Sunstone 50-year Time Capsule: Part XII
And now I’ll show you the Sunstone artifact that means most to me. About ten years ago, Karin Peter, who was a Seventy for the Community of Christ, had become... Read more.
Sunstone 50-year Time Capsule: Part XI
Meanwhile, Sunstone continued to advertise its own wares, including another Cal Grondahl book. And even some original drawings by the man himself. Sometimes we dragged... Read more.
Sunstone 50-year Time Capsule: Part X
Sunstone has been around for long enough that you can uncover various technological eras by going through our basement and attic. For example, this strange machine... Read more.
A History of Sunstone Cartoons—Part X
So, for our first 100 years, Mormons wanted all the ground to be stable. We might think of the Nauvoo Mormons draining the swamp so that they could have solid ground... Read more.
Sunstone 50-year Time Capsule: Part IX
One of the myriad of rabbit holes that tunneled through Sunstone’s ads led to this place in Salt Lake City. And, yes, it was every bit as trippy as it looks.... Read more.
A History of Sunstone Cartoons—Part IX
In 2015, Lynn Gorton Cropper published an article in Sunstone titled, “Laughs Precede the Miracle.” She starts with two studies. The first study, “Humor and... Read more.
Sunstone 50-year Time Capsule: Part VIII
Publishers wanted to get into the pocketbooks of Sunstone readers as well. Soon we started receiving ads from Bookcraft who hit our audience exactly with books by... Read more.
A History of Sunstone Cartoons—Part VIII
Then something happened. Thirty years after the Sunstone readers rejected the “First Temptation of Christ” comic, and 20 years after Ed Snow wrote his “10... Read more.
Sunstone 50-year Time Capsule: Part VII
Do you not feel guilty enough? Does the terror of hell not hang over you every hour? Do you not obsessively search your memory for past sins that could keep you... Read more.
A History of Sunstone Cartoons—Part VII
As I asked in the previous post, can we make an argument that there should be such a thing as “solid ground” in a culture—unjustified, but immovable... Read more.
Sunstone 50-year Time Capsule: Part VI
Sunstone’s first ad appeared in its first issue. And, of course, it was about Sunstone, advertising our second Mormon history calendar. A mere five dollars! We... Read more.
A History of Sunstone Cartoons—Part VI
So, with that, let’s get back to our original question: what can be the subject of humor and what can’t? It seems to me that a good term to use for that which... Read more.
Sunstone 50-year Time Capsule: Part V
Back in the dark ages when there was no such thing as online advertising, Sunstone had to advertise its event on real paper. Sooo clunky. But really pretty. For... Read more.
The Return
A few months ago, I started to realize how just long it had been since I first began on what we now call a faith journey. I started in college, which means that... Read more.
A History of Sunstone Cartoons—Part V
This brings us back to our question about whether Moroni’s head sticking out of a hat crosses onto sacred ground. I’m going to try to answer that by using a... Read more.
Sunstone 50-year Time Capsule: Part IV
Let’s take a quick break to make sure everyone reading this is living up to BYU standards. Please compare yourself to the righteous people pictured in this... Read more.
A History of Sunstone Cartoons—Part IV
Above the resurrected beings is deity. And this is one place where Sunstone readers made their views known. Sunstone reprinted this comic in 1989 from the Wittenberg... Read more.
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Don
I didn’t stay up the evening of the election. I decided that, whatever happened, I would be better prepared to deal with the results with a good night’s sleep.... Read more.
Sunstone 50-year Time Capsule: Part III
Some of the things I found in Sunstone’s various closets were these short-lived Mormon publications. Including the infamous Seventh Street Press (started... Read more.
A History of Sunstone Cartoons—Part III
So, the next step up is, do we publish humor about founding leaders? For example, this cartoon about why Martin Harris was Joseph’s scribe only briefly. This is... Read more.