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Pillars of My Faith has been one of the most popular Sunstone sessions

over past thirty years. Past presenters include Leonard Arrington, Lavina Fielding Anderson, Darius Grey, Michael Quinn, and Phyllis Barber. When Peggy Fletcher Stack originally conceived of Pillars of My Faith in 1983, she hoped it would be a theological and philosophical exploration of the core tenets that support one’s belief and animate one’s life and theology. But it is also often a weaving of belief-changing experiences into spiritual journeys. Some call Pillars of My Faith an intellectual testimony meeting, others raw soul bearing.

Gloria, Bob, and Dawn Anderson, currently editing a collection of past presentations that will be published by Signature Books.

Gloria Gardner Rees is an English as Foreign Language educator, world traveler, and nutritionist; trained also in gerontology, and adult development. Twelve years ago, a High School reunion survey asked where she was headed. “I’m watching for a crack in the cosmos to swallow me up in intrigue.” Her rich, active life increased altitude mid-air when marrying Bob Rees eight years ago! Gloria is vice chair of the Marin Interfaith Council, co-editor with Bob and Dawn Anderson of a collection essays titled “Pillars of My Faith,” and a mentor for Bountiful Children’s Foundation work in Madagascar.

Charles Randall Paul, Ph.D., is a student of social psychology, conflict theory and comparative religion; a former commercial real estate developer; and the founder and the president of the Foundation for Religious Diplomacy, an NGO that for twenty-five years has worked to replace suspicion and fear with trust and respect between moral rivals who contest conflicting moral visions of the common good. Randall designed The Way of Mutual Openness (a protocol for engaging useful, difficult conversations over incompatible moral and religious convictions.) He has worked for years on building trust between religious scholars in Iran and America. He is a husband, a father of five, grandfather of twenty, and Latter-day Saint.

Born in Argentina and raised in Brazil, Yael Keller moved to the U.S. at 19 to learn English. After studying Political Science, a fascination with learning how people become who they are led her to a Master’s in Marriage and Family Therapy from Utah State. A deep thinker who grew up "at the adult table," Yael is a therapist in North Logan who finds clarity in poetry and yoga. She views her clinical work, her 11-year marriage, and raising four children as the sacred pillars of her life. She is honored to share the experiences that form the pillars of her faith.