Jun 8, 2021
Samuel Brown lives the life of a
physician-scientist whose life journey has brought him step by step
and new experience by new experience from rebellion, rationalism,
and atheism to a place where, as he says, "[that] we might make
sense of our thinking within a world charged by the presence of
God." He is not naturally social or comfortable with others but
through the decades has come to appreciate the importance of
community bonded through commitment to a shared path, open-hearted
sharing, and service, as well as the people themselves. But it is a
forty-year story that brings him to where he is now: "all in."
Sam shares this story in a new book of essays, Where the Soul
Hungers: One Doctor's Journey from Atheism to Faith, (Neal A
Maxwell Center and Deseret Book, 2021), which he discusses here
with LDF host Dan Wotherspoon. In it, they discuss
the arc of Sam's life, as well as many interesting takes he has
arrived at through his medical and also gospel studies (leaving
many more un-noted here but in the book). Among the things he
speaks on his why how we frame things is more important than the
questions we ask, if there is more to learn from the story of
Solomon's wisdom and judgment in the case of the contested baby,
from David and Goliath, from baking bread, from ritual and
empowering our senses to take us to wonderful views and
understanding.
Here we are celebrating a wonderful book and the journey of an even
more remarkable man. Join us!