Category: Podcast

Why Mormons Should Celebrate Holy Week »

The week between Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem and his triumphant resurrection from the dead is the most significant week in human history. Beginning with the early church, Christians celebrated the events of this week and for two millenia they have been the focus of annual celebrations of what has been called the Passion of […]

 
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“Shame on the Los Angeles Times!” »

“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 […]

Sunstone Podcast #13—Don Bradley: The Grand Fundamental Principles of Mormonism: Joseph Smith’s Unfinished Reformation »

If you’ve thought there was nothing new to discuss about the connections between Masonic influences on early Mormon history and theological development, you haven’t yet read Don Bradley’s article “The Grand Fundamental Principles of Mormonism: Joseph Smith’s Unfinished Reformation” in the April 2006 Sunstone. But even more than the new understandings about Mormonism and Masonry, […]

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SunstonePodcast #012–John Gustav-Wrathall: A Gay Mormon’s Testimony »

This podcast is an interview with John Gustav-Wrathall, author of a recent essay in Sunstone magazine titled “A Gay Mormon’s Testimony” that describes his journey out of Mormonism and then back again. He asks and gives wonderful, compassionate answers to the question of why God would lead him to leave the LDS Church and then, […]

 
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SunstonePodcast #011–Irreconcilable Differences: Emily Pearson Tells Her Story »

We’re excited to announce the posting of a new SunstonePodcast! In it, Emily Pearson, daughter of Gerald and Carol Lynn Pearson, reflects on the ways her life has been affected by growing up as the daughter of a gay man and then, years later, marrying one. Many SunstonePodcast listeners may know that former husband: […]

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SunstonePodcast #010–Mormon Mantras: A Journey of Spiritual Transformation »

In this podcast, Sunstone editor Dan Wotherspoon interviews Phil McLemore, author of the cover article of the April 2006 issue, “Mormon Mantras: A Journey of Spiritual Transformation.” In it, Phil speaks about his experiences as a Mormon convert turned Church Education System employee turned Air Force chaplain who, after thirty years of struggle to attain […]

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SunstoneClassic Podcasts #005 & #006–Carol Lynn Pearson’s Story, and the Book of Mormon as an “Anti-Masonic Bible” »

We proudly announce the release of 2 new (old) Sunstone Classic Podcasts:

SunstoneClassic 005: Carol Lynn Pearson–Personal Recollections of Marriage, Life, Love and Death: In this Sunstone Classic episode, Carol Lynn Pearson (LDS poet and author) discusses her journey with her husband, Gerald, as he struggled with homosexuality, AIDS, and ultimately death. This presentation was first […]

 
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SunstonePodcast #009–Tracking the Sincere Believer: “Authentic” Religion and the Enduring Legacy of Joseph Smith Jr. »

In this edition of SunstonePodcast, Sunstone magazine editor Dan Wotherspoon interviews Professor Laurie Maffly-Kipp, author of the article, “Tracking the Sincere Believer: ‘Authentic’ Religion and the Enduring Legacy of Joseph Smith Jr.,” in the December 2005 issue of Sunstone and available here.
Maffly-Kipp discusses the obsession with Joseph Smith’s “sincerity” as the lens for looking at […]

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SunstonePodcast #007: Cool Mormons Everyone Should Know — Jana Riess »

In this edition of SunstonePodcast, Dan Wotherspoon interviews Jana Riess, religion book editor for Publisher’s Weekly, co-author (with Christopher Bigelow) of Mormonism for Dummies, and author of five other books including The Book of Mormon: Selections Annotated and Explained (Skylight Paths, 2005), and What Would Buffy Do? The Vampire Slayer as Spiritual Guide (Jossey-Bass, 2003). […]

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SunstonePodcast #006: “Confessions of a Mormon Boy” Arrives Off-Broadway »

Actor, playwright, and stand-up comedian Steven Fales debuted his one-man play, “Confessions of a Mormon Boy,” as a reading at the 2001 Salt Lake Sunstone Symposium. In this play, Fales tells the captivating story of his failed attempt to overcome his “same-sex attraction” through “reparative therapy,” which resulted in his divorce and excommunication from the […]

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