Holiness in Lindon (Lindon, Utah 7.25.26)

One of my goals is to visit ten LDS temples each year that I haven't visited before.  On July 25, 2026, Dave and I attended an endowment session in the new Lindon Temple. 

Lindon is a town in Utah County 37 miles south of Salt Lake City.  It is also the hometown of our beloved daughter-in-law, Naomi Flindt.  Naomi says the Lindon Temple is practically in her parents' backyard.  It is a luxury for an LDS person to live near a temple.  Property values around a new temple typically increase immediately.  Dave and I live within 15 minutes of the Salt Lake Temple, but during its seven year renovation, we drive half an hour to the Bountiful Temple.  We try to attend the temple at least once or twice per month. Still, our 30 minute drive to the Bountiful Temple is nothing compared to the treks that many devout LDS people in Asia, Europe, or the South Pacific make to  attend a temple.  Some members save up for a lifetime to take their families to the nearest temple.

LDS temples come in all sizes.  The smallest is in Colonia Juarez, Mexico, at approximately 6,000 square feet, and the largest is the Salt Lake Temple, which will be 382,207 square feet after the remodeling is done in 2027.  The Lindon Temple is one of the larger temples in the Church, at 81,000 square feet.

The high point of a temple session is visiting the Celestial Room, a beautiful and peaceful space where it is easy to contemplate and pray.  The Celestial Room represents heaven, where we hope to reunite as families some day.  Meeting family members in the Celestial Room after a temple session helps us imagine what it will be like, some day, to reunite with our entire families, including those who have died before us.

Many of the new LDS temples have high ceilings and tall staircases, and they virtually all have stained glass with symbols unique to each temple.  The town of Linden is named after the linden tree.  Linden flower blossoms, buds, leaves, vines, and trunks are detailed within the carpets, carved woodwork, stained-glass windows, and decorative ceiling paint.  Butterflies and sheaves of wheat, reminiscent of Lindon's farming heritage, are also included in the decoration.

The baptismal font in the Lindon Temple is particularly beautiful.