“If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.” ― Mother Teresa, founder of the Order of the Sisters of Charity. “If you want peace, you don’t talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.” ― Desmond Tutu, South African social rights activist and retired Anglican bishop “You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.” ― Indira Gandhi, the first female…
Haymitch St. Stephen TUES, DEC 5, 2023 | 7:30-9:00 pm MDT Practice celebrating the birth of Christ by doing exactly nothing. IN-PERSON GATHERING: Bell Hall 389 East 1st Ave. Salt Lake City, UT 84103 Thanks to Lisa Cannon for sharing her home and historic Danish Lutheran church with us. Parking is found throughout the neighborhood. There is no parking lot for the church. Enter through the main front door of…
“The Restore gathering lived up to its name, restoring hope, restoring faith, restoring love.” ― Gordon Monson, Salt Lake Tribune Some of you who read this will have attended the Restore Gathering last weekend. From the Thursday evening free and gorgeous concert attended by over 600 to Saturday afternoon's last musical number with over 3000 joyful folks standing and clapping, it was a soul and mind-nourishing few days. So…
Erika Munson and Jacob Hess THUR, NOV 2, 2023 | 7:30-9:00 pm MDT Exhausted by political polarization? Join us as two political opposites help us explore how we can restore the promise that America offers. IN-PERSON GATHERING: Home of Ed and Kristen Iversen 3582 Oak Rim Way Salt Lake City, UT 84109 If there is no parking to be found near the home you can also park in the “park…
“This is where I place my faith—in our collective capacity to mobilize love. If we can shift our view of Great Salt Lake from a lake to be avoided to a lake we cherish; from a body of wasted water to an ancient body of wisdom; not to exploit, dam, and dike, but to honor and respect as a sovereign body, our relationship and actions toward the lake will be…
David Ostler FRI, SEP 8, 2023 | 7:30-9:00 pm MDT Let’s talk about and learn how we can peacefully and productively engage with others who believe differently. IN-PERSON GATHERING: Home of Ed and Kristen Iversen 3582 Oak Rim Way Salt Lake City, UT 84109 If there is no parking to be found near the home you can also park in the “park & ride” lot on the NW corner of…
“That was Black Sunday, April 14, 1935, the day of the worst duster of them all. The storm carried twice as much dirt as was dug out of the earth to create the Panama Canal. The canal took seven years to dig; the storm lasted a single afternoon. More than 300,000 tons of Great Plains topsoil was airborne that day.” ― Timothy Egan "American meteorologists rated the Dust Bowl the…
Barbara Jones Brown & Richard Turley SAT, AUG 5, 2023 | 7:30-9:00 pm MDT 156 years ago the most horrific travesty ever committed by Mormon Saints occurred. Why did it happen and how can we ensure it never does again? IN-PERSON GATHERING: Bell Hall 389 East 1st Ave. Salt Lake City, UT 84103 Or your home via Zoom. Thanks to Lisa Cannon for sharing her home and historic Danish Lutheran…
“Minorities are always better off in a culture which protects dissent than in a culture which protects us from dissent.” ― Jonathan Rauch Jonathan Rauch is an atheist. He is also Gay and a long-time gay activist. And he is a brilliant thinker and bridge-builder who understands how dangerous it is to our personal and societal welfare to intimidate, shut down and cancel those who we find disagreeable. He also…
Melissa Wei-Tsing Inouye & Marion Bishop THUR, JUL 13, 2023 | 7:30-9:00 pm MDT Explore the scriptural injunction to "prepare every needful thing" in the context of current challenges and while navigating a patriarchal church. IN-PERSON GATHERING: Home of Jana and Rob Spangler 2013 E Lincoln Cir, Holladay, UT 84124 Or your home via Zoom. Thanks to Jana and Rob for hosting this gathering in their home. And for continuing…