By Elise Eggett Johnson on May 12, 2007 in Gratitude, Rotation, Spirituality, Women's Issues, parenting | 5 Comments
The greatest gift my mother gave me as a child was the nurturing of my natural curiosity. I feel a twinge of sadness when I see busy mothers respond to a child’s question of “why” with a quick “just because” or something equally as trite. Even as a child who probably used the word “why” [...]
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 [...]