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Issue 146
June 2007

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Topics included in this issue:
Administrative History, Adult, Agency, Anti-mormon, Atonement, Belief, Blessing, Christian principles, Christianity, Church Activity, Church Discipline, Church Organization, Community, Contemporary Mormonism, Counseling and Mental Health, Critical Scholarship, Death, Disability, Discipleship, Divorce, Doctrinal History, Equality, Faith, Family, Fiction, Film, food, Genealogy, Godhood, Health, Hierarchy, History, Holidays, Humanitarian Issues, Humor, Interreligious dialogue, Jesus Christ, Joseph Smith, Law, LDS Doctrine, Life Crisis, Media, Missionary Work, Mormon Culture, Mormon History, New Testament, News, Old Testament, Parenting, Personal Essay, Personal Journey, Philosophy, Poetry, Politics, Polygamy, Priesthood, Prophet/prophecy, Revelation, Sacrament, Science and Religion, Sexism, Spiritual Gifts, Spirituality, Temples, Testimony, Truth, War and peace, Women, Word of Wisdom, Youth,
Page Category Author Title
2 Letters to Editor YEA, YEA, NAY, NAY
5 Editorial Dan Wotherspoon FROM THE EDITOR: Namaste
8 Cornucopia Joanna Benson BLOGWATCH: DNA Mormons?
10 Cornucopia Brian H. Stuy THE REST OF THE STORY: Elias and Elijah
11 Cornucopia James P. Harris A PLACE FOR EVERY TRUTH: 'A Very Unwelcome Assignment'
11 Cornucopia MORMON MEDIA IMAGE: The 'Mope'
12 Cornucopia Joanna Brooks A PROSE POEM: Mitt Romney’s Underwear
13 Cornucopia SUGAR BEET: A Voice of Warning to All Children’s Book Readers; Views from the Pews
14 Feature Joanie Ellis Tidwell LOVING A KILLER WHALE 2007 Eugene England Personal Essay Contest Second Place Winner
19 Feature Margaret Merrill Toscano ARE BOYS MORE IMPORTANT THAN GIRLS? The Continuing Conflict of Gender Difference and Equality in Mormonism
30 Feature Philip G. McLemore THE YOGA OF CHRIST
45 Poetry Elizabeth Petty Bentley SILENT, THE DEACON
46 Feature Helen Walker Jones VOLUPTUOUS 2005 Brookie & D. K. Brown Fiction Contest Sunstone Winner
52 Cornucopia G. St. John Stott TURNING THE TIME OVER TO. . . : Does God Understand Our Fears?
57 Column Jana Reiss ANXIOUSLY ENGAGED: Why the Heck Don’t Mormons Swear? Musings on the Sacred and the Profane
60 Column D. Jeff Burton BRAVING THE BORDERLANDS. . . : Is Life in the Borderlands Working for You?
63 Poetry Don Winter BOARDED UP
64 Review Matthew Bowman IMAGES OF FAITH: HELEN WHITNEY AND THE ART OF MORMONISM 'The Mormons,' a film by Helen Whitney
67 Poetry Paul Grant SHAMAN
68 Review Ann M. Johnson 'REAL' STORIES Long after Dark, by Todd Robert Petersen
69 Column Stephen Carter COMMENTARY: The Departed
71 Poetry Shoshauna Shy BREAKFAST WITH MY FATHER
72 News UPDATE: LDS Conference Emphasizes Mormon Christianity; New Anti-Mormon DVD Sparks Controversy; LDS Church Calls PBS Documentary 'A Welcome Change'; 60 Minutes, Time Put Romney's Beliefs in the Spotlight; Cheney's BYU Visit Triggers Protests, to continue
80 Feature Laurel Thatcher Ulrich AN OLIVE LEAF: A Woman Sent to Teach the World Peace
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