Utah liquor laws are constantly evolving, and they don’t always reflect what’s best for businesses, customers, or even the safety of the community. The majority of people who make the laws in Utah don’t drink, and this leads to frustration, misunderstandings, and bad press for the state. Lisa Barlow, Michael Eccleston, Tanner Lenart, Blair M. …
Event: Salt Lake Symposium 2019
An Alternative Orthodoxy for Mormonism
Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM, a prominent Catholic priest, writer, and teacher, has referred to his Franciscan teachings as an alternative orthodoxy that “doesn’t throw out the mainline tradition; [it] simply place[s] our effort and our energy on overlooked or misunderstood aspects of the tradition.” In this session, we will use Fr. Rohr’s alternate orthodoxy as …
Faithful Screening
Faithful Screening Dane Christensen
The Return of the Divine Feminine and The Search For Magic Within
This session will explore our spiritual and energetic nature as humans, including our light body, our auric field, and our chakra system. This session will also explore the relationship between the magnetic energy of the Divine Feminine and the electric energy of the Divine Masculine, and give tools for balancing these energies within our own …
The Rising Strong Process: Official DARE TO LEAD™ Brené Brown Curriculum Continued
Based on the research of Dr. Brené Brown, Dare to Lead is an empirically based courage- building program. Learn the role that curiosity and recognition of emotion play in developing rising results. Recognize common strategies for offloading hurt and learn more effective behaviors for managing emotion. Learn the physics of vulnerability. Learn to rise after …
Community of Christ Meets Postmodernism
The rapidly shifting religious landscape in North America and Western Europe has had a profound impact on Community of Christ. This paper explores the ways in which this faith with a future is navigating the challenging terrain. Lachlan Mackay, Melvin Johnson
Prophet for a Day: A panel presented by the Truth & Transparency Foundation
If you could be prophet of the LDS Church for a day, what would you change? In this session, we’ll ask three different panelists, all from different walks of life, this question. Each panelist will outline their changes and address potential concerns from the moderator. The proposed changes will all be rooted in each panelist’s …
The Future of Faith
In order to understand the future of faith, we need to also understand its past and the present. A currently beleaguered faith is part of a broad paradigm shift in how we understand the nature of reality in the modern era. These challenges are not easily dismissed. At the same time, many, including Latter-day Saints, …
Film Screening: Straws
A colorful straw history animation narrated by Oscar winner Tim Robbins, Straws leaves audiences with a clear understanding of the problems caused by plastic pollution and empowers individuals to be part of the solution. The film last 30 minutes. Søren Simonsen, Blair M. White
Mormons and ERA
The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) has a long history beginning in 1923. It is still not part of the U.S. Constitution. This would guarantee constitutional equality of the sexes. The LDS Church had an impact on the bill’s inability to be ratified by the arbitrary deadline, yet there has been a recent shift within the …