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2015-07-26T10:22:42-06:00

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The Sabbath Day and Earth Stewardship

Last updated on: July 26, 2015 at 10:22 am By georgehandley

The LDS Church has recently rolled out new training for members about the central importance of the importance of observance of the Sabbath Day and of the sacrament. My thoughts here are inspired by this training, which I find to be wonderfully focused on the fundamental covenant we make at baptism and which we renew each Sunday to take upon ourselves the name of Christ and to keep his commandments. We are to keep the Sabbath Day holy, but it... Read more

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2015-06-19T08:29:52-06:00

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Theology, Ecology, and the Word: Notes from Halki Summit, Part III

Last updated on: June 19, 2015 at 8:29 am By georgehandley

The Halki Summit ended after a provocative and fruitful discussion of the role the arts can play in helping religious cultures to address climate change. I still think the most impassioned and well reasoned explanation about how theology, art, and the environment intersect was offered by Father John Chryssavgis at the outset of the summit. He articulated an understanding of the relationship between science and religion that allowed for their differences and for the mysterious nature of creation itself: “If... Read more

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2015-06-10T14:09:27-06:00

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Theology, Ecology, and the Word: Notes from Halki Summit, Part II

Last updated on: June 10, 2015 at 2:09 pm By georgehandley

I have a few things to report that deserve commentary from the Halki Summit II co-sponsored by the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of the Orthodox Church and Southern New Hampshire University. It is an extraordinary privilege to be a part of these conversations. (more…) Read more

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2015-06-08T02:00:58-06:00

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Theology, Ecology, and the Word: Notes from Halki Summit, Part I

Last updated on: June 8, 2015 at 2:00 am By georgehandley

I have arrived this week for the Halki Summit II, a meeting co-sponsored by the Patriarch Bartholomew and Southern New Hampshire University at the island of Halki off of the coast of Istanbul. The topic of the summit is “Theology, Ecology, and the Word: A Conversation on the Environment, Literature, and the Arts.” You can read more about the summit here. I intend to provide some observations about it as I attend. (more…) Read more

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2015-03-22T10:50:31-06:00

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The Hope of Stewardship: A Review of Joseph Spencer’s For Zion: A Mormon Theology of Hope

Last updated on: March 22, 2015 at 10:50 am By georgehandley

There are those who are infected by nostalgia and yearn for a nineteenth-century Mormonism because, I suppose, they imagine that the prophets then seemed more willing to condemn capitalism or to preach environmental stewardship and that Mormons were more communitarian, less materialistic, and more obligated under the law of consecration to work to eliminate poverty. And there are others who are disgusted with the wickedness of this world and pine for the world to come, a time when poverty, crime,... Read more

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2015-01-11T11:21:24-07:00

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Experience and Understanding

Last updated on: January 11, 2015 at 11:21 am By georgehandley

Two friends recently independently mentioned to me that it seems that at every turn, their friends and family, many of whom have left or are leaving the church, are expecting them to have an answer for every major issue facing the church in recent months. I wonder how many members of the church feel the weight of this pressure to have an answer for everything. I wonder too why anyone should believe that they need to have answers for everything.... Read more

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2014-12-14T20:59:01-07:00

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If Truth Were A Child

Last updated on: December 14, 2014 at 8:59 pm By georgehandley

We live in the age of polemics. Choices are presented to us as mutually exclusive, and you are not given the time to listen, to be reflective and careful in your judgment, or to acknowledge nuance and the validity of different points of view. You are supposed to pick your enemies, not consult with them. Instead, you are asked to make a choice and a quick one at that, one that binds you to one camp that is defined by... Read more

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2014-12-05T10:40:02-07:00

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Review: First Principles and Ordinances: The Fourth Article of Faith in Light of the Temple by Samuel Brown

Last updated on: December 5, 2014 at 10:40 am By georgehandley

Sam Brown has written an important and beautiful book. Every Mormon serious about deepening their understanding of their most fundamental commitments should read it, and any Mormon who feels adrift in the institutional church will find resources sufficient to stoke the fires of faith anew. It is also a fantastic introduction to the fundamentals of the Mormon faith for anyone new to Mormonism. (more…) Read more

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2014-11-12T11:39:55-07:00

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Mormonism, Cosmology, and Environmental Stewardship

Last updated on: November 12, 2014 at 11:39 am By georgehandley

I just returned from a marvelous gathering at the Yale Divinity School where scholars and theologians met to discuss the story of the origins of the universe and of life on earth, as told by contemporary science, and its impact on and relevance to Christian belief. More specifically, it was a series of responses to the project called Journey of the Universe that includes a book, a documentary film, a DVD series of interviews, and a website. You can read... Read more

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2014-10-27T09:08:13-06:00

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Why I Am A Mormon, Part IV (Temples)

Last updated on: October 27, 2014 at 9:08 am By georgehandley

When I was in my last year of graduate school at Berkeley, I was given the opportunity to teach a class I had designed on the various meanings of genealogy in American literature. I was intent on showing how important genealogy was to the formation of identity in American experience and yet how antithetical and even oppositional American experience can be to the task of preserving genealogical memory. As part of the class assignment, I required the students to write... Read more

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