Renewing Our Religious Language - Terryl Givens at Restore

This week, we’re sharing something really special - it’s Terryl Givens’ talk that opened last year’s Restore gathering. In it, Terryl gets more personal than we’ve ever heard him, telling a dramatic story about nearly drowning off the West coast of Africa and how the experience has helped him frame key aspects of his faith.
Terryl also shares some other really meaningful moments from his life and career. In one of our favorite moments, he says "I have come to know the love of God as it is manifest in a community of people working to keep one another from drowning."
We imagine that almost all of you know Terryl by now, but as a reminder, he’s a Neal A. Maxwell Senior Research Fellow at BYU’s Maxwell Institute. He formerly held the Jabez A. Bostwick Chair of English and was Professor of Literature and Religion at the University of Richmond. He is the author of many books about Latter-day Saint history and culture, including, along with his wife Fiona, All Things New, which was published by Faith Matters in 2020.
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[@brucedegler4301]

As I was listening to the talk I noticed something about the photo of the three soldiers saving the fourth from apparent drowning in the mud, that makes the photo even more meaningful. The three soldiers pulling the fourth out of the mud are obviously German soldiers. They are wearing the very distinctive helmets that German soldiers wore during WWI. But the fourth is wearing what appears to me to be a French army helmet. It is pretty distinct from the German helmets. The soldier being saved is actually the enemy of the soldiers who are saving him. That seems to speak even more powerfully how love can cross seemingly insurmountable divides.

[@captkillionsparrow]

Once again, Terryl Givens has absolutely deepened my desire to know God and to love like he does.

[@kp6553]

Fantastic.

[@Zsuzsanna0]

Good to see brother who is meek.

[@christinebalderas7664]

I love Faith Matters podcasts and Teryl Givens is one of my favorite theologians. Thank you.

[@aashop11]

My very favorite Terryl moment yet

[@cinnamondan4984]

I would love to see a conversation between Terryl and Bishop Barron. Amazing talk this was.

[@joshua_sykes]

#grateful
Thank you, @FaithMattersFoundation 🙏
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[@rebcooley22]

Any place to find a transcript of this? loved it!

[@Sablespartan]

The transcript is available in the description.