August, 2019

You are needed | A couple hours a week or a month—we will take whatever you can give.   As some of you know I serve in the Parley's Creek Branch of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. In this branch African refugees from all over the Wasatch Front are served by a host of volunteers from full and part time LDS service missionaries and young proselyting missionaries…

September 27-28 : An annual colloquy for thoughtful bridge-building between the LDS Church and LGBTQ+ community   SPONSORED BY : Tanner Humanities Center - University of Utah HOSTED BY : Mormons Building Bridges This FREE forum is made possible thanks to support from the Latter-day Saints Studies Initiative at the University of Utah.   LOCATION: Salt Lake City Main Library and The Leonardo CONCURRENT VISUAL ART EXHIBIT: A SPIRITUAL HOME:…

Suggested Reading: On September 5th, 2019 we will discuss David Brooks and Weave, the Social Fabric Project. But whether you come or not this book is well worth reading and corresponds with some of the most important issues of our time—how to commit to our interdependence in an ethical way that creates societal and thereby family and individual flourishing. The Guardian's assessment of David's book seems a fair appraisal of…

August 24-26| How the bright, irrepressible goodness of a single child can change us all for the better.   Our primary Think Again-Faith Again host, Kristen Rogers-Iversen, brought this play to my attention. She is a member of the Gandhi Alliance for Peace. The Alliance along with Granite School District, Plan-B Theatre and United Nations Association of Utah will present The Post Office August 24-26. Details and $10 tickets at…