http://lukeford.net/blog/?p=3486 On the plane back to Los Angeles, I recap my weekend with Marc Gafni in Salt Lake City and Torrey Utah. We spent about eight hours on the road exchanging Torah and singing duets.

http://lukeford.net/blog/?p=3486 I sing songs with Marc Gafni. We're 30 miles out from Salt Lake City. We're teaching Torah and eating up the miles. No video, only audio for first half of this. Silence of presence vs. silence of absence.

http://lukeford.net/blog/?p=3486 Thunderstorms threaten. Where's BYU? We're closing in on civilization after a weekend in the desert with Rabbi Marc Gafni.

http://lukeford.net/blog/?p=3486 Lightning flashes. Rain pelts down. Marc Gafni drives I15 back to Salt Lake City under threatening skies after our weekend in Torrey, Utah. We talk about addiction, it's a vast industry in Utah and Arizona. Everything's a disease these days rather than a failure of moral will.

http://lukeford.net/blog/?p=3486 I had two years of psycho-therapy. Through therapy I realized that given who I was, I couldn't have acted but as I did in the past. Some friendships can't be reclaimed but I can form new and better ones. My life overflows with possibilities.

http://lukeford.net/blog/?p=3486 In Capitol Reef National Park, Luke and Marc discuss "The Future of Reputation: Gossip, Rumor, and Privacy on the Internet" -- a new book by Law Professor Daniel Solove. What can you do when people slander you? Should you act like a helpless victim?

http://lukeford.net/blog/?p=3486 In Capitol Reef National Park, Luke and Marc discuss "The Future of Reputation: Gossip, Rumor, and Privacy on the Internet" -- a new book by Law Professor Daniel Solove. What can you do when people slander you?

http://lukeford.net/blog/?p=3486 If somebody is mad at you, how do you calm them down? How do you turn the situation around? How do you defuse a ticking time bomb? What lessons can be learned? Own your past. Live in truth.

http://lukeford.net/blog/?p=3486 Don't be passive. Don't let others slander you! Silence implies consent, says the Talmud. Reach out to people who criticize you unfairly and inaccurately. Take them to lunch. Be real nice.

http://lukeford.net/blog/?p=3486 In Capitol Reef National Park, Luke and Marc discuss "The Future of Reputation: Gossip, Rumor, and Privacy on the Internet" -- a new book by Law Professor Daniel Solove.

http://lukeford.net/blog/?p=3486 In Capitol Reef National Park, Luke and Marc discuss "The Future of Reputation: Gossip, Rumor, and Privacy on the Internet" -- a new book by Law Professor Daniel Solove.

http://lukeford.net/blog/?p=3486 In Capitol Reef National Park, Luke and Marc discuss "The Future of Reputation: Gossip, Rumor, and Privacy on the Internet" -- a new book by Law Professor Daniel Solove.

http://lukeford.net/blog/?p=3486 Torrey is the gateway to Capitol Reef National Park. It's an artist's colony. I say a blessing over the beauty of God's creation. It's Sunday and Marc Gafni and I are heading for Salt Lake City.

http://lukeford.net/blog/?p=3486 Torrey is the gateway to Capitol Reef National Park. It's an artist's colony. We discuss the blessing for the wonders of creation. We discuss how changing your name can change your destiny.

http://lukeford.net/blog/?p=3486 Torrey is the gateway to Capitol Reef National Park. It's an artist's colony. There's a large rehab community around. Torrey is in Wayne County in the south central part of Utah eight miles from Capitol Reef National Park. The town was settled in the 1880 by Mormon pioneers.

http://lukeford.net/blog/?p=3486 Torrey is the gateway to Capitol Reef National Park. It's an artist's colony. There's a large rehab community around. Torrey is in Wayne County in the south central part of Utah eight miles from Capitol Reef National Park. The town was settled in the 1880 by Mormon pioneers.

http://lukeford.net/blog/?p=3486 Torrey is the gateway to Capitol Reef National Park. It's an artist's colony. There's a large rehab community around. Torrey is in Wayne County in the south central part of Utah eight miles from Capitol Reef National Park. The town was settled in the 1880 by Mormon pioneers.

http://lukeford.net/blog/?p=3486 In Christianity, sinners who come to Christ get celebrated. The bigger the sinner, the bigger the celebration. 'I was a hooker and I smoked crack and I murdered three people but now I've found Jesus...'

http://lukeford.net/blog/?p=3486 How can one spend three years studying kosher kitchens? I'm not able to study things I can't excited about. Where's the inspiration in studying the minute legal matters of the Talmud? God is in the details.

http://lukeford.net/blog/?p=3486 David Klinghoffer says the Biblical perspective on sickness is that you should examine your character to see where you have gone wrong. The Bible always portrays doctors negatively.