This essay was published in the Deseret News Jan 10,2014 It’s a complex equation for Utahns: practicing the principle of unconditional love on the one hand, and cherishing traditional conceptions of gender roles and family on the other. As Utahns…
Author: Erika Munson
The Sacred Experience of Knowing the Other
Remarks given at the Affirmation Conference September 14, 2013 I have been cheered lately every time I pass the Lutheran church in my neighborhood. On their marquee they have transposed the words from a familiar Christian children’s song to “Jesus…
No More Strangers Session, Sunstone Symposium 2013–Erika Munson
(This is part of a four part series including remarks made by four panelists at the Sunstone Symposium Session focusing on this blog–NoMoreStrangers.org) Remarks at No More Strangers Session Sunstone Symposium Salt Lake City, Utah August 2, 2013 The mission…
Remarks at Utah Pride Interfaith Service May 30th, 2013
A person of faith has many reasons to be angry. There is such a chasm between what we want and what there is. As we seek to live a life that is in harmony with a wise and loving God…
Remarks given at the premiere of the Family Acceptance Project film “Families Are Forever”, Weber State University, May 14, 2013
Those of us here tonight are the first circle of support for the Family Acceptance Project. This film is beautifully affirming of what we already know: that research tells us how to drastically lower the incidence of risky behaviors in…