Finding Jesus in the Labyrinth
By Robert A. Rees On 3 April 2016, my wife Maya and I celebrated Easter at Trinity Episcopal Church in Santa Barbara, California. It was a lovely, moving choral... Read more.
Into the River
by Larry Menlove Elder Bicknell and Elder Vanguard looked down at the hard-pack road. The old woman’s legs—thin, white, and spider-veined—stuck out from under... Read more.
Becoming the Beloved of the Lord: Maturing Through the Stages of Spiritual Growth
By Philip G. McLemore Several years ago I developed a model of five stages of spiritual growth and maturation based on personal experiences that had unfolded during... Read more.
The Pattern: “Fill Up the World” and “Let Every Man Live”
By David R. Hall More than seven billion human beings currently live on our planet in a wide variety of circumstances, with extremes of wealth and poverty and—in... Read more.
Experiences of a Missionary Borderlander
By D. Jeff Burton I exchanged the following edited emails with Jeremy Jones (all names and details have been changed), a young man who is currently serving a mission... Read more.
The Madness of Faith
By Emily Belanger I was barely in Kindergarten when my father went crazy. Certain he had assassinated Bobby Kennedy and was being trailed by helicopters only he... Read more.
E191: How to Spot an Unorthodox BYU Professor.
Clark Gilbert is tightening the orthodoxy clamps at BYU, just like Ernest Wilkinson did in the 1950s and 60s. Is this the best way to make BYU students into lifelong... Read more.
UK
Sunstone's UK Community Sunstone is a nonprofit dedicated to hosting open forums of Latter-day Saint thought, art, and experience. We're one of the only places where... Read more.
E190: Camping at the Edge of Excommunication.
Sterling M. McMurrin had only been a seminary teacher for two years before the president of the Church, Heber J. Grant, wanted to fire him. And he camped at the... Read more.
E189: Three Kinds of Believers.
Much is made in the LDS Church about how David Whitmer, one of the Three Witnesses of the Book of Mormon, never recanted his testimony, even though he left the Church.... Read more.
E188: “Heretic” and the War Within Mormonism.
In the movie “Heretic,” Mr. Reed is the logical conclusion of many parts of Mormonism. And they threaten to destroy Mormonism’s best parts. Join... Read more.
E187: Four Looks at My Father.
What happens when you grow apart politically from a parent? In this episode, Bryan Waterman looks back over the years he spent with his father—both at home and... Read more.
E186: The Folklore of Mormon Missionaries.
William A. Wilson and John B. Harris spent years gathering missionary folklore—everything from greenie initiation stories to encounters with the Devil. Whether... Read more.
E185: Can You Avoid Organizational Abuse in the Church?
People need organizations to help us fulfill our potential. However, organizations are never entirely safe. In this episode, J. Bonner Ritchie explores how the LDS... Read more.
E184: The Afterlife: A Celestial Six-pack or a Ten-mile Gut?
Stephen Carter takes you on a tour of various afterlife theologies—from Ancient Greek to LDS to New Age—to see if he can believe in one.... Read more.
E183: Could Feminism Have Saved the Nephites?
What should we make of the astonishing lack of females in the Book of Mormon? Carol Lynn Pearson says that it points to a lesson the Nephites never learned—one... Read more.
E182: The Search for God in Intentional Community.
In 1972, Marylee Mitcham started a quasi-monastic Catholic community, where she lived for ten years. Later, when she joined the LDS Church, she learned that one... Read more.
E181: Hugh Nibley: The Man and the Legend.
LDS scholar Hugh Nibley became a legend in his own time. But how many of the legends were real and how many were fantasies? In this episode, Boyd Petersen digs into... Read more.
E179: Why Korihor Needed a Good Physical Therapist.
Is the story of Korihor the story of a missed opportunity? In the Book of Mormon, an anti-Christ named Korhior is struck dumb by Alma using the power of God. Could... Read more.
E177: How Caffeine Survived the Word of Wisdom.
A Mormon can’t get a temple recommend if they drink coffee or black tea, but they can get one if they consume energy drinks that have five times as much caffeine... Read more.