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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!
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Categorized References to this issue's articles and features:
Abuse  ( Sexual Abuse ) Page: 7,  Follow Up on 'Bar-Raising' of Missionary Standards
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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
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Ancient America  ( Ancient America ) Page: 36,  To 'Cure Them of Their Hatred': An Antidote for the Prejudices of Our TimeDale C. LeCheminant
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Belief  ( Mormon Doctrine ) Page: 33,  Presence and AbsencePriscilla Atkins
Page: 35,  Tree LineBarry Ballard
Page: 66,  Anxiously Engaged: Strengthening the Part-Member Marriage? We’re Just Fine, Thank YouJana Riess
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Blacks and priesthood  ( Blacks Priesthood ) Page: 23,  An Unintended and Difficult OdysseyNewell G. Bringhurst
Page: 28,  Reflections on a Lifetime with the Race IssueArmand L. Mauss
Page: 31,  The Persistence of Racialized Discourse in MormonismDarron 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 TimeDale C. LeCheminant
Page: 80,  An Olive Leaf: A Glorious June DayElder Bruce R. McConkie
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Blessing  ( LDS and Blessing ) Page: 33,  Presence and AbsencePriscilla Atkins
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Book of Mormon  ( Book of Mormon ) Page: 36,  To 'Cure Them of Their Hatred': An Antidote for the Prejudices of Our TimeDale C. LeCheminant
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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!
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Censorship  ( Censorship ) Page: 16,  Can 'Good Mormons' Watch R-Rated Movies?John Hatch
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Christian principles  ( Christian Principles ) Page: 5,  From the Editor: Hints of PastoringDan Wotherspoon
Page: 8,  Turning the Time Over to . . . : A Typical SundayDonald L. Gibbon
Page: 12,  Margin Notes: Different Wells, Different WatersMerina Smith
Page: 36,  To 'Cure Them of Their Hatred': An Antidote for the Prejudices of Our TimeDale C. LeCheminant
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Church Activity  ( LDS Activity ) Page: 8,  Turning the Time Over to . . . : A Typical SundayDonald L. Gibbon
Page: 10,  Lighter Minds: My New Church ‘Quiet Book’ Is a Palm PilotRobert Kirby
Page: 11,  CORNUCOPIA: Twenty-Years Ago in Sunstone: To Love More Nearly As We PrayJohn 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-AssessmentD. Jeff Burton
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Church Organization  ( LDS Organization ) Page: 5,  From the Editor: Hints of PastoringDan Wotherspoon
Page: 14,  Righteous Dominion: Looking at a Heart, Not a Habit, Mormon Media Image--Can You Hold Your Arsenic?Marta Adair
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Community  ( Community ) Page: 5,  From the Editor: Hints of PastoringDan Wotherspoon
Page: 8,  Turning the Time Over to . . . : A Typical SundayDonald L. Gibbon
Page: 11,  CORNUCOPIA: Twenty-Years Ago in Sunstone: To Love More Nearly As We PrayJohn Sillito
Page: 56,  Why Satire Is Better Than Sermon: A SermonStephen Carter
Page: 68,  Braving the Borderlands: Group Membership--A Self-AssessmentD. Jeff Burton
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Contemporary Mormonism  ( LDS Contemorary ) Page: 2,  YEA, YEA NAY, NAY
Page: 5,  From the Editor: Hints of PastoringDan Wotherspoon
Page: 10,  Lighter Minds: My New Church ‘Quiet Book’ Is a Palm PilotRobert 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 MormonismDarron Smith
Page: 42,  Only Our Hearts Know'—Part I: Sunstone during the Daniel Rector, Elbert Peck, and Linda Jean Stephenson Years, 1986–92Gary James Bergera
Page: 51,  Reader's Forum, Excerpts from 1987-1992 years
Page: 54,  The Lesson: 1999 Brookie & D.K. Brown Fiction Contest Starstone WinnerArnold V. Loveridge
Page: 56,  Why Satire Is Better Than Sermon: A SermonStephen Carter
Page: 62,  Train Up a Child . . . : Teaching Children Values through 'Domestic Church'Scott Cooper
Page: 68,  Braving the Borderlands: Group Membership--A Self-AssessmentD. Jeff Burton
Page: 80,  An Olive Leaf: A Glorious June DayElder Bruce R. McConkie
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Cornucopia  ( Cornucopia ) Page: 10,  Lighter Minds: My New Church ‘Quiet Book’ Is a Palm PilotRobert Kirby
Page: 11,  CORNUCOPIA: Twenty-Years Ago in Sunstone: To Love More Nearly As We PrayJohn Sillito
Page: 12,  Margin Notes: Different Wells, Different WatersMerina Smith
Page: 13,  CORNUCOPIA: The Rest of the Story: Matthew's MosaicBrian H. Stuy
Page: 14,  Righteous Dominion: Looking at a Heart, Not a Habit, Mormon Media Image--Can You Hold Your Arsenic?Marta Adair
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Crime  ( Crime ) Page: 7,  Follow Up on 'Bar-Raising' of Missionary Standards
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Critical Scholarship  ( Mormon Doctrine ) Page: 42,  Only Our Hearts Know'—Part I: Sunstone during the Daniel Rector, Elbert Peck, and Linda Jean Stephenson Years, 1986–92Gary James Bergera
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Discipleship  ( LDS Discipleship ) Page: 11,  CORNUCOPIA: Twenty-Years Ago in Sunstone: To Love More Nearly As We PrayJohn Sillito
Page: 13,  CORNUCOPIA: The Rest of the Story: Matthew's MosaicBrian H. Stuy
Page: 36,  To 'Cure Them of Their Hatred': An Antidote for the Prejudices of Our TimeDale C. LeCheminant
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Doctrinal History  ( Mormon Doctrine ) Page: 28,  Reflections on a Lifetime with the Race IssueArmand L. Mauss
