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Monthly Archives: September 2017
Tom Christofferson: The Strange Odyssey of a Gay Mormon
Tom Christofferson is the brother of LDS Apostle D. Todd Christofferson. He is gay and 60. When he and his partner moved to Connecticut, Tom started to renew his interest in Mormonism. (He had previously left the Church feeling he … Continue reading
Posted in Books, mormonism, Personalities, Religion, Social Justice
Tagged LDS Church, LGBT, Tom Christofferson
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Ammon Hennacy: Catholic Anarchist in Salt Lake City in the 1960s
By Jeremy Harmon, sltrib.com, 24 Sep 2017 Dorothy Day, easily the most prominent figure in the Catholic Worker movement, sent Ammon Hennacy to Salt Lake City to open a homeless shelter. Raised by Quaker parents in Ohio, Hennacy had become … Continue reading
Posted in anarchism, Religion, Social Justice
Tagged Ammon Hennacy, anarchy, homelessness, Salt Lake City, social justice
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Traveling to the Highlands above Cuzco, Peru
We had agreed to install playground equipment at a very rural school in the highlands (14,000 feet above sea level) located above Cuzco, Peru (10,000 feet). It is the ancestral village (Choccayhua) of the mother of our hosts, the Cardenas-Torres … Continue reading
Posted in Peru, Playground, Social Justice, Travel
Tagged footbridge, Inca, playground equipment
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To Elder Bednar: It’s the Message not the Delivery Method
In a recent press release, the LDS Church leadership (or at least its PR staff) acknowledges the growing problem of Millenials dropping away from organized religion. Not necessarily from spirituality, but from the formal institutions. The release proposed one possible … Continue reading
Posted in mormonism, Religion, Social Justice, Technology
Tagged LDS Church, social media
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Installing Playground Equipment in Mozambique
During July 2017 at the invitation of the Carr Foundation, Bret Berger and I traveled to Gorongosa National Park in west-central Mozambique. Our primary goal was to assist with the construction of a small playground at a primary school in … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Environment, other animals, Playground, Travel
Tagged Carr Foundation, Gorongoza National Park, swing set
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Tired Road Warrior 