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		SUNSTONE magazine, since 1975 - a symbol of and vehicle for free and frank exchange in the Church!   Subscribe now. March 2003       Issue 126 Table of Contents Topics included in this issue: Abuse, Agency, Ancient America, Belief, Blacks and priesthood, Blessing, Book of Mormon, BYU, Censorship, Christian principles, Church Activity, Church Organization, Community, Contemporary Mormonism, Cornucopia, Crime, Critical Scholarship, Discipleship, Doctrinal History, Ecology, Economics, Editorial, Education, Environment, Equality, Ethnic Studies, Faith, Family, Fiction, Film, Folklore, food, Genealogy, General Authorities, Home Teaching/Visiting Teaching, Humanitarian Issues, Humor, International Church, Internet, Jesus Christ, Law, Letters, Literature, Marriage, Media, Missionary Work, Mormon Culture, Mormon History, New Testament, Ordinances, Other Religions, Parenting, People, Personal Essay, Personal Journey, Philosophy, Poetry, Politics, Prophet/prophecy, Race/racism, Religious Studies, Repentance/Forgiveness, Revelation, Scripture studies, Sexism, Sexuality, Spirituality, Standards, Sunstone, Symposium, Teaching, Testimony, Theology, Truth, Violence, Work,      FEATURES •CAN “GOOD MORMONS” WATCH R-RATED MOVIES?, John Hatch •TWENTY-FIVE YEARS: A QUARTER CENTURY AFTER THE PRIESTHOOD REVELATION—WHERE ARE WE NOW? •AN UNINTENDED AND DIFFICULT ODYSSEY, Newell G. Bringhurst •REFLECTIONS ON A LIFETIME WITH THE RACE ISSUE, Armand L. Mauss •THE PERSISTENCE OF RACIALIZED DISCOURSE IN MORMONISM,Darron Smith •OUT OF THE BEST BOOKS? Publications Continue to Promote Folklore,Dale C. LeCheminant •TO “CURE THEM OF THEIR HATRED”: AN ANTIDOTE FOR THE PREJUDICES OF OUR TIME, •“ONLY OUR HEARTS KNOW”—PART I: SUNSTONE DURING THE DANIEL RECTOR, ELBERT PECK, AND LINDA JEAN STEPHENSON YEARS, 1986–92, Gary James Bergera •THE LESSON: 1999 Brookie & D.K. Brown Fiction Contest Starstone Winner,Arnold V. Loveridge •WHY SATIRE IS BETTER THAN SERMON: A Sermon, Stephen Carter      POETRY •AIMING FOR FLAGSTAFF, Richard Arnold •PRESENCE AND ABSENCE, Priscilla Atkins •TREE LINE, Barry Ballard •KNEADING, Kelley Jean White      COLUMNS •FROM THE EDITOR: Hints of Pastoring, Dan Wotherspoon •TURNING THE TIME OVER TO . . . : A Typical Sunday, Donald L. Gibbon      CORNUCOPIA •••LIGHTER MINDS: My New Church ‘Quiet Book’ Is a Palm Pilot, Robert Kirby •••TWENTY-YEARS AGO IN SUNSTONE: To Love More Nearly as We Pray, John Sillito •••MARGIN NOTES: Different Wells, Different Waters, Merina Smith •••THE REST OF THE STORY: Matthew’s Mosaic, Brian H. Stuy •••RIGHTEOUS DOMINION: Looking at a Heart, Not a Habit, Marta Adair •TRAIN UP A CHILD . . . : Teaching Children Values through 'Domestic Church',Scott Cooper •ANXIOUSLY ENGAGED: Strengthening the Part-Member Marriage? We’re Just Fine, Thank You, Jana Riess •BRAVING THE BORDERLANDS: Group Membership—A Self-Assessment, D. Jeff Burton •AN OLIVE LEAF: A Glorious June Day, Elder Bruce R. McConkie •NEWS: Archive documents released on DVD; Is God’s loveunconditional?; Changes in missionary discussions; news on films, BYU, and much more! See the Cartoons from this issue "Please send us your comments " — Editor
