Women getting creative about childcare, the Salt Lake Rotary keeps on keeping on and President Nelson announces 1️⃣8️⃣ new temples.
Good morning, Utah! Here’s today’s forecast: ☀️ 38 – 72° in Logan ☀️ 54 – 77° in Salt Lake City ⛅ 63 – 85° in St. George | 💧 20% chance I always love general conference weekend for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — especially this most recent one. I took the biggest lesson I learned from the April session and decided to mute most of my notifications and felt so peaceful. Something that stood out to me this weekend was the importance of cultivating good mental and spiritual habits which happens day by day, not overnight. I recently wrote a post about mental health on my blog, and a friend in Malaysia then picked it up on his blog and elaborated on a passage I cited from Proverbs 23:7. He quoted James Allen from “As a man Thinketh” saying: “That circumstances grow out of thought every man knows who has any length of time practiced self-control and self-purification, for he will have noticed the alteration in his circumstance has been in exact ratio with his altered mental condition.” Also on our minds: Women have to get creative about childcare, the Salt Lake Rotary keeps on keeping on and President Russell M. Nelson announces 1️⃣8️⃣ new temples. |
| Daryl Davis—‘How can someone hate me, if they don’t even know me?’ |
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| | If you know anything about Daryl Davis, you know there are two sides to him. He’s the: Classic R&B and blues musician. Guy hanging out with klansmen and at white supremacist rallies fighting racism. Last week, he spent time with young musicians in American Fork as a representative of Foundation Against Intolerance and Racism, or FAIR, which takes a “pro-human” approach to fighting racism and injustice. |
He gave an interview with Deseret News before the event. Read it here. |
| If you want to revisit some of the talks and highlights from conference (or if you just want to know what all of the excitement is about!), we have a page with talk summaries, photos and more right here. More general conference highlights: Kyle Whittingham had a unique message for some reporters after Saturday’s game: ‘Get to conference’ (Deseret News) President Nelson announces 18 new temples, including 4 near Mexico City, as conference closes (Deseret News) Latter-day Saints encouraged to find rest in an ‘often exhausting world’ (Deseret News) | FROM OUR SPONSOR CACHE VALLEY VISITORS BUREAU Fall-elujah! It’s Our Favorite Season in Logan Fall is magical in Logan. See our: outdoor North Logan Pumpkin Walk with colorful and magnificent displays of decorated pumpkins and gourds (Oct. 6-8, 10-11). American West Heritage Center Fall Harvest Festival that stars historic steam engine threshing and pony rides (Oct. 14-15). Downtown ghost tours that await your arrival this Halloween season in Historic Downtown Logan. Fall in love with fall: festivals, corn mazes, haunted tours, live shows, football and fun. | Culture: Meet the Jewish journalist who blends Latter-day Saint harmonies with Hebrew poetry (Deseret News) Ballet West creates welcoming space for all backgrounds, dancers say (KSL) Notre Dame restoration project is reported to be finished on the 5th anniversary of the fire (Deseret News) Family: Perspective: Women are having to get creative about child care. But what happens when they can’t? (Deseret News) Business and The Economy: Cox encourages Utahns to ‘be builders’ at Silicon Slopes Summit (Daily Herald) Perspective: High gas prices aren’t all about Ukraine (Deseret News) The Courts: Judge dismisses lawsuit from nearly 100 women claiming they were assaulted by Provo OB-GYN (KSL) Suspect arrested 7 years after allegedly murdering Utah mother of 3, fleeing country (FOX13) Swiss court finds in favor of Lindt and orders Lidl to destroy its chocolate bunnies (CNN) Faith: Latter-day Saint volunteers join efforts to clean up aftermath of Hurricane Ian (KSL) Wasatch Front: At Salt Lake Rotary, they may be fewer in number but nobody’s surrendering (Deseret News) The Nation: Collins says she ‘wouldn’t be surprised’ if a lawmaker is killed amid rise in threats (The Hill) Trending: Latest scandal shows that chess has a problem — and it isn’t Hans Niemann (Deseret News) Stampede after soccer match kills at least 127 people, injures 400 (Deseret News) Sports What No. 12 Utah’s opportunistic win over Oregon State means amid the early Pac-12 race (Deseret News) Zach Wilson led a comeback in his season debut. He also did the Griddy (Deseret News) |
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