helemon
3rd January 2006, 11:08 PM
Very good article. He sounds like our kind of guy! Anyone know him personally?
http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_3366379#
As a youngster, the Utah native with a direct bloodline to Brigham Young was a quick study of the leadership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He noted that many were lawyers, including his maternal grandfather, Hugh B. Brown, a member of the church's First Presidency during President David O. McKay's years.
The young Firmage decided studying law would be his way of serving God.
Today, facing retirement after 39 years at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, he explains how his political and religious journey - from a sheltered upbringing in Utah County to a wider understanding of law and life - allows him to stroll through his home twirling a Tibetan prayer wheel, take Holy Communion at Salt Lake City's St. Mark Episcopal Church, and enjoy Mass at the Cathedral of the Madeleine, while still a Mormon high priest in good standing.
"It has been a long road but I no longer see strangers as the enemy," Firmage said.
Anyone who knows Firmage knows he has at times struggled in his faith.
http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_3366379#
As a youngster, the Utah native with a direct bloodline to Brigham Young was a quick study of the leadership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He noted that many were lawyers, including his maternal grandfather, Hugh B. Brown, a member of the church's First Presidency during President David O. McKay's years.
The young Firmage decided studying law would be his way of serving God.
Today, facing retirement after 39 years at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, he explains how his political and religious journey - from a sheltered upbringing in Utah County to a wider understanding of law and life - allows him to stroll through his home twirling a Tibetan prayer wheel, take Holy Communion at Salt Lake City's St. Mark Episcopal Church, and enjoy Mass at the Cathedral of the Madeleine, while still a Mormon high priest in good standing.
"It has been a long road but I no longer see strangers as the enemy," Firmage said.
Anyone who knows Firmage knows he has at times struggled in his faith.