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	Abuse  ( Sexual Abuse ) Page: 7,  Follow Up on 'Bar-Raising' of Missionary Standards ,                                                           Top of Page Agency  ( LDS and Agency and Responsibility ) Page: 2,  YEA, YEA NAY, NAY ,  Page: 16,  Can 'Good Mormons' Watch R-Rated Movies? , John Hatch Page: 51,  Reader's Forum, Excerpts from 1987-1992 years ,                                                           Top of Page Ancient America  ( Ancient America ) Page: 36,  To 'Cure Them of Their Hatred': An Antidote for the Prejudices of Our Time , Dale C. LeCheminant                                                          Top of Page Belief  ( Mormon Doctrine ) Page: 33,  Presence and Absence , Priscilla Atkins Page: 35,  Tree Line , Barry Ballard Page: 66,  Anxiously Engaged: Strengthening the Part-Member Marriage? We’re Just Fine, Thank You , Jana Riess                                                          Top of Page Blacks and priesthood  ( Blacks Priesthood ) Page: 23,  An Unintended and Difficult Odyssey , Newell G. Bringhurst Page: 28,  Reflections on a Lifetime with the Race Issue , Armand L. Mauss Page: 31,  The Persistence of Racialized Discourse in Mormonism , Darron Smith Page: 34,  Out of the Best Books: Publications Continue to Promote Folklore ,  Page: 36,  To 'Cure Them of Their Hatred': An Antidote for the Prejudices of Our Time , Dale C. LeCheminant Page: 80,  An Olive Leaf: A Glorious June Day , Elder Bruce R. McConkie                                                          Top of Page Blessing  ( LDS and Blessing ) Page: 33,  Presence and Absence , Priscilla Atkins                                                          Top of Page Book of Mormon  ( Book of Mormon ) Page: 36,  To 'Cure Them of Their Hatred': An Antidote for the Prejudices of Our Time , Dale C. LeCheminant                                                          Top of Page BYU  ( BYU ) Page: 72,  Archive Documents Released on DVD; Is God's Love Unconditional?; Changes in Missionary Discussions; News on Films, BYU, and Much More! ,                                                           Top of Page Censorship  ( Censorship ) Page: 16,  Can 'Good Mormons' Watch R-Rated Movies? , John Hatch                                                          Top of Page Christian principles  ( Christian Principles ) Page: 5,  From the Editor: Hints of Pastoring , Dan Wotherspoon Page: 8,  Turning the Time Over to . . . : A Typical Sunday , Donald L. Gibbon Page: 12,  Margin Notes: Different Wells, Different Waters , Merina Smith Page: 36,  To 'Cure Them of Their Hatred': An Antidote for the Prejudices of Our Time , Dale C. LeCheminant                                                          Top of Page Church Activity  ( LDS Activity ) Page: 8,  Turning the Time Over to . . . : A Typical Sunday , Donald L. Gibbon Page: 10,  Lighter Minds: My New Church ‘Quiet Book’ Is a Palm Pilot , Robert Kirby Page: 11,  CORNUCOPIA: Twenty-Years Ago in Sunstone: To Love More Nearly As We Pray , John Sillito Page: 14,  Righteous Dominion: Looking at a Heart, Not a Habit, Mormon Media Image--Can You Hold Your Arsenic? , Marta Adair Page: 68,  Braving the Borderlands: Group Membership--A Self-Assessment , D. Jeff Burton                                                          Top of Page Church Organization  ( LDS Organization ) Page: 5,  From the Editor: Hints of Pastoring , Dan Wotherspoon Page: 14,  Righteous Dominion: Looking at a Heart, Not a Habit, Mormon Media Image--Can You Hold Your Arsenic? , Marta Adair                                                          Top of Page Community  ( Community ) Page: 5,  From the Editor: Hints of Pastoring , Dan Wotherspoon Page: 8,  Turning the Time Over to . . . : A Typical Sunday , Donald L. Gibbon Page: 11,  CORNUCOPIA: Twenty-Years Ago in Sunstone: To Love More Nearly As We Pray , John Sillito Page: 56,  Why Satire Is Better Than Sermon: A Sermon , Stephen Carter Page: 68,  Braving the Borderlands: Group Membership--A Self-Assessment , D. Jeff Burton                                                          Top of Page Contemporary Mormonism  ( LDS Contemorary ) Page: 2,  YEA, YEA NAY, NAY ,  Page: 5,  From the Editor: Hints of Pastoring , Dan Wotherspoon Page: 10,  Lighter Minds: My New Church ‘Quiet Book’ Is a Palm Pilot , Robert Kirby Page: 14,  Righteous Dominion: Looking at a Heart, Not a Habit, Mormon Media Image--Can You Hold Your Arsenic? , Marta Adair Page: 15,  Word Bazaar ,  Page: 16,  Can 'Good Mormons' Watch R-Rated Movies? , John Hatch Page: 31,  The Persistence of Racialized Discourse in Mormonism , Darron Smith Page: 42,  Only Our Hearts Know'—Part I: Sunstone during the Daniel Rector, Elbert Peck, and Linda Jean Stephenson Years, 1986–92 , Gary James Bergera Page: 51,  Reader's Forum, Excerpts from 1987-1992 years ,  Page: 54,  The Lesson: 1999 Brookie & D.K. Brown Fiction Contest Starstone Winner , Arnold V. Loveridge Page: 56,  Why Satire Is Better Than Sermon: A Sermon , Stephen Carter Page: 62,  Train Up a Child . . . : Teaching Children Values through 'Domestic Church' , Scott Cooper Page: 68,  Braving the Borderlands: Group Membership--A Self-Assessment , D. Jeff Burton Page: 80,  An Olive Leaf: A Glorious June Day , Elder Bruce R. McConkie                                                          Top of Page Cornucopia  ( Cornucopia ) Page: 10,  Lighter Minds: My New Church ‘Quiet Book’ Is a Palm Pilot , Robert Kirby Page: 11,  CORNUCOPIA: Twenty-Years Ago in Sunstone: To Love More Nearly As We Pray , John Sillito Page: 12,  Margin Notes: Different Wells, Different Waters , Merina Smith Page: 13,  CORNUCOPIA: The Rest of the Story: Matthew's Mosaic , Brian H. Stuy Page: 14,  Righteous Dominion: Looking at a Heart, Not a Habit, Mormon Media Image--Can You Hold Your Arsenic? , Marta Adair                                                          Top of Page Crime  ( Crime ) Page: 7,  Follow Up on 'Bar-Raising' of Missionary Standards ,                                                           Top of Page Critical Scholarship  ( Mormon Doctrine ) Page: 42,  Only Our Hearts Know'—Part I: Sunstone during the Daniel Rector, Elbert Peck, and Linda Jean Stephenson Years, 1986–92 , Gary James Bergera                                                          Top of Page Discipleship  ( LDS Discipleship ) Page: 11,  CORNUCOPIA: Twenty-Years Ago in Sunstone: To Love More Nearly As We Pray , John Sillito Page: 13,  CORNUCOPIA: The Rest of the Story: Matthew's Mosaic , Brian H. Stuy Page: 36,  To 'Cure Them of Their Hatred': An Antidote for the Prejudices of Our Time , Dale C. LeCheminant                                                          Top of Page Doctrinal History  ( Mormon Doctrine ) Page: 28,  Reflections on a Lifetime with the Race Issue , Armand L. Mauss                                                          Top of Page Ecology  ( Ecology ) Page: 27,  Aiming for Flagstaff , Richard Arnold                                                          Top of Page Economics  ( Economic ) Page: 36,  To 'Cure Them of Their Hatred': An Antidote for the Prejudices of Our Time , Dale C. LeCheminant Page: 40,  SUNSTONE GALLERY: J. Bonner Ritchie ,                                                           Top of Page Editorial  ( Editorial ) Page: 5,  From the Editor: Hints of Pastoring , Dan Wotherspoon                                                          Top of Page Education  ( Education ) Page: 35,  Tree Line , Barry Ballard                                                          Top of Page Environment  ( Environment ) Page: 27,  Aiming for Flagstaff , Richard Arnold Page: 35,  Tree Line , Barry Ballard Page: 71,  Kneading , Kelley Jean White                                                          Top of Page Equality  ( Mormon and Women and Equality ) Page: 28,  Reflections on a Lifetime with the Race Issue , Armand L. Mauss Page: 31,  The Persistence of Racialized Discourse in Mormonism , Darron Smith Page: 36,  To 'Cure Them of Their Hatred': An Antidote for the Prejudices of Our Time , Dale C. LeCheminant                                                          Top of Page Ethnic Studies  ( Ethnic Studies ) Page: 23,  An Unintended and Difficult Odyssey , Newell G. Bringhurst Page: 28,  Reflections on a Lifetime with the Race Issue , Armand L. Mauss Page: 31,  The Persistence of Racialized Discourse in Mormonism , Darron Smith Page: 34,  Out of the Best Books: Publications Continue to Promote Folklore ,                                                           Top of Page Faith  ( Faith Mormon ) Page: 13,  CORNUCOPIA: The Rest of the Story: Matthew's Mosaic , Brian H. Stuy Page: 51,  Reader's Forum, Excerpts from 1987-1992 years ,  Page: 62,  Train Up a Child . . . : Teaching Children Values through 'Domestic Church' , Scott Cooper Page: 68,  Braving the Borderlands: Group Membership--A Self-Assessment , D. Jeff Burton Page: 68,  Braving the Borderlands: Group Membership--A Self-Assessment , D. Jeff Burton                                                          Top of Page Family  ( Mormon Family ) Page: 33,  Presence and Absence , Priscilla Atkins Page: 62,  Train Up a Child . . . : Teaching Children Values through 'Domestic Church' , Scott Cooper Page: 66,  Anxiously Engaged: Strengthening the Part-Member Marriage? We’re Just Fine, Thank You , Jana Riess Page: 71,  Kneading , Kelley Jean White                                                          Top of Page Fiction  ( LDS Writer ) Page: 54,  The Lesson: 1999 Brookie & D.K. Brown Fiction Contest Starstone Winner , Arnold V. Loveridge                                                          Top of Page Film  ( Movie ) Page: 14,  Righteous Dominion: Looking at a Heart, Not a Habit, Mormon Media Image--Can You Hold Your Arsenic? , Marta Adair Page: 16,  Can 'Good Mormons' Watch R-Rated Movies? , John Hatch                                                          Top of Page Folklore  ( Folklore Mormon ) Page: 23,  An Unintended and Difficult Odyssey , Newell G. Bringhurst Page: 34,  Out of the Best Books: Publications Continue to Promote Folklore ,                                                           Top of Page food  ( LDS Food ) Page: 71,  Kneading , Kelley Jean White                                                          Top of Page Genealogy  ( Genealogy ) Page: 28,  Reflections on a Lifetime with the Race Issue , Armand L. Mauss                                                          Top of Page General Authorities  ( Authorities General LDS ) Page: 72,  Archive Documents Released on DVD; Is God's Love Unconditional?; Changes in Missionary Discussions; News on Films, BYU, and Much More! ,                                                           Top of Page Home Teaching/Visiting Teaching  ( Home Teaching ) Page: 8,  Turning the Time Over to . . . : A Typical Sunday , Donald L. Gibbon                                                          Top of Page Humanitarian Issues  ( Humanitarian LDS ) Page: 5,  From the Editor: Hints of Pastoring , Dan Wotherspoon Page: 11,  CORNUCOPIA: Twenty-Years Ago in Sunstone: To Love More Nearly As We Pray , John Sillito                                                          Top of Page Humor  ( LDS humor ) Page: 10,  Lighter Minds: My New Church ‘Quiet Book’ Is a Palm Pilot , Robert Kirby Page: 54,  The Lesson: 1999 Brookie & D.K. Brown Fiction Contest Starstone Winner , Arnold V. Loveridge Page: 56,  Why Satire Is Better Than Sermon: A Sermon , Stephen Carter                                                          Top of Page International Church  ( International Church ) Page: 15,  Word Bazaar ,  Page: 40,  SUNSTONE GALLERY: J. Bonner Ritchie ,                                                           Top of Page Internet  ( Internet ) Page: 2,  YEA, YEA NAY, NAY ,                                                           Top of Page Jesus Christ  ( Jesus Christ ) Page: 12,  Margin Notes: Different Wells, Different Waters , Merina Smith Page: 13,  CORNUCOPIA: The Rest of the Story: Matthew's Mosaic , Brian H. Stuy                                                          Top of Page Law  ( LDS and Law ) Page: 23,  An Unintended and Difficult Odyssey , Newell G. Bringhurst                                                          Top of Page Letters  ( LDS Bookstore ) Page: 51,  Reader's Forum, Excerpts from 1987-1992 years ,                                                           Top of Page Literature  ( Literature ) Page: 15,  Word Bazaar ,                                                           Top of Page Marriage  ( Marriage ) Page: 66,  Anxiously Engaged: Strengthening the Part-Member Marriage? We’re Just Fine, Thank You , Jana Riess                                                          Top of Page Media  ( Media ) Page: 56,  Why Satire Is Better Than Sermon: A Sermon , Stephen Carter                                                          Top of Page Missionary Work  ( Missionary Work ) Page: 2,  YEA, YEA NAY, NAY ,  Page: 7,  Follow Up on 'Bar-Raising' of Missionary Standards ,  Page: 12,  Margin Notes: Different Wells, Different Waters , Merina Smith Page: 66,  Anxiously Engaged: Strengthening the Part-Member Marriage? We’re Just Fine, Thank You , Jana Riess Page: 72,  Archive Documents Released on DVD; Is God's Love Unconditional?; Changes in Missionary Discussions; News on Films, BYU, and Much More! ,                                                           Top of Page Mormon Culture  ( Mormon Culture ) Page: 10,  Lighter Minds: My New Church ‘Quiet Book’ Is a Palm Pilot , Robert Kirby Page: 14,  Righteous Dominion: Looking at a Heart, Not a Habit, Mormon Media Image--Can You Hold Your Arsenic? , Marta Adair Page: 16,  Can 'Good Mormons' Watch R-Rated Movies? , John Hatch Page: 31,  The Persistence of Racialized Discourse in Mormonism , Darron Smith Page: 34,  Out of the Best Books: Publications Continue to Promote Folklore ,  Page: 42,  Only Our Hearts Know'—Part I: Sunstone during the Daniel Rector, Elbert Peck, and Linda Jean Stephenson Years, 1986–92 , Gary James Bergera Page: 56,  Why Satire Is Better Than Sermon: A Sermon , Stephen Carter Page: 62,  Train Up a Child . . . : Teaching Children Values through 'Domestic Church' , Scott Cooper Page: 68,  Braving the Borderlands: Group Membership--A Self-Assessment , D. Jeff Burton                                                          Top of Page Mormon History  ( Mormon History ) Page: 2,  YEA, YEA NAY, NAY ,  Page: 31,  The Persistence of Racialized Discourse in Mormonism , Darron Smith Page: 34,  Out of the Best Books: Publications Continue to Promote Folklore ,  Page: 42,  Only Our Hearts Know'—Part I: Sunstone during the Daniel Rector, Elbert Peck, and Linda Jean Stephenson Years, 1986–92 , Gary James Bergera Page: 72,  Archive Documents Released on DVD; Is God's Love Unconditional?; Changes in Missionary Discussions; News on Films, BYU, and Much More! ,