MORMON EXPERIENCE, SCHOLARSHIP, ISSUES, & ART JULY 2004 Issue 133 FEATURES 10 Lisa Torcasso Downing...... CRESTS: 2004 Eugene England Memorial Personal Essay Contest, Third Place Winner 14 Margaret Merrill Toscano...... IS THERE A PLACE FOR HEAVENLY MOTHER IN MORMON THEOLOGY?: An Investigation into Discourses of Power 23 Nadine R. Hansen ...... THE GARDEN OF MY FAITH 26 ...... IF THERE ARE FAULTS THEY ARE THE MISTAKES OF MEN 26 William D. Russell ...... LET’S PUT WARNING LABELS ON THE STANDARD WORKS 31 Molly McLellan Bennion ...... THE RICHNESS OF SCRIPTURE SUNSTONE (ISSN 0363-1370) is published by The Sunstone Education Foundation, Inc., a non-profit corporation with no 33 Mack C. Stirling ...... UNDERSTANDING THE VIOLENT SACRED official ties to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Articles represent the opinions of the writers only. 36 Ethan Skarstedt ...... DESPERATION: 2001 Brookie & D.K. Brown

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