On or about April 22, people around the world will celebrate Earth Day, affirming the importance of caring for the natural world in all its marvelous beauty and complexity, protecting the air we breathe and the water we drink. Latter-day Saints will be among those celebrants because we know that caring for the earth is more than a practical necessity; we recognize that stewardship for the earth is a sacred assignment.

The theme of this year’s forum and art show “Every Good Tree” is derived from Matthew 7:17, which says “every good tree bringeth forth good fruit”. We will be exploring our spiritual and cultural relationship with trees through art and the spoken word, especially as it pertains to Latter-day Saint theology and history. This event will be held in October in Utah with exact date and location TBA

Sometimes you just kind of fall into trying something and discover a whole niche you’d never heard of before. One thing led to another and now I’m a zipper slider expert!

What struck me most was that these animals weren’t untouched by difficulty; in fact, their lives were dictated by much more uncertainty than mine! Winter was approaching, and food was not guaranteed. They spent their days navigating through busy roads, rugged terrain, and unforgiving weather.

God knows all things–including every single one of his starlings. Starlings are small garden birds that can be found throughout the world. Like many other species of birds, starlings gather to keep warm, protect each other from predators and exchange important information. Yet, there is something entirely unique and phenomenal about the way starlings move.

The symposium marked twenty years since the publication of Stewardship and the Creation: LDS Perspectives on the Environment, published by the Religious Studies Center and edited by George Handley, Terry Ball, and Steve Peck. That collection of essays explored earth-stewardship themes in light of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ and was the first of its kind, helping catalyze a community of awareness around the doctrinal implications of earth stewardship.