Category Archives: Social Justice

Are Leaderless Organizations Practical?

Posted on 07-November-2011 by

Jeffrey Neilsen, in an op-ed piece in the SLTrib (26 Oct 2011), describes some recent examples of leaderless communities: the Arab Spring in the Middle East, the Occupy Wall Street Movement, and even the Tea Party While I find these … Continue reading →

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Creating Leaderless Organizations

Posted on 03-November-2011 by

According to an op-ed piece by Jeffrey Nielsen in SLTrib (26 Oct 2011), leaderless communities have a future: Leadership by its very definition sets up relationships of unequal power.  You can’t have a leader without a follower, and the inevitable … Continue reading →

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Lord’s Resistance Army, Rush Limbaugh and Me

Posted on 24-October-2011 by

On October 15th, President Barack Obama notified Congress that the US is sending 100 troops into central Africa, into the countries of Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, and South Sudan.  The goal of the mission is to assist these … Continue reading →

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Mormonism, Blacks and Me, 1964

Posted on 19-October-2011 by

In June, 1964, I was called to be a missionary in the Franco-Belgian Mission.  I was physically, emotionally, and spiritually immature at the time.  For example, I grew 2 inches during my 2-and-one-half years in Europe.  And emotionally, I was … Continue reading →

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Palmer Court: Helping the Homeless

Posted on 30-August-2011 by

On 4 Aug 2011, Lloyd S. Pendleton gave a presentation at Sunstone Symposium titled:  “To Give or Nor to Give.”  According to his program bio: Lloyd S. Pendleton took the lead in 2004 in writing and implementing Utah’s 10-Year Plan for … Continue reading →

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Eating Insects in Africa

Posted on 21-August-2011 by

According to Dana Goodyear writing The New Yorker (15&22 August 2011): On a trip to Africa in 1995, when Arnold van Huis (an entomologist who is working to establish a market for insect-based products in the Netherlands) was on sabbatical, … Continue reading →

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Eating Insects to Save the Planet

Posted on 20-August-2011 by

According to Dana Goodyear writing in The New Yorker (Aug 15&22, 2011): Demographers have projected that by 2050 the world’s population will have increased to nine billion, and the demand for meat will grow with it, particularly in dense, industrializing … Continue reading →

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A Mormon Mission to Africa

Posted on 17-August-2011 by

Today, the following–authored by “jeanikins”–appeared as a comment on one of my earlier blog pieces.  She is responding to Michael Otterson’s allegation that the LDS Church is doing a lot for Africans: What exactly IS the LDS Church doing for … Continue reading →

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Imagine God as a Car

Posted on 14-August-2011 by

According to infamous LDS theologian Robert Kirby in an article published 12 Aug 2011 (a reprint of an earlier column): Imagine for a moment that God is a car. Yes, I know, for some of you God is more like … Continue reading →

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Teaching in Uganda

Posted on 10-August-2011 by

According to Jon Clifford reporting for the SLTrib (10 Aug 2011): Kearns • You can see the concern in Jim Wirkus’ face, hear the urgency in his voice as he talks about the conditions of schools and villages half a … Continue reading →

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