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Won’t You Be My Neighbor? Creating Communities, Not Tribes

Carolynn Clark6 years ago4 years ago016 mins

Something goes into building community that is different than simply banding together with people we like or share an ideology with. They’re not the same!

The Beauty at the Heart of the Academy Worth Fighting For

Jacob Z. Hess6 years ago5 years ago08 mins

One of the most beautiful aspects of a University is intentional space for exploring differences in perspective. That space is worth fighting to preserve.

Making Peeping Toms of Us All

C.D. Cunningham6 years ago3 years ago07 mins

Stories of this kind are written to fascinate and engrosse us in the details.

Questioning the Certainties of a Secular World

Edwin E. Gantt6 years ago3 years ago012 mins

Doubts about faith are everywhere. But little scrutiny goes to taken-for-granted secular assumptions that set the stage for these same doubts. Why is that?

Asking to Not Say “Mormon” is as American as Pilgrims

Hal R. Boyd6 years ago3 years ago08 mins

The request that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints not be referred to as “Mormon” is similar to the way the Pilgrims navigated their identity.

The Falling Berlin Wall Matters (Or Should Matter) Today

Alan Hurst6 years ago3 years ago05 mins

The fall of the Berlin Wall was an early memory as a child, scarcely comprehended. Americans today don’t seem to grasp its full import either. But they should.