Part III of the Sunstone Classics series. Carol Lynn Pearson is the author of the best-selling memoir Goodbye, I Love You, and the multi-award-winning play Facing East (being re-staged by Plan-B Theater in October 2026 for its 20th anniversary). Sunstone published this reflection by her in issue 97 in 1994. As I perform my one-woman …
By John Hatch Every day, I log on to Facebook, Twitter, and a few message boards where I get much of my news. I like these platforms and I like the wit and the humor and the insight and the people I meet; however, it’s become evident to me that a kind of Audrey II …
By Brian H. Stuy A recent talk by Matthew DeVisser, a Sandy, Utah stake president, has resulted in a substantial amount of discussion about the proper role of partisan politics in LDS public discourse. But what struck me most about his remarks was what they revealed about President DeVisser’s worldview. The common thread in his …
The last few weeks before 6 November, stories about Mitt Romney and the LDS Church made headlines in mainstream publications as well as in alternative media outlets, probing not only Romney’s connection to his faith but also controversial aspects of Mormonism such as disciplinary practices and the meaning and use of temple garments. According to …
By Eugene England In this electoral season that features a climate of highly polarized political discourse, it is refreshing to remember Eugene England, a life-long Republican, with his common-sense assessments about the importance of a strong two-party political system in which both sides welcome debate and are willing to compromise. Following is an excerpt …
By Robert A. Rees [The artist] will endeavor to awake subtler emotions, as yet unnamed. Living himself a complicated and comparatively subtle life, his work will give to those observers capable of feeling them lofty emotions beyond the reach of words. —Wassily Kandinsky Whenever we find in poetry that which gives us …
“I’m a Mormon” Campaign Features Minorities, Gays, Rockers Say goodbye to Donny and Marie; say hello to Brandon, Valentin, and David, some of the new public faces of Mormonism. The “I’m a Mormon” TV and web campaign, running since August 2010, now includes a world-renowned rocker, a rainbow of racial minorities, and—in an unprecedented move—at …
With the Republican primaries starting January, candidate Mitt Romney and Mormonism have drawn national attention. Some controversy was generated in early October when Robert Jeffress, the senior pastor of a prominent Baptist church in Dallas, stated publicly that Romney belongs to a cult and is not a Christian. Minutes before, Jeffress had endorsed Perry at …
Continued from Glenn Beck: Rough Stone Roaring Part I A Civil Society? I know no religion that destroys courtesy, civility, and kindness. —William Penn42 You can turn on the television and see people who claim expertise that they don’t possess. And I say that, because the kind of expertise we need is not a facile …
by Robert A. Rees Illustrations by Jeanette Atwood Through anger, the truth looks simple. —Jane McCabe1 It must be a decisive rule of every Christian fellowship that each individual is prohibited from saying much that occurs to him. —Deitrich Bonhoeffer2 The “Real” Glenn Beck Ever since learning that Glenn Beck had joined the Mormon Church, …
