praise to the man!

i currently work on the 20th floor, looking out at temple square and the conference center in salt lake city. thursday and friday there were public viewings for president gordon b hinckley, prophet and president of the church or jesus christ of latter-day saints, who passed away this week.


what makes this scene more impressive, is knowing that the line is even longer inside the building! i marvelled at the masses who came to wait for hours to pay their respects to the prophet of god. many of them young enough to remember no others.


as i rode the bus home, we passed the crowded block. lines all the way up the street and all over the plaza. people dressed in their sunday best, talking, smiling, and enjoying the wait, despite the cold. it made me think of what i often take for granted, working at church headquarters as i do. of all those who leave this world, famous and unknown, certainly few deserve this kind of attention. but this was the prophet of the living god!