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Ecology  ( Ecology ) Page: 27,  Aiming for FlagstaffRichard Arnold
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Economics  ( Economic ) Page: 36,  To 'Cure Them of Their Hatred': An Antidote for the Prejudices of Our TimeDale C. LeCheminant
Page: 40,  SUNSTONE GALLERY: J. Bonner Ritchie
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Editorial  ( Editorial ) Page: 5,  From the Editor: Hints of PastoringDan Wotherspoon
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Education  ( Education ) Page: 35,  Tree LineBarry Ballard
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Environment  ( Environment ) Page: 27,  Aiming for FlagstaffRichard Arnold
Page: 35,  Tree LineBarry Ballard
Page: 71,  KneadingKelley Jean White
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Equality  ( Mormon and Women and Equality ) Page: 28,  Reflections on a Lifetime with the Race IssueArmand L. Mauss
Page: 31,  The Persistence of Racialized Discourse in MormonismDarron Smith
Page: 36,  To 'Cure Them of Their Hatred': An Antidote for the Prejudices of Our TimeDale C. LeCheminant
                                                         Top of Page
Ethnic Studies  ( Ethnic Studies ) Page: 23,  An Unintended and Difficult OdysseyNewell G. Bringhurst
Page: 28,  Reflections on a Lifetime with the Race IssueArmand L. Mauss
Page: 31,  The Persistence of Racialized Discourse in MormonismDarron 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 MosaicBrian 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-AssessmentD. Jeff Burton
Page: 68,  Braving the Borderlands: Group Membership--A Self-AssessmentD. Jeff Burton
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Family  ( Mormon Family ) Page: 33,  Presence and AbsencePriscilla 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 YouJana Riess
Page: 71,  KneadingKelley Jean White
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Fiction  ( LDS Writer ) Page: 54,  The Lesson: 1999 Brookie & D.K. Brown Fiction Contest Starstone WinnerArnold V. Loveridge
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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 OdysseyNewell G. Bringhurst
Page: 34,  Out of the Best Books: Publications Continue to Promote Folklore
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food  ( LDS Food ) Page: 71,  KneadingKelley Jean White
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Genealogy  ( Genealogy ) Page: 28,  Reflections on a Lifetime with the Race IssueArmand L. Mauss
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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!
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Home Teaching/Visiting Teaching  ( Home Teaching ) Page: 8,  Turning the Time Over to . . . : A Typical SundayDonald L. Gibbon
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Humanitarian Issues  ( Humanitarian LDS ) Page: 5,  From the Editor: Hints of PastoringDan Wotherspoon
Page: 11,  CORNUCOPIA: Twenty-Years Ago in Sunstone: To Love More Nearly As We PrayJohn Sillito
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Humor  ( LDS humor ) Page: 10,  Lighter Minds: My New Church ‘Quiet Book’ Is a Palm PilotRobert Kirby
Page: 54,  The Lesson: 1999 Brookie & D.K. Brown Fiction Contest Starstone WinnerArnold V. Loveridge
Page: 56,  Why Satire Is Better Than Sermon: A SermonStephen Carter
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International Church  ( International Church ) Page: 15,  Word Bazaar
Page: 40,  SUNSTONE GALLERY: J. Bonner Ritchie
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Internet  ( Internet ) Page: 2,  YEA, YEA NAY, NAY
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Jesus Christ  ( Jesus Christ ) Page: 12,  Margin Notes: Different Wells, Different WatersMerina Smith
Page: 13,  CORNUCOPIA: The Rest of the Story: Matthew's MosaicBrian H. Stuy
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Law  ( LDS and Law ) Page: 23,  An Unintended and Difficult OdysseyNewell G. Bringhurst
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Letters  ( LDS Bookstore ) Page: 51,  Reader's Forum, Excerpts from 1987-1992 years
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Literature  ( Literature ) Page: 15,  Word Bazaar
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Marriage  ( Marriage ) Page: 66,  Anxiously Engaged: Strengthening the Part-Member Marriage? We’re Just Fine, Thank YouJana Riess
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Media  ( Media ) Page: 56,  Why Satire Is Better Than Sermon: A SermonStephen Carter
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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 WatersMerina Smith
Page: 66,  Anxiously Engaged: Strengthening the Part-Member Marriage? We’re Just Fine, Thank YouJana Riess
Page: 72,  Archive Documents Released on DVD; Is God's Love Unconditional?; Changes in Missionary Discussions; News on Films, BYU, and Much More!
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Mormon Culture  ( Mormon Culture ) Page: 10,  Lighter Minds: My New Church ‘Quiet Book’ Is a Palm PilotRobert 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 MormonismDarron 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, 1986–92Gary James Bergera
Page: 56,  Why Satire Is Better Than Sermon: A SermonStephen Carter
Page: 62,  Train Up a Child . . . : Teaching Children Values through 'Domestic Church'Scott Cooper
Page: 68,  Braving the Borderlands: Group Membership--A Self-AssessmentD. Jeff Burton
                                                         Top of Page
Mormon History  ( Mormon History ) Page: 2,  YEA, YEA NAY, NAY
Page: 31,  The Persistence of Racialized Discourse in MormonismDarron 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, 1986–92Gary 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!