April 9, 2026

Conference Agenda – Thursday, August 3, 2023

2023 FAIR Conference Sponsor (1500 × 500 px) (2500 × 500 px)

8:00 am
Check in at Experience Event Center. Live Streaming page is active & tech support available.


8:55 am
Welcome by Scott Gordon, opening prayer.

9:00 am
President Brian Ashton

BYU-Pathway: Serving the Hidden Many

10:00 am
George Mitton

Joseph Smith and the Magical Contest

10:30 am
Neal Rappleye

Material Plates, Spiritual Vision: Martin Harris, Divine Materiality, and Seeing with “Spiritual Eyes”

11:00 am
Janiece Johnson

Convicting the Mormons: The Mountain Meadows Massacre in American Culture

12:00 pm
Lunch  

Catering by Green Hollow Catering: Box lunch – Chef Salad, Chicken Caesar salad or Chicken Fiesta Salad, roll, cookie

01:00 pm
LaJean Carruth

His Accuracy was not What it Ought: Comparing George D. Watt’s Original Shorthand Record to his Published Transcripts in the Journal of Discourses

02:00 pm
Jen Yorgason Thatcher

Fostering Resilient Faith In the Midst of Questions, Doubts, and Loved Ones Leaving

03:00 pm
Afternoon Break

03:15 pm
Michaelbrent Collings

Finding Light in the Darkness: The Necessity of Horror in the Gospel

04:15 pm
John W. Welch

The Seven Seals in the Apocalypse of John: Possible Cultural, Legal, and Imperial Contexts

05:15 pm
Closing. Conference adjourns until tomorrow morning.

 

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