Mention personal revelation, and responses can range from conversion to the choice of an airline seat. But what happens when personal revelation directs a Mormon polygamist to take the life of his sister-in-law and her infant daughter? And what might Joseph Smith and Brigham Young have to do with it? In his best-selling book Under …
Event: Northwest Symposium 2003
All Abraham’s Children: Changing Mormon Conceptions of Race and Lineage
NW3002, Mauss’s comments will be based on his latest book, which summarizes four decades of his research on the changing understandings expressed among LDS leaders and members about the spiritual importance of lineage. Fifteen copies of the book will be available for purchase for $30 (regularly $37) at the symposium. Armand L. Mauss
WHY DO WE ASK? Answering Young Persons’ Difficult Gospel Questions
How should we react when our child or a youth we teach or work with in our Church calling comes to us with a challenging gospel question, and they clearly want a real answer? How might we frame constructive responses to queries that might range from “Why aren’t my prayers being answered?” to “How could …
BARING OUR SOULS: How Latter-day Saints Must Tell Their Stories
In 2000, Richard Dutcher burst into view with his film, God’s Army. The release of Brigham City the following year cemented his place as the founding father of Richard Dutcher
THE SACRED, THE PROFANE, and THE ALLEY THAT CONNECTS THEM
In storytelling, the divide between the good guys and bad guys is mostly crystal clear, but in real life, that demarcation fuzzes. Sometimes friends and family members—an apostate aunt, a gay sibling, an atheist co-worker—get labeled the “bad guys,” yet our own interactions with them tell a different tale. That leaves a lot of us …
PILLARS OF MY FAITH
“Pillars” is traditionally one of the most popular sessions at Sunstone symposiums. Join engaging speakers as they share the stories and insights that shape their faith in God, humankind, and Mormonism. Robert Kayihura, Leah Smith, Dan Pingree