Event: Salt Lake Symposium 2009

SL09201 Creating Greater Spiritual Harmony in Your Home through Principles of Good Interior Design

Many principles of well-executed interior design flow in exact harmony with Gospel principles. More than just establishing a house of order, by surrounding ourselves with beauty, we can enrich our lives and the lives of others. Families and children are especially impacted by their interior surroundings. Effectively designed interior spaces not only promote feelings of …

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SL09254 From the Militarism of Nauvoo to a Contemporary Peace Church—A Difficult But Important Journey for the Community of Christ?

Latter Day Saint militarism peaked in Nauvoo with the 5,000-strong Nauvoo Legion under the command of Lt. General Joseph Smith Jr. Militarism also appears to be correlated with patriarchy and in Nauvoo included both the beginning of polygamy and resistance to it by women led by Emma Smith through the Women’s Relief Society. This paper …

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SL09211 A Woman of Sorrows, Acquainted with Grief

It is time! It is time to acknowledge and confess as faith communities the pressures and restrictions women often experience in religious culture. Texts of scripture provide divine guidance and inspired insight for life when responsibly interpreted and faithfully applied. However, texts must be read, overheard, and absorbed so that lives lived might be both …

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SL09255 Embracing a Trilogy of Soul Mates

This paper will explore what happens when the unconscious feminine energy in males, marriages, institutions and the Divine remains ignored and denigrated. The resulting imbalance leads away from perfection and a wholeness. There exists a spiritual imperative to embrace the soul mate of the self, the marriage, and the Divine. In each developmental union, the …

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