By Margaret Toscano Or download the audio file here: Heavenly Motherhood: Silences, Disturbances, and Consolations It was many years after I embraced feminism in the 1970s before I felt drawn to the Heavenly Mother, before I felt any emotional connection to even the idea of her. Priesthood first stirred my desire, a desire …
Category: Mormon Thought
A Testimony Birthed of Pain and Hope
By Rachel Mabey Whipple Just past the seven-month mark of my first pregnancy, I was diagnosed with pregnancy-induced hypertension and put on bed rest—lying only on my side. Clint, my husband, was doing lab research to finish his undergraduate degree, earning a paycheck as a short-order cook, and traveling to interview at different graduate schools. …
Toward a Feminist Mormon Midrash: Mormon Women and the Imaginative Reading of Scripture
By Robert A. Rees In the Jewish mind, . . . reverence for God’s word requires more creative attention. It requires an active, imaginative engagement with language. This is what imaginative reading ultimately requires: a willingness to step completely out of the boat and dive into the waters with a God who has declared …
Choice and Accountability
By Dana Haight Cattani Children are an heritage of the Lord . . . Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them. —Psalms 127:3, 5 My friend Leah1 recently turned 30 and a few weeks later gave birth to her fourth child—an unexpected bundle of joy. Her eldest is six. The children …
The One Who Never Left Us
By Janice Allred To what shall we attribute the silence surrounding the Mother in Heaven? Is it the silence of holiness? Is it the silence of fear? Are we awed by the weight of eternity, or do we take sacred things lightly? Do we listen for revelation, or do we disregard it? Can the silence …
Your Old Women Shall Dream Dreams
By Sara Burlingame INTRODUCTION Following is a version of a presentation I gave at the 2010 Salt Lake Sunstone Symposium. Before I started, I called two women—Kynthia and Beth—to the podium and handed each a goblet filled with small squares of chocolate. Then I enjoined them to pass this “sacrament.” As they made their way …
Thought provoking review of the Book of Mormon musical
Glen Nelson of the Mormon Artists Group just posted his thoughts about the Book of Mormon musical. Thought Sunstoners would enjoy reading it. Elders on Broadway: My Thoughts About The Book of Mormon, the Musical
Sunstone West video clips from closing plenary session
Sunstone is pleased to announce some additions to our YouTube channel from the closing plenary session at Sunstone West 2011, “Binding Up the Wounds: Healing Efforts Following California’s Vote on Proposition 8.” Due to the length of the session, we’ve created video segments for each speaker on the panel. Click on the links below to …
Panel Discussion on Mormons and Immigration 7 April @ UofU
Sunstone at the U is please to sponsor a panel discussion Thursday 7 April 2011. Choose the Right–But Which is Right? Mormons and Immigration Given that immigration was a significant topic during the last legislative session and continues to be a pressing social issue in Utah, Sunstone at the U is sponsoring this panel discussion …
Sunstone plays supporting role in Big Love
Sunstone was part of a story arc in the episode of Big Love that aired Sunday 23 January 2011. It’s the second episode in the fifth and final season of the series. Sunstone friend and Symposium presenter Kevin Barney blogged about the episode at By Common Consent. Read his synopsis and comment here. While some …