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“And I think that’s why it took me 20 years to come back to the church is because it was never enough. Fear was not enough to get me to come back to the church. Shame was not enough to get me to come back to the church. Honestly, it was love. Love brought me back to the church. So, you know, I’ve got too much proof. I’m still in the culinary world, there’s still temptation, still surrounded by all the same stuff. But I pray every night. I do all the things right? I read my scriptures. I go to church. I take the sacrament. Those things that we teach the little kids in Primary, do it. That stuff’s real.”

 

00:00 Betrayal

02:08 Introducing Tyson

07:00 Struggles with Shame and Addiction

23:58 Life in the Culinary World

27:40 Battling Inadequacy and Addiction

40:08 Infidelity and Divine Intervention

44:20 Returning Home and Finding Faith

50:23 Overcoming Temptations

53:37 Final Reflections and Gratitude

 

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“And I think that’s why it took me 20 years to come back to the church is because it was never enough. Fear was not enough to get me to come back to the church. Shame was not enough to get me to come back to the church. Honestly, it was love. Love brought me back to the church. So, you know, I’ve got too much proof. I’m still in the culinary world, there’s still temptation, still surrounded by all the same stuff. But I pray every night. I do all the things right? I read my scriptures. I go to church. I take the sacrament. Those things that we teach the little kids in Primary, do it. That stuff’s real.”
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