Christianity

On the front page of the Salt Lake Tribune on Monday, November 12, 2018, was a headline:  LDS Church developer plans a major addition to SLC skyline.

City Creek Reserve, a real estate arm of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, has submitted preliminary plans for a sleek, curving and glass-clad skyscraper on the northeast corner of State Street and 100 South, just west of the Harmons grocery store and south of the church’s Social Hall Heritage Museum.

The new tower would also be directly across the street from City Creek Center, the upscale LDS Church-built open-air shopping and residential campus. The $1.5 billion mall, built during the Great Recession, opened to the public in 2012.

On the back of that page on A2 was another smaller headline: Bruno Mars donates 24K meals in Hawaii

Bruno Mars will mark the end of his massive “24K Magic World Tour” by providing meals to 24,000 Hawaii residents in need for the Thanksgiving holiday. The Hawaiian-born singer announced Sunday he has donated money for the food to the Salvation Army’s Hawaiian and Pacific Islands Division, which hosts an annual Thanksgiving meal program to help those in need.

I don’t know, it just struck me strangely.
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Letter Nov 15, 2018: Looking at Salt Lake City, where would Jesus rent?

So we learnt his week that City Creek Reserve, a real estate arm of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is planning a new 28-story office tower in downtown Salt Lake City. Today I read that “Housing advocates say Utah suffers from a lack of housing affordable at all income levels — whether apartments or single-family homes — but particularly for those making below-average wages. Officials with Salt Lake City, for example, say the area needs at least 7,500 rental units affordable to low-income renters making $20,000 yearly or less.” Meanwhile, our homeless population (many who are employed) grows literally in the shadows of City Creek developments. 

What would Jesus do?

Christine B. Helfrich, Millcreek