Short thoughts on Mormon stuff for your new-age attention span.
Are Mormon Missionaries Allowed to Kiss?
Today, the answer is “No!” But that was not always the case. The current missionary …
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When the Mormons Let Their Freak Flag Fly
Just before Joseph Smith made a brief escape from Nauvoo over the Mississippi River into …
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Is This the First Gay Mormon Play?
The Sunstone Review reviewed what may be the earliest instance of gay Mormon theater, “Emmett: A …
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How the Mormons Missed a Miracle
Imagine that your name is Lovina Gibson Andrus. You’re five years old, and you live …
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How Two Silent Films Made Every Member a Missionary
“Every member a missionary.” You’ve probably heard this phrase more times than you can count. …
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The First Issue of the Woman’s Exponent
Despite being an LDS publication, the first issue of the Woman’s Exponent read mostly like …
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Remembering Ardean Watts
In the January 2002 issue of Sunstone, the centerfold read: “If you’ve ever attended a …
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How “Wife Sacrifice” Tanked the Lectures on Faith
The Lectures on Faith used to be part of the Doctrines and Covenants, but a …
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What Latter-day Saints Can Learn from Tár
When I saw the list of the 2022 Academy Awards’ Best Picture nominees, I thought, …
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E.T.: Celluloid Savior
An excerpt from “E.T.: Celluloid Savior” by Marty Nabhan, in the September 1982 Sunstone Review. …
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