In 1999 my husband and I met with an attorney who had offered to advise us pro bono on what to do about the fact that, since he had no birth certificate, Göran couldn’t convince the U.S. passport office that he was a citizen. He’d submitted written requests and processing fees to the bureaus of …
By Brady Williams When Brady Williams is not spending time with his especially large family hiking, playing croquet, or watching movies, he’s out and about trying to make a difference in this world—from relieving modern-day slavery in Guinea Bissau to teaching construction trades in Haiti. Or, right-click here to download the audio file: …
By Eric Freeze Eric Freeze is author of the short story collection Dominant Traits (2012) and a collection of creative nonfiction Hemingway on a Bike (2014). He has published stories, essays, and translations in numerous periodicals. He teaches creative writing at Wabash College and lives in Crawfordsville, Indiana and Nice, France. Sandra had …
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. I exchanged thoughts and experiences with “James” (not his real name) who has a “closet doubter” story similar to many I’ve heard over the years. First, here are his …
By Natasha Helfer Parker Natasha Helfer Parker is a licensed clinical marriage & family therapist and certified sex therapist with almost 20 years experience working primarily with Latter-day Saints. She can be contacted at natashaparker.org. Question: Mormons believe that if we are sealed together as husband and wife—and if we honor our covenants—we will …
Michael Vinson and Curtis Penfold present their topic on August 2, 2013. [powerpress]
By Michael Farnworth Or, right-click here to download the audio file: The Family Forum: The Nature of Intimacy Intimacy is sharing the inner landscape of our souls and the energies of our emotions with another person: from warm, positive feelings such as affection and acceptance to cold, negative feelings such as anger …
By D. Jeff Burton In this column and the next,1 “Brett” shares his long-term experiences in the Borderlands and how he recently “came out” to his wife and others. I have condensed and edited email messages we exchanged over several months. I have also changed names and details to protect identities. BRETT: I came …
By Adam Fisher and Mary Fisher Or, right-click here to download the audio file: Sharing Vulnerability after a Change in Belief In this life the heart is going to be injured.1 Robert Hass ROBERT FROST ONCE said that love is an “irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.”2 Psychologist Kent Hoffman added …
By Kelly Quinn An earlier version of this reflection was read as an audio essay for “Matters of the Heart,” a subset of the Mormon Matters Podcast in which listeners record stories or personal essays related to podcast topics. (See www.mormonmatters.org.) This essay is printed here with the author’s permission. Tonight, the Prodigal Son …
