veil
Chapter 25: Ammonihah and The Shelling of A Man (Alma 8-16)
How can we "fear not to do good"?
Leonard Arrington: Why I Am A Believer
Chapter 24: A Sermon About a Book Called Life, Written by God (Alma 5-6)
Can Mormonism Save American Democracy?—Free Livestream Link
Chapter 23: The Man Whose Life Was Hard but Who Nevertheless Hoped and Hoped (Alma 1-29)
Francine Bennion: A Large and Reasonable Context
Chapter 22: Alma’s Son Who Was Also Named Alma (Mosiah 27)
Joseph M. Spencer: Living Proof
Chapter 21: Amulon Who Was Not Brave (Mosiah 19-24)
Fiona Givens: “Out of His Treasure Things New and Old”
Chapter 20: The Priest Who Was Imperfect but Decided to Accept God’s Love Anyway (Mosiah 18)
Melanie Riwai-Couch: Push Me Higher
Mercy at the Margins – A Conversation with Shima Baradaran-Baughman
Chapter 19: King Noah and What He Was Missing (Mosiah 11-17)
Shima Baradaran Baughman: Mercy on the Margins
Shima Baradaran-Baughman: Mercy at the Margins
Steven L. Peck: Our Eternal Round With the God Who Dances
Chapter 18: Zeniff, who was Dissatisfied (Mosiah 9-10)
Deidre Nicole Green: A Thoughtful Love: Reflections on a Life of Faith as Commitment
What is the Work of the Restoration?
Chapter 17: King Benjamin and A Lot of Tents (Mosiah 1-6)
Join Terryl Givens to explore The Big Questions
Eugene England: On Finding Truth and God: From Hope to Knowledge to Skepticism to Faith
Chapter 16: The First of Two Mosiahs and His Book (Omni)
Terryl Givens: Discipleship, Persons, and Institutions
Chapter 15: A Book and A Lot of Hands (Omni)
Astrid S. Tuminez: A Sacred Yes: Hope in the Gospel of Jesus Christ
Chapter 14: Jacob’s Big Idea and The Missionary who Prayed and Prayed (Enos)
Samuel Morris Brown: God, Atheism, and the Perils of Love
Chapter 13: An Old Grudge and A New Man (Jacob 7)
Michelle Louise Toxværd Graabek: I’m a Pilgrim, I’m a Stranger
Chapter 12: A Story About a Great Big Olive Tree (Jacob 1-5)
Justin Dyer: Be Ye Therefore a Perfectionist?
Justin Dyer: Be ye Therefore a Perfectionist?
Chapter 11: Nephi’s Farewell (2 Nephi 31-33)
Ben Schilaty: Through a Glass Darkly
Chapter 10: Isaiah According to Nephi (2 Nephi 26-30)
J. Spencer Fluhman: Absence, History, and the Burning Bush
Chapter 9: Isaiah, Who Doesn’t Make Very Much Sense (2 Nephi 11-25)
Bonnie Young: Damned by Perfection
Chapter 8: A Sad Story (2 Nephi 4-10)
Thomas McConkie: Life Abundant
Chapter 7: Six Blessings for Six Brothers (2 Nephi 1-4)
Chapter 6: How to Build a Boat (1 Nephi 16-22)
Chapter 5: Another Dream About a Tree (1 Nephi 11-15)
David F. Holland: Minerva and Muse, Pain and Imperfection, and an Abundance of Revelation
Chapter 4: A Dream About a Tree (1 Nephi 8-10)
Kristine Haglund: The Beauty of Holiness
Jana Spangler: How to Stop Running from Your Feelings
Jana Spangler: How to Stop Running from your Feelings
Chapter 3: The Book that was Locked in a Super Scary Castle (1 Nephi 3-7)
Richard D. Poll: What The Church Means To People Like Me
How to Stop Running from your Feelings – A Conversation with Jana Spangler
Chapter 2: Lehi who built an altar but forgot a book (1 Nephi 3)
What does it mean for the Church to be “true and living”?
Melissa Wei-Tsing Inouye: A Church that is Real
Chapter 1: A Family from Jerusalem and Their Great Secret (1 Nephi 1-2)
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich: Lusterware
Introduction: The Book of Mormon Storybook for Little Saints