[dropcap]D[/dropcap]evin Thorpe is real. His largess exceeds all things. A giant of men.

That was a haiku.

Speaking of giants among men, renowned thinker, both spiritual and physical, Clayton Christensen, has passed away at age 67. Devin didn't always love some of Christensen's counsel, but his impact has been felt far and wide across peoples and industries.

So, there's going to be a Book of Mormon-focused statue park somewhere in the Salt Lake City area. This is outstanding, absolutely outstanding. It appears to embrace American exceptionalism at its finest.

Let's talk about LGBT and LGBT-adjacent issues. Brigham Young University has capitulated and will allow same-sex couples to complete in an upcoming national championship hosted by the university. Also in Utah, the state has formally banned conversion therapy after hemming and hawing for quite some time.

Hey! So great temple news this week. First off, the Durban South Africa Temple open house is brief, but underway. Next, crews working at the St. George Utah Temple, which is undergoing a long-term renovation, have removed a massive addition put on in the 1970s in one of the first major moves of the project. Lastly, we now have groundbreaking dates for temples in Richmond, Virginia; Layton, Utah; and the second temple in Metro Manila, Philippines.

Oh, and not lastly. Here are some cool photos of the Salt Lake Temple, which is also closed for its renovation.

"Come, Follow Me" is not a home run for everyone. First of all, last week, the Sisters discussed the racist printing error for which the Church apologized. Now, Ben Spackman has an excellent piece on inerrancy, or Latter-day Saints' refusal to acknowledge that anything put forth by the Church could have been done in error... even when an apostle is the one admitting the error. Well worth a read.

Now, Jana Riess, ever the polemicist, calls "Come, Follow Me" a "dumpster fire" before