By Matt Thurston on Jul 15, 2008 in Community, Environment, Featured, Homosexuality, Marriage, Socialization, gay | 200 Comments
Somewhere in the roiling sea of the Gay Marriage Debate – where the determined, but overmatched boats of Prophetic Proclamation, Scientific Speculation, Political Posture, and Bleeding-heart Babbling bob and weave, toss and turn – stand two immovable pillars. Like towering lighthouses, they patiently endure the pounding sea, barely taking notice of the pitching and tossing [...]
By Elise Eggett Johnson on Feb 10, 2007 in Doctrinal Speculations, Environment, Faith, Rotation, Sunstone | 6 Comments
In the current issue of Sunstone, Jody England Hansen describes faith as “…knowing that anything is possible in life. And that what I do makes a difference.” She describes the first condition for creating this kind of faith as choice. She had a powerful learning experience when a leader pointed out that there are three [...]
By Stephen Carter on Apr 7, 2006 in Environment, Rotation, Sunstone | 17 Comments
Reading H. Parker Blount’s essay in the latest Sunstone, “The God of Nature Suffers,” dug up a question that has haunted me for years. Namely, what is it I really want from life?
In his essay, Blount takes apart our Western, capitalist culture and argues that the Mormon Church, though possessing a doctrinal foundation for environmental [...]
