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July 2008 Bob McCue will be the keynote speaker at the annual conference to be held October 10-12 in Los Angeles. Bob is a post-Mormon of pioneer stock on both sides of his family. He is a tax attorney, practicing as a partner with one of Canada's national law firms. He holds a BA in Russian with a religious studies minor, as well as MBA and LLB degrees. He and his wife Juli have seven children and two grandchildren. Until about six years ago, Bob was a faithful Mormon, having served the LDS community in many capacities, including a five-year stint as bishop from ages 31 through 36. Almost exactly six years ago, Bob’s religious perspective went through a profound change as a result of beginning to study Mormonism as scholars see it instead of as it is taught by Mormon leaders. He resigned his Mormon membership shortly thereafter and has spent the last six years reinventing himself. “The path I have chosen is mostly scientific or naturalistic,” says Bob, “and works for me. Others ways no doubt better suit other people. The more we hear the most authentic voices, the more likely we are to recognize our own authenticity as it emerges.” Likely because of his background as a professional researcher and writer and his somewhat obsessive personally, Bob's mode of exploring his new world was largely analytical. This resulted in his doing a large amount of writing, some of which has ended up on various websites, including his personal website. His reading and writing gradually evolved away from Mormon topics and toward social psychology and neurology. He came to understand what he was doing largely in terms of re-wiring his brain – a biological process that takes a lot of time and effort instead of being a simple decision. Bob believes that we are much more, and have much more potential, than we can now dream. Becoming able to understand what we are, and not fear ourselves, is perhaps our greatest challenge. “We are, literally, making this up as we go,” says Bob, “including how it will all hang together so that future human generations will enjoy more opportunity than we have. This has been called the path from ‘Thou Shalt’ to ‘I will.’” Says Bob: “Finding authenticity is not an event, but a life-long process of emerging from ourselves as the music around and within us changes, and we continue to seek resonance. Far from discouraging, this realization brings with it the realistic hope that we will many times experience the miracle of rebirth. This process is terrifying at times, and it is exhilarating.”
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