Keywords

Jesus Christ, Church education, purpose

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Esplin: Thank you for your willingness to share your thoughts and insights with us. For some who may be unaware of your background, will you introduce yourself to our readers. Gilbert: I really feel like the Lord planted experiences in my life from my very earliest years that had a purpose in Him. I would not have known the significance of many of those experiences until just in the last decade. I grew up in a home where education, and Church education in particular, were highly valued. Both my parents graduated from BYU. Both my parents have law degrees. From my dad there was a love, an almost irrational exuberance, for BYU. My dad grew up in Provo. His father was the dean of Continuing Education. He was the student body president at Brigham Young High School (BY High) and at BYU. He served on the law school board. He was the alumni president. He loved BYU in ways that are just hard to describe. Those feelings were just planted in me as a child.