And now I’ll show you the Sunstone artifact that means most to me. About ten years ago, Karin Peter, who was a Seventy for the Community of Christ, had become one of Sunstone’s board members. Her husband was a patriarch for the Community of Christ, and one day, she brought him over to the Sunstone …
Part XII of the Sunstone Classics series. Jana Bouck Remy was a frequent contributor to Sunstone’s magazine and symposia. This is excerpted from an article published in 2004. It starts on page 10 of issue 131. Pose of a child. Balasana. Sitting on knees, forehead to the floor, arms at my side. A child. Curled …
On October 2017, I got a call from my son-in-law Paul Clark informing me that Salvator Mundi, a painting of Christ by Leonardo da Vinci, would have a rare three-day showing in San Francisco. I knew I had to be there. So the next day, my friend Mara Alverson and I crossed the Golden Gate Bridge …
Looking for yet another binge-watch time sink? If you haven’t gotten to The Good Place yet, go there. Among the many joys of the afterlife-themed sitcom are the pause-or-you’ll-miss-’em restaurant names like “Ponzu Scheme” and “Biscotti Pippen” and “(Everything) on a Stick.” Which begs the question: What if Kristen Bell and Ted Danson were in …
Meanwhile, Sunstone continued to advertise its own wares, including another Cal Grondahl book. And even some original drawings by the man himself. Sometimes we dragged ourselves up from the cultural dregs, advertising fine art by Trevor Southey, J. S. Wixom. And Brian Kershisnik. Also on the docket were dance classes from Ririe Woodbury. Poetry by …
Part XI of the Sunstone Classics series. Eugene Elbert Peck was a longtime editor of Sunstone. This is excerpted from an article published in 1986. It starts on page 4 of issue 56. The car wasn’t out of the Salt Lake airport when Peggy Fletcher turned to me and announced, “Elbert, I’m getting married and …
Heavenly Hurt, it gives us — We can find no scar, But internal difference — Where the Meanings, are — —Emily Dickinson Photographing babies in the morgue, filming a dying young man, dressing a corpse, giving the sacrament to an old woman in a nursing home, watching …
Sunstone has been around for long enough that you can uncover various technological eras by going through our basement and attic. For example, this strange machine that could send documents over telephone wires. Amazing, huh? And you could store up to 1.3 megabytes worth of information on this small square. As you can see, Michael …
Looking for yet another binge-watch time sink? If you haven’t gotten to The Good Place yet, go there. Among the many joys of the afterlife-themed sitcom are the pause-or-you’ll-miss-’em restaurant names like “Ponzu Scheme” and “Biscotti Pippen” and “(Everything) on a Stick.” Which begs the question: What if Kristen Bell and Ted Danson were in …
Part X of the Sunstone Classics series. D. Michael Quinn was the author of such classic books of Mormon history as Early Mormonism and the Magic Worldview and The Mormon Hierarchy series. He was excommunicated in September 1993, thus becoming a member of the September Six. This is excerpted from a Sunstone article published in …
