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My wife and I had lunch at downtown Provo’s India Palace with friends from Arizona.
Thereafter, Matt Roper, my longtime friend and former Maxwell Institute colleague, shared an interesting, well-illustrated presentation on swords in Mesoamerica and in the Book of Mormon — responding, mostly implicitly, to claims by critics that Pre-Columbian Mesoamericans had no swords. I consider this objection pretty completely neutralized now.
Wendy Ulrich delivered some extremely well-received remarks on women and priesthood. I liked them. (In part, they mirror thoughts that I’ve had for years but left unexpressed.) And the audience liked them, too; many gave her a standing ovation.
Jill Derr offered a candid look at the reestablishment of the Relief Society late in Brigham Young’s tenure as president of the Church — and, inevitably, at some of the controversy that surrounded the shutting down of the original Relief Society at Nauvoo.
Finally, Ally Isom made a heartfelt for civil, uncontentious dialogue, as befits disciples of Christ.
A satisfying day.
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