By Matt Thurston on Mar 6, 2007 in Faith, Gratitude, Rotation, Spirituality, Sunstone, archive | 6 Comments
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 [...]
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 Rory on Feb 7, 2007 in Community, Faith, Rotation, Sunstone, Symposium | 16 Comments
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 [...]
By Matt Thurston on Feb 1, 2007 in Book of Mormon Historicity, Faith, Podcast, Rotation, Sunstone, SunstoneClassic Podcast, Symposium | 27 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 [...]
By Elise Eggett Johnson on Jan 27, 2007 in Faith, Rotation, Spirituality | 7 Comments
Faith Seeking Understanding.
That phrase encompasses a lot. According to Sunstone’s history, it includes the spiritual, intellectual, social, artistic, historical, contemporary, and pro-active passions that many of us have:
“Under the motto, “Faith Seeking Understanding,” we examine and express the rich spiritual, intellectual, social and artistic qualities of Mormon history and contemporary life. We encourage humanitarian service, [...]
By Elise Eggett Johnson on Jan 20, 2007 in Faith, Ordinances, Ritual, Rotation, Spirituality | 7 Comments
Our Orange County Mormon Studies Group got together on Wednesday and discussed our views and experiences about the sacrament. We talked a bit about doctrines and read 1 Corinthians 11:24-34. We also talked about the culture of the LDS sacrament. Kids who are so loud that their parents (and pew neighbors) miss the entire event; [...]
By Guest Contributor on Jan 3, 2007 in Faith, Rotation, Sunstone | 39 Comments
Readers are welcome to submit posts or ideas for posts to SunstoneBlog by sending an email to info@sunstoneblog.com.
The following post is submitted by one of the participants on this forum. “Questions” has been a lurker here for some time, and a reader and subscriber of the print magazine for many years. He/she prefers to [...]
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