A Heartbroken Hallelujah
Save me, O God; for the waters are come into my soul. I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.... Read more.
Fully Invested: Taking Stock in Utah County’s Dream Mine
By Kevin Cantera Introduction: The Community of Believers On 14 May 2007, a crowd assembled in the convention hall at the Veterans Memorial Building in Spanish Fork,... Read more.
Braving the Borderlands: Conducting a Self-assessment
Know thyself. —Greek Aphorism To thine own self be true, and be false to any man. —Shakespeare At the 2010 Salt Lake Sunstone Symposium (Session 124,... Read more.
The Fruits of Boredom
Matt Page is no slacker. He’s motivated. Instead of being just a “Good Samaritan,” he is striving to become a “Great Samaritan.” Whereas “most people... Read more.
Poem: March
By Mark Katrinak Winter will finally drift, die. Snow still upon the trees, the basement windows blurred by masks of white. Wind howls inside the mind. Without a... Read more.
Letters to the Editor: Issue 162
On Glenn In her letter to the editor (Sunstone 161, December 2011) about my article “Glenn Beck: Rough Stone Roaring” (Sunstone 159, June 2010), Kathryn Hemingway... Read more.
Update: Issue 162
Mormons: Friendly But Friendless The Mormon blogosphere is buzzing with the release of American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us. Co-written by political... Read more.
A View from the East
For some reason, I always seem to come in on the end of a trend, so I had never read anything by Deepak Chopra until his 2008 book, The Third Jesus. As a lifelong... Read more.
The Truth Inside
This time last year, I lost my lovely mother. While this event caused a very big door in my life to close, it also opened a window. I come from a very strong LDS... Read more.
Even if It is Chilly
When we think of “opening a window,” most of us think of viewing some aspect of the outside world we know little about. We glimpse what it is like to be an American... Read more.
A Mission—Really?!
This article features Tom Kimball who is in violation of our code of conduct. For more info on Tom Kimball and his history, click here for the January 14, 2023 statement.... Read more.
Sacred Sci-Fi: Orson Scott Card as Mormon Mythmaker
By Christopher C. Smith Almost every culture has traditional mythologies—usually stories set in a primordial time of gods and heroes. Although in popular discourse... Read more.
People: Issue 162
Resigning. JON HUNTSMAN, Jr., 50, after serving one year as U.S. ambassador to China. The son of billionaire businessman and philanthropist JON HUNTSMAN and grandson... Read more.
“Success” and the Body of Christ
By Bob Mesle The figure of the Crucified invalidates all thought which takes success for its standard. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Ethics These are the parts of... Read more.
Poem: In Memory
By Becky Kennedy The dark unwrapped itself, as around the hawk that brush-painted the sky when the trees were shaggy with dusk. It cycled down; its prey leapt... Read more.
The Prophet Claude: Fiction
By Jack Harrell Claude Winn was in the garage changing the oil on his motorcycle when he heard the message on the radio. Claude was a big man with a gray and black... Read more.
The Family Forum: Passing on the Shame
By Michael Farnworth We can be active in the Church, attend the temple, pay our tithing, read the scriptures, have Family Home Evening, pray, and teach our children... Read more.
Braving the Borderlands: Protecting and Strengthening Your Marriage
By D. Jeff Burton During the past month, I have exchanged emails with “Will” (not his real name), a professional with a young family, concerning his movement... Read more.
Borderlands: A Play–Part II
Continued from Part I SCENE SEVEN (BRIAN and PHYLLIS sit in the office, waiting.) PHYLLIS: I don’t know why we’re doing this. We don’t need you.... Read more.