To some, obedience can almost feel like a trap. What’s the difference between obedience that is driven by moral courage and obedience that is dangerous? When is it good to yield? When is it good to comply? When is it virtuous to obey? “Sometimes we want to place it in the frame of either obedience…
Category: Interviews
Differing Views and Beliefs Part II: Interview with Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife
“It’s easy to be threatened by change and to want to call it evil. Our first instinct to something that is foreign or with something we don’t know is that it must be bad. It’s just in our DNA to do that. And I think it is really important to be very cautious to write…
Differing Views and Beliefs Part I: Interview with Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife
Are all conversations discussing conflicting beliefs valuable to engage in? What about controversial conversations? Is there value in listening to ideas that scare us? Are there times when it is morally courageous to give others platforms to speak and other times when it would do more damage than good? Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife is a licensed…
Understanding the Differing Beliefs of Others: Interview With Brad Wilcox
Understanding the Differing Beliefs of Others Interview with Brad Wilcox I think a better way is to make sure we listen and try to understand others. That doesn’t mean we have to accept what’s being said. It simply means that we have to seek to understand FIRST. –Brad Wilcox Brad Wilcox is a professor in…
True Humility: Interview with Brad Wilcox
“I would that ye should remember, and always retain in remembrance, the greatness of God, and your own nothingness.” Mosiah 4:11 What do you think it means to “remember your own nothingness” and how can that be a good thing? It seems that remembering your own nothingness can lead to freedom and a strong sense of…
Is it Virtuous to Submit: Interview with Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife
“Becometh as a child, submissive, meek, humble…willing to submit to all things which the Lord seeth fit to inflict upon him, even as a child doth submit to his father.” – Mosiah 3:19 When submission is a virtue, it’s an active choice to yield to something because you think it will create…
Education and Reaching our Potential: Interview With Eva Witesman
Every one of us is here to grow and develop. What’s important is that we find the path that is going to develop our spiritual capacity. None of this is about the money you make or the prestige you have or the committees that you’re on. Those are the wrong metrics. This is all about…
Confrontational Compassion: Interview with David Pulsipher
Confrontational Compassion Learning how to have conflict without contention Interview with David Pulsipher The Savior’s counsel to love your enemy and turn the other cheek (Matthew 5:38-44) can easily be misinterpreted as though the Savior is telling us it is better to be a doormat than it is to be a jerk. But as David…
Thinking and Acting For Yourself: Interview with Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife
“I see in my mind’s eye throngs of people traveling that path, some with their hands firmly gripping the iron rod, but many others simply following the feet of the people in front of them. This latter approach takes little thought or effort. You can just do and think what others are doing and thinking….Following…
Indulgent Suffering: Interview with Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife
Interview with Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife Often to determine if something is right or good or God’s will, we use pain, suffering, and sacrifice for a measuring stick. While I do not disagree that sometimes virtuous acts can be difficult and inconvenient, I think we are missing the mark when we use “pain and suffering” as…
