Jack Welch to Give Talk About Parable of the Good Samaritan

The entire community is invited to hear John W. (Jack) Welch speak on New Year’s Day, Sunday, Jan. 1, at 6 p.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830 Foothill Blvd., La Cañada Flintridge.

Welch will discuss the parable of the Good Samaritan. The savior explained to his disciples that there are different levels of understanding of his parables depending on their degree of spirituality. The hidden meaning of the sower and of the wheat and the tares, but what about the Good Samaritan? People understand about rendering service to one another in times of distress and to serve spontaneously as benevolent volunteers. This evening all are invited to start the new year by seeing and hearing how early Christians looked upon this story. The special meaning was told and retold in the stained glass windows of medieval churches. Were there deeper insights then and how may we perceive this fuller meaning in our day?

Welch grew up in La Cañada Flintridge where his parents still reside. Later, while living in Glendale, he practiced law in the tax area at the O’Melveny and Myers Firm, Los Angeles.

He is the Robert K. Thomas Professor of Law at the J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University, Utah. He has taught tax, business, and legal history since 1980. Since 1991 he has served as the editor-in-chief of BYU studies , the foremost Latter-day Saint scholarly journal.

He completed his undergraduate work at Brigham Young University with degrees in history and classical languages. He studied Greek and philosophy at Oxford University for two years as a Woodrow Wilson Fellow. Welch earned his law degree at Duke University, where he served as an editor of the Duke Law Journal.

For more information, call Charles Broberg at 790-7181.Jack Welch20051229is6dffnc(LA)