Glenn Beck, Cleon Skousen, Amerigo Vespucci, & Me
America, in a word, means the possibility of Zion.... Read more.
Amerigo: Special Ticket Offer
President Obama thinks he knows. Glenn Beck thinks he knows. Both your neighbors (the NPR junkie and the NRA freak) think they know. But what is America, really?... Read more.
Stranger than Forgiveness
Sunday evening I attended a screening of the first part of Helen Whitney’s new documentary, Forgiveness: A Time to Love and a Time to Hate. I admit that it took... Read more.
How the Prayers Ran Dry
(Editor’s note: This award-winning essay by Emily Summerhays (along with a lot more great writing) will appear in the October issue of Sunstone. Subscribe... Read more.
When Virgins Collide
At age twenty-four, I, a female virgin, married a twenty-five-year-old male returned missionary, also a virgin, in the temple of the Lord.
While most modern, non-LDS... Read more.
Robots in Disguise
I watched The Merchant of Venice a few weeks ago, the one with Al Pacino (Shylock) and Jeremy Irons (Bassanio). It’s really an outstanding film. I just wish... Read more.
Dude, Where’s My Tribe?
Ever since I joined the Association for Mormon Letters email list the main author that has been held forth as a model for good Mormon writing is Chaim Potok. We... Read more.
To Infinity … or not
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... Read more.
Sideblog – Mormon Stories
Mormon Stories: Help Bring Mormon Stories Stories Out of Retirement... Read more.
Mormon Stories: An Unabashed Love Letter
Am I just slow on the uptake here? I went to Mormon Stories today and found to my surprise, that it had been retired. This is a great loss in my opinion. I really... Read more.
From Adam’s Rib to Male Lib
Recently on the email list for the Association for Mormon Letters the following was posted in response to some queries about if males could contribute poetry to... Read more.
Psychosocial Mormontorium
A few years ago I embarked on a year's worth of rage over an incident that would seem trivial to most people, My sister went to London for six weeks. When she... Read more.
Mormon Tabernacle Enquirer
Publishers Weekly: The new Sugar Beet book nationally praised.... Read more.
Word Storage
A Motley Vision: Don’t have food storage? Try word storage.... Read more.
A Baptism to Remember
McKye was excited to go to Utah. He was excited about the post-baptism party, complete with pizza, Doritos and a pi?ɬ±ata. He put on his white shirt, his Sunday... Read more.
An Ordinance Considered
Forgive me if this is too personal. I'm supposed to baptize my son on Saturday. Those bored people who have followed my brief career as a fabulously overpaid... Read more.
Lament of the Bridge
In the wake of the Sunstone Symposium an interesting conversation occurred on the Association for Mormon Letters email list.... Read more.
How The Sugar Beet Solved None of My Problems
I was going to present this paper at the Sugar Beet session at the Sunstone Symposium, but we were having a lot of fun and I didn’t want to offend whatever... Read more.