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Download Entire Issue 00a_cover cmyk final3.qxp 11/14/2006 12:14 PM Page 2 MORMON EXPERIENCE SCHOLARSHIP ISSUES & ART An alternative SUNSTONESUNSTONE interpretation of THE SIN NEXT For Better, for Worse, TO MURDER by Michael R. Ash FOR APOSTASY? (p.34) SCARLET THREADS IN THE LINEAGE OF JESUS by H. Parker Blount (p.44) Capener contest winner John Dewey Remy compares Japanese and Mormon rites for SAVING THE DEAD (p.14) AN OUTLAW’S MANIFESTO England essay contest winner by E. George Goold (p.52) Karen Rosenbaum’s Brown fiction contest winner PARADISE PAVED (p.56) Interview with filmmaker Richard Dutcher (p.67) UPDATE Mormonism and Politics; and more! November 2006—$5.95 HOW Faith Issues AFFECT COUPLE RELATIONSHIPS 00b_inside cover.qxp 11/14/2006 11:29 AM Page 1 IRED of the wait between SUNSTONE T issues? Want to connect with friends between symposiums? VISIT THE SUNSTONE BLOG! New design. New contributors. New energy. FROM RECENT DISCUSSIONS: Not of this Fold? JOHN REMY, 5 September I wonder, however, what defines the Sunstone community in belief terms? Where do its cognitive and discursive boundaries lie? . I know that some of my good friends in Sunstone are driven by a desire to keep people in the Church. I’m curious how many Sunstone supporters share this motivation. Are there those who focus more on the individual’s journey (which may lead out of or back into the Church fold) and less on the institution and community? Miserable, Broke, and Ugly RORY SWENSEN, 13 September Does God want you to be rich? That’s the question posed in this week’s TIME magazine cover story as it details the rise of yet another form of Prosperity Theology. Now I’m certainly not desiring to be miserable, poor, broke, and ugly—but Mormon teachings inspire me to celebrate the nature of this world and muddle through, . inspire me to a belief in a loving God that trusts us and allows us to grow. Perfect Attention SCOT DENHALTER, 24 October I was stunned to recently read that the human mind wanders every six to ten seconds. The spiritual ramifications of this are a bit troubling. During a simple two-minute prayer, my intent to commune with God is temporarily derailed as many as 20 times (Geez, I hate cilantro!) But what if God’s mind also wanders? How could it not? Because Life Seems Too Rich for an Abbreviated Stay JANA REMY, 3 November I think about dying a lot. In fact, I am downright terrified that I will die soon? . While I find some solace in the notion that I will be re- united with loved ones after death, this doesn’t comfort my anxiety about having so many things still yet to experience in mortality. For me, life is so impossibly beautiful that I’m holding tight to this earth and not looking forward to anything beyond. So I have to wonder. Are you afraid of death? Do you think the Buddhist idea of reincarnation can be incorporated into a Mormon worldview? 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