6 SPRINGVILLE-HERALD Thursday, July 5, 2007 Interview: "The Political Teachings of Jesus" On mm f 1 Andrew Mecham, son of Chris and Rozlin Mecham of Springville, has returned home after serving a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Louisville, Kentucky. He will speak in church on Sunday in the Hobble Creet West Third Ward. , Seek to do good and you will find that happiness will run after you. - James Freeman Free-man Clarke Jeremy B. Dye, son of Greg and Laura Dye of Springville, has returned home after serving a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Belo Horfzonte, Brazil. He will speak in church on Sunday, July 8, 2007 in the 900 South church in Springville. He will resume his studies at BYU in the fall. Happy is the man who ventures boldly to defend what he holds dear. - Ovid Andrew Spencer Lish, son of Ronald and Laurie Lish of Springville, has been called to serve a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Des Moines, Iowa. He will speak in church on Sunday, July 8, 2007 at 11 a.m. in the Hobble Creek West Fourth Ward, 1440 E. 900 South, Springville. He will enter the MTC July 1 1 . Peace & Quiet Rediscover Rural Utah! We Specialize in South Utah County and Juab County Real Estate. i p O J Him fS0Bn ! iftiWiMi ijiii ii'irrllirrffiiiiiliifn'irtr-'-TiiiiiH iiiiniirifiiTiitr''i'iiiiiiiiiii)iiii'iirrrriTri'iiiiiliiiiiiilii,ii iftiiiTmilft'iliiii'WWiinriiiiiiiifiiiiiiitiiwiiiBl : 'j"' 'V' ' - vlJ V : ' ' i Brittany Anne Morris has returned home after serving a mission the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Hambilrg, Germany. She will speak in church on Sunday, July 8, 2007 at 9 a.m. in the Mapleton Fourth Ward, 31 W. Maple, and on Sunday, July 15, at 11 a.m. in the Hobble Creek Fourth Ward, 1965 E. Canyon Road, Springville. WE'LL STOP PROVIDING WOMEN WITH FULL HEALTH COVERAGE. '.v::K :;::::..:::::: ,o- ,-v : 9w3Pccfv mmmm i j. j If you're 50 or older, you most likely qualify for a free breast and cervical cancer screening. To find out, call 1-800-717-1811. ' 0 Utah f .Cancer Control if vi rrogram VlfliJili-' : -oi" Program of the Utah Department of Health and Utah i ioca eaA Departments NO EXCUSES GET SCREENED TODAY Dr. Paul Kengor Editor's Note: The "V&V Q&A" is an e-pub-lication from The Center for Vision & Values at Grove City College. Tod Lindberg. The executive director of The Center for Vision & Values, Dr. Paul Kengor, interviews author, research fellow at the Hoover Institution, and editor of the Hoover Institution's Policy ReviewTod Re-viewTod Lindberg. V&V: Tod Lindberg, your new book is titled, "The Political Teachings of Jesus," just released this week by HarperCollins. Most of your readers know you from your numerous columns in the Washington Times, your editorship of Policy Review, and generally gener-ally through your years as an astute political observer. observ-er. This book seems quite a departure for you. Why did you decide to write this book? Tod Lindberg: Because Jesus has something direct and important to say about how we ought to live in this world. V&V: What is your basic ba-sic argument? What's the main theme of the work? Lindberg: What you find in the political teach- I ' '' ' V"; ' it ' i s i ings of Jesus is a very carefully worked-out account ac-count of how people can build a society based on the principles of freedom and equality, one that is eyer looking to extend a hand to beckon others to join. What is startling to realize is that we live in such a world however incomplete in-complete and imperfect it may be. Its extension and improvement are our biggest big-gest political challenge. V&V: Literally the first words in your book are these: "The purpose of this book is to take Jesus seriously seri-ously as a political thinker." think-er." Have we not done that? If not, why not? Lindberg: Some have, but many have not, especially es-pecially those promoting the pernicious view that Christian life is somehow a threat to freedom. That is a calumny in urgent need of correction, in my view. V&V: You note that Jesus taught us not only about the hereafter but the here and now. Your book, it seems, is concerned with Jesus' guidelines for the here aind now, for earthly living, while acknowledging acknowledg-ing that there is, of course, an obviously strong relationship rela-tionship between the here and now and the hereafter. Please explain. Lindberg: To be blunt, Jesus didn't want us to just sit around waiting for the hereafter; he wanted us to get busy in the here-and- now with the task of building build-ing a society organized on the principle of the Golden Rule. He saw no reason in principle why such a society could not extend "brotherly" relations to neighbors in an increasingly increas-ingly expanding circle of brotherhood, including to former enemies. This, too, is a part of the Great Commission. Com-mission. V&V: If I may ask, how has this affected you in a personal-spiritual sense? That's not an area of exploration ex-ploration in your book. You leave that out. Lindberg: I didn't want to go there in the book because be-cause I think the political teachings of Jesus are for all people, regardless of where their spiritual journey jour-ney has taken them or how far it will take them. My book is, in the same sense, for everyone. V&V: You are well-known well-known as a political conservative, con-servative, but this book doesn't strike me as partisan parti-san either way. Will conservatives con-servatives be surprised by what you have to say, and ditto for liberals? Lindberg: I hope so, but not because conservatives will learn Jesus was a liberal lib-eral or because liberals will learn Jesus was a conservative. conserva-tive. If you think about the world of Jesus' time, with the Roman occupation, the court of Herod, the Temple elite, slavery, the subjection subjec-tion of women, the exposure expo-sure of unwanted infants, the banishment of the sick, commonplace violent struggle and the routine sense in which politics was a matter of life and death, and you think about Jesus standing up to say that the meek or gentle will inherit ' the earth, you get an idea of how dramatically different differ-ent his vision was. Local church news Zachary Richard Jensen, son of Richard and Maralee Jensen, has been called to serve a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Stockholm, Sweden. He will speak in church on Sunday, July 15, 2007 at 9 a.m. in the Mapleton 16th Ward, 1316 S. Main, Mapleton. He is the grandson of Lee and Mary Bate of Springville and Sam and Vedana Jensen of Sandy. His great-grandmothers are Marie Johnson of Springville and Eleanor Crowther of Sandy. Presbyterian Rev. Janet Riley will conduct con-duct services on Sunday, July 8, at the Springville Community Presbyterian Church. Her sermon will be "Restoring The Joy of Our Salvation," with bible reading from Galatians 6:1-16. 6:1-16. The church is located at 245 S. 200 East with services servic-es at 10:30 a.m., followed by Fellowship. For further information call 801-489- 4390. Unitarian The Utah Valley Unitarian Unitar-ian Universalist Fellowship will be meeting for a picnic pic-nic on Sunday, July 8, at 4 p.m., at Westmore Park, 1050 S. Main, in Orem. Please bring food for your family, plus a little extra to share. For more information,, contact 853-5600 or visit www.uvuu. Sprimg Acres Arts Park 620 S. 1350 E. 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