The Woman’s Exponent supported women’s suffrage, but it didn’t seem to have a lot of faith in what women would do with it. For example, the 1 August 1872 issue explained why women would be unable to vote wisely. If women voted, it said, they should be able to “form a clear and irreprehensible judgment; …
A faith crisis is one of the most destabilizing things that can happen to an LDS marriage. Both partners feel betrayed. Feelings either erupt or are suppressed. In this episode, therapists Adam Fisher and Mary Fisher talk about the three most important things a couple can do to help each other.
What happens when spiritual ambition meets logistical failure? In this episode, we dig into the catastrophic 1856 Mormon handcart disaster, when Brigham Young’s promise of a faster, cheaper, holier way to Zion led to starvation, frostbite, and mass death. Stripping away pioneer kitsch and faith-promoting folklore, Lindsay and Bryan uncover the real story of financial …
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 have an original shrink-wrapped copy preserved behind bullet-proof glass in the Sunstone office. Issue two was ad-free. But issue three really got going with four ads. The first one …
Vonda Mae has held just about every calling in her ward—for about two weeks. That’s how long it takes her to find a way to instill her feminism into it. In this episode, Lynn Matthews Anderson reports on Vonda Mae’s daring exploits.
Part VI of the Sunstone Classics series. Neal Chandler is a former editor of Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought and former director of the Creative Writing Program at Cleveland State University. This article is excerpted from a Sunstone article published in 2004. It starts on page 42 of issue 135. As a new missionary, …
In my previous post, we discussed how people who favor intuition over analytic reasoning are more likely to engage in conspiracy thinking, and how Mormon culture similarly favors intuition as the fundamental method of discerning truth—with analytic reason playing a supporting role. In this post, we will examine the availability heuristic. The more frequently and/or …
He was the Church’s most unlikely general authority. A coffee habit, an oft-shot-off mouth, and–according to this great-grandnephew–a deep spirituality. This episode includes some of J. Golden Kimball’s funniest stories and reflections by James N. Kimball on the man behind the myth.
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 cannot be the subject of humor is “solid ground.” But when I say solid ground, I don’t mean “the parts of a …
On a recent trip to Peru for the Liahona Children’s Foundation, I was asked to address the Peruvian Congress on the subject of children’s malnutrition. Although I don’t speak Spanish, my colleague from the Foundation, Alberto Puertas, is Peruvian and beautifully bilingual, and so the members of the Congress heard my message in their language. …
