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Show I J.IFF IfF ..in SECTION 0 9, 2008 SATURDAY. FEBRUARY EDITOR Doug Fox dfoxheraldextra.com 344-254- Free Kerr LaRae It's All Relatives " , J -- A :: ANCESTORS 7 MASTERED R If arriage has historically pi I II I been an economic al-- I V I liance: I'll provide the food, shelter, clothing and safety; you provide the magic that creates children and nurture them to adulth(K)d. When property is at stake, marriage becomes a polit ical alliance, too: If I marry you, I'll be richer and or more powerful than I was before. More recently, marriage for fulfillment has been ascendant: I'll support your dreams and goals as you support mine. According to romance novels and James Bond-tpe advent ures, physical attraction has been the most important catalyst of marriage or alliance. Yet always, spiritual, emotional and intellectual aspects of relationships result in the classic love between y partners. ! Of all these elements, what's most important to you? In other words, when (and if) you celebrate Valentine's Day this month, what will you actually be celebrating? The economic or lusty elements of love? The practical or romantic aspects of love? Believe it or not, ancestor histories can help you find out what kind of love is most important to you. AU you have to do is interview parents and grandparents about their courtships or read their histories. As I did this, I had one " after another. I found these fabulous sentences on page 3(i7 of "History of St. Clair County, Illinois," originally published 1881, reproduced by Unigraphic Inc. in 1975: "It is related that Absalom P. Free stole a girl, Patsey Belsher, from a camp of emigrants on their way to Missouri, and married her. They were married May 1st, 1818." Wow, how romantic. Or maybe, how desperate. My grandfather, Absalom's son, born when his father was 75, saw a young woman at a party in Pioche, Nev. Though 13 years her senior, he asked her to marry him. There was no courting, according to Grandma; he just came by every month or so to make sure she was still there until the wedding. How romantic. My dad walked into his class in sophomore Panaca, Nev., saw a young lady and said to himself, "That's the girl I'm going to marry." It took him 10 years to convince her, but it finally came about. How . romantic. On the maternal side, the father of that sophomore girt asked her mother to marry him, then gave her a choice. He asked her if she would rather have a diamond ring or a house. At that time, 1916, houses and rings cost about the same. She Coalition of the worshipful Utah Valley Ministerial Association wants people of faith to come together ' West is pastor at St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Provo and also president of the Utah Valley Ministerial Association. The UVMA, which has an history that goes back about three decades, is here to help. Part of its purpose is to help churches get together and get along. Linda Walton, who is a volunteer chaplain at Utah Valley State College and has been involved in the UVMA for more than a decade, said that the group isn't trying to blur religious lines. "We'll all have our separate beliefs," said Walton, Adven-tis- t who attends Provo Seventh-daChurch, "but we're going to work together and love each other." The UVMA would also like to help spiritually minded newcomers find the faith group they're looking for. Some local churches have a fairly high public profile, like Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temamong ple in Spanish Fork, Cody Clark DAILY If you worship HERALD w hen most people look at the religious landscape of Utah Valley, they see ... a tree. Or maybe it's a forest. What would be obvi ous to anyone is that there's only one of it. Isn't there? If you peer a little closer, then you'll find that not every steeple in Orem or Provo, Saratoga Springs or Spanish Fork, rises from a church building emblazoned with the cheerfully familiar "Visitors Welcome" slogan of The Church of Saints. It's not Jesus Christ of Latter-dajust a sea of aspens, arrowing upward, one white trunk after another. "This community is full of different groups for people who come here," said What: The Utah Valley Ministerial Association is an interfaith coalition that promotes understanding and cooperation among local denominations. The group works with charitable organizations and sponsors interfaith observances like its National Day of Prayer service. I On the Web: other things, for its festive celebrations of Hindu holy days. Others are harder to y y Rev. Kathleen West. "There's options. There's many, many options." high-scho- ; : find. 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