By John Remy on Nov 27, 2006 in Rotation, Sunstone | 7 Comments
It’s Christmastime, when thoughts turn to trimming trees, singing carols, kissing under the mistletoe and syncretizing eclectic religious practices. The comparative religions scholar in me finds much to rejoice in the ancient solstice celebration we know and love as Christ’s Mass. I imagine the struggling, emerging Christian sect, competing against the popular Roman [...]
By John Remy on Oct 17, 2006 in Ordinances, Ritual, Rotation, Sunstone, Women's Issues | 30 Comments
Mormons have a abundant ritual life. Some observers of Mormonism say that it lacks a ritual richness outside of the temple (especially when compared to traditions like Catholicism or Islam), but I think that it does. In addition to the sacrament, there is the ritualistic recitation of testimonies on Sunday, closing each affirmation [...]
By John Remy on Sep 17, 2006 in Rotation, Sunstone, Women's Issues | 14 Comments
A friend of mine asked me if I could post the following question on my personal blog, but I decided that the question was interesting enough to pose to the SunstoneBlog community:
For men: How has the example of a Father of Heaven helped and guided you in (or to prepare for) your earthly role as [...]
By John Remy on Sep 4, 2006 in Dissent, Rotation, Sunstone, Symposium | 10 Comments
Arriving at my first symposium several years ago, I was pleasantly surprised to see people I admired wearing sleeveless dresses and carrying Starbucks cups (I did pass judgment that they were not patronizing one of the fine independent coffee shops in downtown SLC). It is clear that you don’t have to be a practicing [...]
By John Remy on Aug 27, 2006 in Sunstone | 12 Comments
One of the things that Sunstone has that your standard LDS ward doesn’t is the downloadable audio recording. Perhaps this is for the best (”Brother and Sister Payson, we’re sorry you missed High Council Sunday, but not to worry, we burned the talks to this CD here!”). So if you weren’t able to [...]
By John Remy on Jul 22, 2006 in Politics, Rotation, Sunstone | 25 Comments
Do you ever find yourself in situations where you have to explain Sunstone to a non-Mormon in ten words or less? I usually tell them, “It’s a conference for liberal, intellectual Mormons.” Invariably they respond with tired witticisms like the following:
“What, all twelve of you?”
“Isn’t that an oxymor[m]on?”
