The motto of Sunstone is “Faith Seeking Understanding.” But in the latest issue of the magazine, David Richardson questioned whether we follow our own motto when we decide what to publish.
A few issues ago Sunstone published an article by Margaret Toscano that takes a measurement of the progress the Church has made along feminist fronts. […]

We’ve put together a short, 10 minute video on the case for Sunstone — as told by J. Bonner Ritchie: retired BYU professor, active member of the LDS church, and avid Sunstone supporter.
We hope you enjoy! Please consider supporting Sunstone today — either by subscribing to the magazine, purchasing some MP3s or making a […]

This topic deserves a more prominent notice than our sideblog. TIME magazine just published an article that details a new book about the private correspondence of Mother Teresa over a period of 66 years. It is interesting to see the two different faces - the public, faithful, resolute Mother Teresa masking her private, doubting, deep […]

I enjoy listening to the This I Believe segment on National Public Radio. If you haven’t heard it before, you can see an archive here.
What strikes me about these essays is their positive nature, with the authors stating what they do believe. It seems that we, in this community, struggle sometimes to share our […]

Christ is Risen! Truly He is Risen!
-Traditional Pascha Greeting
Do you remember the first time it hit you that you are going to die? Maybe it was a sudden blow as a child, or maybe it didn’t really set in until you had your first child. I have not yet lost anyone close to me to […]

A family member and friend shared with me today the way her prayers and fasting were answered - literally overnight - through the healing of her son. Skeptical as I am, I still find such simple faith beautiful and intriguing. I’m not sure whether I believe it or not, though I lean toward not. I […]

A blog post about Levi Peterson’s recent autobiography over at The Cultural Hall reminded me that I had intended to post Peterson’s classic 1988 Sunstone symposium speech (and later Sunstone magazine article) “A Christian by Yearning” shortly after posting my own blog post on the subject. Peterson borrows the name of his 1988 address […]

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 […]

In a recent series of interviews with John Dehlin at Mormon Stories, Richard Bushman made some comments about Sunstone and the Sunstone Symposium that strike at a number of challenges those of us in this community face. I don’t want this post to overshadow the significance of the content of these interviews, as the comments […]

“SHAME ON THE LOS ANGELES TIMES!”-Clifton Jolley, 2006 SLC Sunstone Symposium
With his voice rising and falling like a street preacher possessed by the Holy Spirit, and in a talk that can only be characterized as a degree or two shy of “performance art,” Clifton Jolley may have stolen the show at the 2006 SLC Sunstone […]