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Let’s Forgive 2020

Amanda Freebairn5 years ago4 years ago07 mins

If you’re eager to move on from 2020, join the club. Before we do, let’s do one thing first.

Reckoning with the Generational Estrangement of the Covid age

Covid is setting generations against each other. But it doesn’t have to. Latter-day Saint practices have helped prevent much of the present generational angst.

The Grinch Who (Almost) Stole Thanksgiving

Public Square Staff5 years ago4 years ago08 mins

How to celebrate Thanksgiving this year is a challenging question for many American families. Whatever the details of the decision, let’s hold on to the transcendent spirit of the holiday.

Stop Deleting Your Facebook

Public Square Staff5 years ago3 years ago012 mins

More and more of our friends and family are opting out of social media entirely. Honest question: What would Jesus do?

Rabbi Sacks, the Snow, and Our Common Humanity

Samuel B. Hislop5 years ago4 years ago05 mins

As the election dust settles and the snow falls, some thoughts on something deeper than our many differences – a witness born most eloquently by the remarkable and recently deceased Rabbi Sacks.

Responsible Reform: Elder Cook’s Caution About “Persistent Bouts of Christianity.”

Ralph C. Hancock5 years ago5 years ago021 mins

Even when we think we’re being “Christian” – when we’re having a “bout of Christianity” – we can be seriously misled. In responding to critics of faith, for instance, being “humble” and ready to put ourselves in the wrong does not solve the problem of the best, most responsible action.

Dear America, We Can Still Do This!

Public Square Staff5 years ago5 years ago017 mins

Domestic peacekeepers are speaking out with everything they’ve got—reminding this country about its historic capacity to hold and work through serious disagreements productively. It’s time to listen before it’s too late.

Must Everything Be Political?

Steven Smith5 years ago4 years ago017 mins

When the places we used to find fellowship and connection as a community start to “take a stand” on political issues, where do we go to find that unity again?

Intersectional Anger on the Left and Right

Dan Ellsworth5 years ago3 years ago014 mins

What’s helpful about intersectionality, and how it can also be harmful (on both sides of the political spectrum). This continues our series on anger in America today (See also “Anger and the Modern Prophetic Voice”)