933: GT Trips #1 - Gilgal Garden (Joseph Smith Sphinx)

This is a new series called Gospel Tangents Trips! We'll visit a strange garden in Salt Lake City with Clair Barrus and learn more about a bishop in Salt Lake City that built a stone monument that includes a Joseph Smith Sphinx! Why did he build it? Why not? Join with Rick and Clair as we learn more about this unusual park in Salt Lake City.
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CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
2:42 #1 Gilgal Sculpture Garden
4:34 #2 Lord of the Host
9:29 #3 The Altar
14:27 #4 Joseph Smith Sphinx
16:43 #5 Monument to the Trade
19:37 #6 Monument to Priesthood
22:12 #7 Monument to Peace
22:58 #8 Last Chapter of Ecclesiastes
23:51 #9 Elijah's Cave
24:34 #10 King Nebuchadnezzar's Dream
25:58 #11 Testimony of Job
27:32 #12 Malachi
30:11 #13 The Eagles
30:42 #14 Bertha Child Memorial
32:15 Construction Photos
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[@ashcrafty]

We visited Gilgal during the pandemic. Our family loved it. One of our favorite adventures.

[@bopaintsminis]

Gilgal Gardens is one of Salt Lake's hidden gems. Always a fum visit.

[@GospelTangents]

Definitely a hidden gem!

[@bopaintsminis]

If Indiana Jones taught me anything, it's that in latin "Jehova" starts with an "i."

[@GospelTangents]

Yes, that's what I was thinking!