By Deacon Scott Dodge– Do what is good and avoid what is evil. This is morality in a nutshell. In a Christian tenor: love God with all your heart, might,…

By Gary Topping– (This article originally was published in the Intermountain Catholic on 10/9/2015 and is reprinted here to follow up on other articles published within the last week on…

By Jean Welch Hill– For the past two years, state, Salt Lake County and Salt Lake City leaders have been meeting to address homelessness in Utah over the long term. …

By Michael Patrick O’Brien– A Catholic, a Lutheran, a Methodist, a Presbyterian, and an Episcopalian, all sit down for a drink together. Sounds like the beginning of a corny joke,…

By Jean Welch Hill– As a 3rd Congressional District constituent, I am torn between the candidates.  Watching the Utah Debate Commission debate on television and listening to the A Better…

By Renee Morita (Guest Contributor)– (Editorial note: Mike O’Brien’s blog on 10/16/17 discussed his visit to Topaz with Renee. Renee has graciously agreed to share her family’s full story again,…

By Deacon Scott Dodge– Below are four basic points about prayer. Being a Christian means being a person who prays. In his book The Art of Praying, Romano Guardini averred…

By Gary Topping– During my long career as a historian, I’ve done a number of what we call “oral history” interviews, where I sat down with a participant in some…

By Michael Patrick O’Brien– Life is a repeating pattern of crucifixion and resurrection. A recent visit to Topaz, the ruins of Utah’s historic World War II internment camp for Japanese…

By Rick Knuth (guest contributor)– A few years ago, after the closing of a corporate merger deal I’d had a small role in, I attended a celebratory dinner and was…