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233. The Honest Truth about Messy Families - A Conversation with Joseph Grenny

Faith Matters

Faith Matters Foundation

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

4.41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 14 September 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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This week, we’re going to share what we think was an “instant classic” from last week’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 many organizations, including The Other Side Academy, Drawing from his own experience with his own “messy” family, Joseph speaks openly about moments of despair, including the heartache of watching loved ones, including...

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Hey everyone this is Tim Chavez from Faith Matters. Today we're going to share with you what we think was an instant classic from last week's restore gathering.

0:07.5

A deeply personal and thought-provoking message about family, faith, and the complexity of life from Joseph Granny.

0:14.7

Joseph is the author of crucial conversations and co-founder of many organizations, including

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the Otherside Academy.

0:21.3

Drawing from his own experience with his own messy family, Joseph speaks openly about

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moments of despair, including the heartache of watching loved ones, including his own children,

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struggle with addiction, estrangement, and other crises.

0:34.4

But at the heart of his message is a radical idea, that the phrase, all is well, can be true

0:39.7

even in the face of chaos and imperfection. He challenges the traditional brochure image of family success,

0:46.7

reminding us that not even the families in our sacred texts had it all together.

0:51.0

Through powerful stories of redemption, both from his own family and the lives transformed at the Otherside Academy, Joseph encourages us to rethink what it means to succeed as families and to embrace waiting as a part of God's divine work. We think this presentation will

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resonate deeply with anyone who has felt the pain of seeing a loved one struggle and

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we hope it offers both comfort and inspiration.

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We love seeing many of you at Restore

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and wanted to give a little taste of it

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to those that weren't able to attend.

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So with that, we'll pass it over to Joseph Granny. So let me make sure I'm in the right room.

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So let me make sure I'm in the right room.

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Raise your hand if you come from a messy family.

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Got a few of us.

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One of the most awkward moments I think any of us face is when somebody we haven't seen for a while approaches us

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and says how's your family and you know that sort of moment of do I lie or do I tell the

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