At Friedly’s Exchange, residue clung to fingertips and grabbed at the soles of shoes. Tattered books, chipped pottery, a dead man’s suit—all less tinged with nostalgia than ruined by desertion. Ginger’s parents went thrifting most Saturdays, bent on a course of rescue and appeasement. Malcolm looked for old, odd compasses for his collection; Edie for …
This column expands on a much earlier column that introduced the idea of creating an LDS-compatible personal religious model, something many seasoned and successful Borderlanders have found useful. At the time, I was exchanging emails with a Borderlander I called “Jack.” He was a closet doubter but his emails could just as easily have come …
On a Saturday evening, Sam drove me halfway to the psychiatric hospital. I looked out the window, wondering if all this was necessary. My psychiatrist had said I needed to check in if another round of medication failed, but I’d read all I could about the psych ward, and I didn’t want to go there …
By D. Jeff Burton I exchanged the following edited emails with Jeremy Jones (all names and details have been changed), a young man who is currently serving a mission in Ireland. Elder Jones: I thought you might find my situation interesting. I have always considered myself a Borderlander, but, as you’ve probably noticed by my …
2023 Digital Symposium The 2023 Symposium was amazing, and absolutely jam-packed with incredible sessions. We had such a great lineup that we were forced over and over again to choose between sessions we didn't want to miss. That's where the Digital Symposium comes in! Purchase audio from the sessions you missed, or sessions you want …
2023 Plenaries July 27-29, Sandy, Utah Thursday, July 27th Smith-Pettit Lecture: Kristin Kobes Du Mez 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Kristin Kobes Du Mez is a New York Times bestselling author and Professor of History and Gender Studies at Calvin University. She holds a PhD from the University of Notre Dame and her research focuses …
By D. Jeff Burton D. Jeff Burton is the author of For Those Who Wonder and a former member of the Sunstone board of directors. This column shares the story of “Ryan,” a Church employee stationed in Guatemala. (Names, locations, and details have been changed to protect identities.) A few years ago, he found …
By Stephen Carter Stephen Carter is the director of publications for Sunstone, host of the Sunstone Podcast, and author of Virginia Sorensen: Pioneering Mormon Author (Signature Books). It was the middle of April, and the beginning of the pandemic. My friend Anna and I were standing, six feet apart, in the middle of …
By Dayna Patterson Dayna Patterson is a writer, editor, textile artist, macro photographer, amateur fungophile, and Thea-curious recovering Mormon. Find her at daynapatterson.com. As the camera zooms out to capture the last scene—a paved road winding through Switzerland’s rolling green—I feel myself about to break. We’re sitting on the bed in pajamas, me and my …
Sunstone UK 2023 Evolving Stories October 13-15th, Birmingham UK Mormonism is a religion based on stories. Those found in books and religious texts, those passed down around dinner tables, and those we tell ourselves. These stories shape our lives and the communities we tell them to. As we grow and change, so do the stories …
