Recently I heard a speaker in church say, “You can count the seeds in an apple, but you can’t count the apples in a seed.” The remark got me thinking way beyond the intent of the truism (a bad habit of mine). The aphorism does say something nice about a person’s potential and how big …
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Jesus and Nietzsche on “Becoming a Child”
In this regular column, Michael Vinson, a master’s graduate of the Divinity School of the University of Cambridge and a frequent devotional speaker at Sunstone symposiums, delves into personal and scholarly aspects of scripture. At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? And …
In Defense of Polygamy — Well, Sort of…
I was very surprised. Sister Price was known not only for her dynamic, superbly organized Relief Society lessons, she was also a voice of authority in the ward. People rarely questioned her on points of doctrine or opposed her opinions. Sister Price meticulously prepared each lesson. Being a scriptorian and a Church history buff, she …
The Wedding Ring
On a summer evening in 2001, I got on one knee in a park near my parents’ home and asked a wonderful woman if she would marry me. She said yes, and in that moment, we were engaged. She intended to marry me, and I intended to marry her. I did not know what her …
Letters to the Editor: Issue 163
Still on the Plains What a lovely surprise to see a short piece from No More Goodbyes printed as “An Olive Leaf” in issue 162. By way of synchronicity, the mail carrier who brought the magazine today took with him a copy of No More Goodbyes that I had signed and placed on my mailbox …
Update October 2011
LDS Church, Doctrines Receive Wide Media Attention With the Book of Mormon Musical playing on Broadway, two Mormons running for president, and a polygamist leader serving a life sentence for sexually assaulting minors, Mormons are receiving a degree of media attention not seen since the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics. While the Church redoubles …
Poem: My Sister wants Me to Come and Read through Thirty Years of Diaries
By Lyn Lifshin in the house overlooking rainbent pines, in the life others would envy she loses her self in fragments. How could we have changed so she asks over the phone. How could I not still be eleven in front of the old Plymouth on Main street, Mother Younger there than I am …
The Family Forum: Discipline Part I
By Michael Farnworth Ed.D Michael Farnworth retired from Ricks College after 31 years of teaching family psychology. He is married to Cindi Halliday and is father to Brad, Camie, and Jeff, along with their spouses Melinda, Nate, and Lindsay. He is grandpa to Joel. Contact him at: farnworthm@yahoo.com. Years ago my mother ran across the …
Poem: Painting
By Anita Tanner My daughter says the best gift for Christmas was painting four daughters’ nails— not figures frescoed on massive walls or pastoral scenes sketched on canvas but eighty ovals brushed brilliant, cotton balls scrunched between toes— and, oh, the talk while waiting. After mom’s funeral, nothing more we can do, our eyes …
Braving the Borderlands: Strange Tales from the Borderlands
By D. Jeff Burton D. Jeff Burton is an author and a former member of the Sunstone Board of Directors. In this column, I share some unusual—and sometimes troubling—experiences and observations from four Borderlanders. I’ve changed the names of the first three. To respond, please send an email to jeff@eburton.com. I will forward your messages …