Though the story of the First Vision was relatively absent from most of the recorded early Mormon discourses of the nineteenth century, the act of telling and receiving the story of the First Vision has become one of the main ways o

Episode 4, “Telling and Hearing The First Vision” (Joseph Smith-History)

Feb 18th, 2013

Episode 3, “Knowing What It Is To Know” (Moroni 10)

Dec 18th, 2012

What does it mean to ‘know’ that the Book of Mormon is true? Is it necessary to always have a certain testimony? Is there scriptural or historical precedent for a practice of Mormonism where the foundation of belief is something other than cert

Episode 3, “Knowing What It Is To Know” (Moroni 10)

Dec 18th, 2012

Episode 2, “Creating Safe Spaces for Healthy Encounters with Doubt” (Ether 12-13)

Oct 31st, 2012

A widely quoted Mormon maxim states that “faith and doubt cannot exist in the same mind at the same time, for one will dispel the other.” Yet lived experience suggests that faith may be more like a spectrum where belief and non-belief support a

Episode 2, “Creating Safe Spaces for Healthy Encounters with Doubt” (Ether 12-13)

Oct 31st, 2012

Episode 1, “What Would Jesus Actually Say? What Did Jesus Actually Say?” (3 Nephi 12-15)

Oct 10th, 2012

Listen in to “Sunstone Institute,” a new, free podcast series where theologian Michael Vinson leads a rousing group discussion of Mormon scripture, experience and theology. The podcast will be updated on a monthly basis. Click here to download