Sunstone is sad to announce the passing of Paul Swenson. His gregarious heart and wry intelligence will be missed. Read more …
Joseph Geisner on conference talks that disappeared. Jen Smyers on why Latter-day Saints should be pushing for a humane immigration policy. Stephen McIntyre on how copyright has both helped and hindered Mormonism. Mathew N. Schmalz presents a Freudian interpretation of the Rameumptom. And much more.
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich lecture, “Stirring up LDS History”
Relief Society sisters now have a new resource—a compact history of the Relief Society called Daughters of My Kingdom. The new manual, which is to be used occasionally for first Sunday of the month lessons, is not only unusual for its focus on women but for its chronological organization. Most Church manuals are organized thematically, offering little scope for discussing change over time. Despite its uplifting narrative, this manual may require a new set of skills. As teachers of women’s history know, you can’t just “add women and stir.”
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This video is provided by the University of Utah’s J. Willard Marriott Library. Friends of the Library co-sponsored this event.
Read about Elder Poelman’s 1984 controversial general conference speech and its repercussions.
We’re busy constructing Sunstone’s awesome new website. Some content won’t be available for a week or so. Don’t worry; it’ll be worth the wait.
We carried diapers, wipes, snacks, and toys, and we did it in Kelty, Black Diamond, Trek, and North Face bikes, packs, bags, and jackets. This gear made it all OK. These names provided a manly place for our kids to fish out fruit chews and an abrasive shoulder on which to wipe their noses.
Ritual is important. I was foolish to forget that the act of ritual contains its own rules and that no person can control the results.
By Larry Menlove Larry Menlove’s work has appeared in Irreantum, Dialogue, Torrey House Press, and other venues. He writes from Utah and chases the shade from one tree to the next. He is trying to shake a novel out of the maple he’s currently under. The day it... Read More ››
By William S. Bradshaw “Do you believe in evolution?” In my experience, the chance for positive dialogue to take place among Church members following such a beginning is not very good. The problem is that the word evolution elicits such a wide range of reactions that the discussants are... Read More ››
By Sara Burlingame INTRODUCTION Following is a version of a presentation I gave at the 2010 Salt Lake Sunstone Symposium. Before I started, I called two women—Kynthia and Beth—to the podium and handed each a goblet filled with small squares of chocolate. Then I enjoined them to pass this... Read More ››
The Sunstone Education Foundation invites writers to enter its annual fiction contest, which is made possible by a grant from the Brookie and D. K. Brown family. All entries must relate to adult Latter-day Saint experience, theology, or worldview. All varieties of form are welcome. Stories, without author identification,... Read More ››
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