An open forum examining the rich spiritual, intellectual, social and artistic qualities of Mormon history and contemporary life.
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, [...]
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; [...]
While serving a mission in Peru a couple of years before its first stakes were formed, my companions and I routinely requested of our baptismal candidates that they remove Catholic images from their homes. In doing this, we believed we were following a mission directive. I can’t now remember ever hearing such a directive delivered [...]
This past Sunday, throughout the world, Saints stood before their congregations and professed their belief in the doctrines of the restoration, expressed their gratitude for individual blessings, and occasionally slipped in off-the-wall statements about Aunt Claire’s diverticulitis, a recent trip to Dollywood, and heaven knows what else.
The language used to express these personal testimonies is [...]
Buzz Lightyear and I started very much the same. We rocketed into this world convinced that we were fantastic beings with a vital mission to accomplish. Star Command had sent us specially because we were best equipped to deal with the evil threatening the galaxy. We were chosen.
Living the life of a space ranger was [...]
My mom once told me I was cursed with a “Hamlet Complex.” She said this in response to a long since forgotten decision I was struggling with, and she meant, I think, that I had a tendency to overanalyze things, sometimes to the point of inaction. While I’ve never contemplated anything as weighty as “to [...]
At the end of one of Woody Allen’s three greatest films, Manhattan, Issac Davis (Allen) is lying on a couch in his apartment, mired in a typical Woody-esque existential crisis. In an attempt at self-therapy, Issac picks up a hand-held tape recorder and dictates his list of things that make life worth living:
Why is life [...]
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