Pleasant conversation about a very important topic

In company with at least two journalists, a group of LDS-focused bloggers from various points along the Mormon ideological spectrum met this morning up at the corporate headquarters of Deseret Book Company to talk about Patrick Q. Mason’s new book, Planted: Belief and Belonging in an Age of Doubt.

I was at a bit of a disadvantage because (a) I’m still struggling with some sort of everlasting respiratory infection and (b) the copy of the volume that I was supposed to have received from Deseret Book in advance of the discussion hadn’t ever arrived.  (It still hasn’t.)  They gave me a copy when I walked into the room, but I’m not quite fast enough of a reader to have finished it off by the time the conversation was underway.

So I was silent.  But I listened, and it was a good and very interesting discussion.  Friendly.  Substantive.

I won’t even try to list those who were involved, because I would inevitably omit some.  Nor will I discourse on the book right now.  I still haven’t read it.  (Though I soon will.)

In the meantime, here’s a helpful interview with Patrick Mason that will give some idea of his book, its topic, and his approach:

http://bycommonconsent.com/2016/01/09/planted-an-interview-with-patrick-mason/