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This is John Delin, and thank you again for tuning in to Mormon Stories.

A few weeks ago, a very close friend of mine named Russell mailed me a CD full of his favorite

Sunstone Symposium MP3s.

While several of them struck me as profound, one presentation in particular was groundbreaking,

and almost breathtaking to me.

It was a presentation delivered in a 1992 Pillars of My Faith Session by J. Bonner Ritchie,

a former BYU professor of organizational behavior.

Brother Ritchie obtained his PhD from UC Berkeley and served for many years both in the church

and on the Sunstone Board of Directors, where he continues serving to this day.

As an expert in both organizations and conflict resolution, Brother Ritchie even served as

a mediator between the Palestinians and the Israelis during the 1970s, including at

least one meeting and perhaps several, with Yasser Arafat himself.

In this presentation, Brother Ritchie thoughtfully discusses the nature of both organizations

and individuals, and how there must needs be a natural and even healthy tension between

the two.

He discusses the importance of paradox in a mature and faithful worldview, and provides invaluable

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