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The Political B.S. Stops Here | Your guide to being politically savvy   Jacob Hess, our September 2019 Think Again presenter on the Weave Project is one of the key people in instigating and creating this helpful resource. The Red Blue Dictionary is a guide to america’s contested vocabulary written by a politically diverse team of 30 contributors from the national coalition for dialogue & deliberation.The editorial and contributor …

Effects of Climate Change on Oceans and Ice Caps | This is serious. It’s upon us. Read on.   Most of my growing up was on the southern Oregon Coast. I spent a lot of time in, on, and next to the Pacific Ocean. My daughter has lived in St. Croix for over four years now. She too is a huge and appreciative fan of what most of the …

October 4, 12:30 – 2:00 pm | S.J. Quinney College of Law Moot Courtroom (Level 6)   I’m a huge fan of Jane Goodall. It’s not that I know all that much about her, but what I do know is that she’s made and making the world we live in better. It’s too late to get tickets to this. You can put your name on a wait list. BUT, if …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Jill Krause | This Isn’t Political, This Is Being A Good Human.   I wasn’t and am still not familiar with Jill Krause. Apparently she’s “a thing.” Just one of so very many “things” I’m not aware of. But one of our past Think Again presenters, Loreen de St. Aubin, FB messaged me a blog post that Jill wrote that I thought was worth sharing. I’m always grateful and …

Tuesday, Aug. 6 at 7 PM | A Commemoration Event Sponsored by The Gandhi Alliance for Peace and The Utah Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons   Held at the Wasatch Presbyterian Church, 1626 S 1700 E, Salt Lake City, UT This interfaith event will include music and Christian, Jewish and Muslim participation. Bishop Hayashi will be the primary speaker. Thanks to ThinkAgain-FaithAgain past presenter, Kristen Rogers Iverson for recommending this …

Faith Matters Digs Deeper | Rooted in B.H. Roberts vision of bigger and better beliefs.   “I believe ‘Mormonism’ affords opportunity…for thoughtful disciples who will not be content with merely repeating some of its truths, but will develop its truths …The Prophet planted the germ-truths of the great dispensation of the fullness of times…The disciples of Mormonism, growing discontented with the necessarily primitive methods which have hitherto prevailed in …