Tired Road Warrior

Several years ago, I was required to attend a 3-day Stephen R. Covey workshop (taught by one of his minions). It was a followup to his highly successful 7-Habits workshop. At the time, Stephen had just been named by Time as one of the world’s 50 most influential people and was a local celebrity. The training was boring; it consisted of an occasional 2-and-1/2 minute talk on videotape by the master, followed by sessions which were about as deep as my grandkids’ wading pool. One thing that did catch my eye was an illustration. It consisted of an arrow with a large body. Inside the large arrow were several small arrows. They were all pointing in the same exact direction (to the right). This illustrated how a well-oiled organization should operate.

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The Mormon Church heirarchy has frequently had a dilemma with history. Should it be faith promoting or accurate? Or can it be both? This year the “Ensign” has published two potentially interesting articles on historical subjects: one good and one not so good. I commend the Church for the former.

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Wednesday night (August 7) and Thursday was movie day for me at the Salt Lake City gathering of the Sunstone Symposium. This 24-hour period included presentations involving: (1) background information on the television documentary The Mormons; (2) a revisiting of the movie/documentary New York Doll; and (3) a pre-screening and discussion of Richard Dutcher’s latest film Falling. Each was very informative, and occasionally gut wrenching. Each demonstrates the power that film can have in spurring discussion. And, as with all Sunstone activities, each had its share of weird.

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