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July 2012

July 26, 2012

The Question of Wilderness Part III

Last summer I participated in an unusual event in southern Utah. A local environmental organization...

July 26, 2012

Panel Discussion of Mormonism and the Environment

Enjoy this podcast with friends Dan Wotherspoon, Craig Galli, and Rachel Whipple, and yours truly....

July 24, 2012

The Question of Wilderness, Part II

Maybe one doesn’t have to be an anthropologist from as far away as Mars to...

July 22, 2012

The Question of Wilderness Part I

In his popular story, “The Bear,” William Faulkner once described the wilderness of the South...

July 15, 2012

Born on Third Base

In a classic speech, Cory Booker, mayor of Newark, recently addressed the graduating class at...

July 11, 2012

Lessons from Doc: #10 Learn to keep your wants simple and refuse to be controlled by the likes and dislikes of others

What I have always found intriguing about Doc’s thinking and his many books is that...

July 11, 2012

Lessons from Doc: #9 Learn to like the sunrise and sunset, the beating of rain on the roof and windows, and the gentle fall of snow on a winter day

My friend Kristine Haglund has again prepared some terrific thoughts on this. You can find...

July 05, 2012

Welcome!

I am pleased to welcome you to the new site for "Home Waters" here at...

July 04, 2012

The Mountains Can Heal Us

It’s that time of year in Utah. People are flocking to the trailheads and heading...

June 2012

June 28, 2012

Lessons from Doc: #8 Learn to like gardening, puttering around the house, and fixing things.

I speak with no authority on this principle. I am a very unsuccessful gardener even...

June 28, 2012

Lessons from Doc: #7 Learn to like the song of birds, the companionship of dogs

On #7, please see another great post by Kristine Haglund at this link:

June 21, 2012

On My Marriage

As I read Kristine Haglund’s wonderful discussion of Lowell Bennion’s aphorism that we should learn...

June 21, 2012

Lessons from Doc: #6 Learn to like work and enjoy the satisfaction of doing your job as well as it can be done

Doc founded the Teton Valley Boys Ranch in the 1960s on the idea that work...

June 19, 2012

Lessons from Doc: #5 Learn to like people even though they may be different… different from you.

For a wonderful discussion of principle #5, go to this link and read a post...

June 14, 2012

Lessons from Doc: #4 Learn to like fields, trees, brooks, hiking, rowing, climbing hills.

This might have the appearance as one of the easiest, dare I say natural, aphorisms...

June 11, 2012

Lessons from Doc: #3 “Learn to like plain food, plain service, plain cooking.”

Doc loved gardens. He loved weeding and feeding people with the food he grew. I...

June 08, 2012

Lessons from Doc: #2 “Learn to like reading, conversation, music”

The underlying principle of Doc’s aphorisms seems to be that it matters a great deal...

June 07, 2012

Lessons from Doc: #1 “Learn to Like What Doesn’t Cost Much”

“But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into this world, and...

June 04, 2012

My Debt to Lowell Bennion

In the last few months I have had the privilege of meeting two sons of...

June 01, 2012

“You are everything you feel beside the river”

When I was writing Home Waters, I had to deal with dueling impulses. On the...

May 2012

May 27, 2012

Lutherans, Mormons, and the Poor

Community is only as wide as we imagine it to be. Life experiences provide the...

May 22, 2012

The Economy of the Creation

(adapted from a speech given at Mormon Scholars in the HumanitiesSouthern Virginia University, May 19,...

May 20, 2012

Upon the Occasion of the 5th Annual Meeting of Mormon Scholars in the Humanities

Amy Hungerford in her book, Postmodern Belief: America Literature and Religion Since 1960, notes that...

May 13, 2012

This is the Place

Jacob lay down on stones for pillows and slept. And in his dreams he saw...

May 11, 2012

Soccer Dad

I am told that few states in the country have a higher level of participation...

May 05, 2012

Connecting the Dots on Climate Change

A remarkable alliance of concern about climate change has emerged among the nation’s clergy. Major...

April 2012

April 30, 2012

Acts of God

Not too long ago Pat Robertson claimed that the increase in tornadoes in the country...

April 24, 2012

The Intersection of Poverty and the Environment

Last Saturday I had the privilege of participating in a panel discussion about the intersection...

April 20, 2012

On the Theologies and Ideologies of the Earth

Giving an interview always leaves unfinished business. In my interview with KCPW on Wednesday, a...

April 18, 2012

Radio Interview

Listen in to an interview with me on KCPW on April 18, 2012 about stewardship...