Author: Carol Rice

Carol Rice is the president of Skyline Research Institute and the Director of Communications for Public Square Magazine, a joint project of the Elizabeth McCune and the John A. Widstoe Foundation. She earned a BA in marriage and family relations with an emphasis in family advocacy from BYU-I. Carol and her husband Scott live in Alpine, Utah.

It’s Time to Rethink Boundaries

Posted by Carol Rice | Health, Mental Health

All the boundary talk in America today can clearly do some good. Are there some unintended effects it also might be having on family relationships?

Culture War Comes to Church

Posted by Jacob Z. Hess | Climate & End Times

With a cultural war raging around us, perhaps it shouldn’t surprise us to see it leaking now and then into our congregations and classes. But that doesn’t make it any easier to know how to respond.

Is America Really Interested in Racial Healing?

Posted by Carol Rice | Racial Healing

A new BYU documentary on the University of Wyoming’s “Black 14” offers a timely, and profoundly encouraging message of hope and racial reconciliation. But is anyone paying attention?

Is Our Heavenly Mother Conversation Drawing People To Christ?

Posted by Carol Rice | Gospel Fare

Anytime we draw extra attention to any particular truth in the gospel panorama, there is a natural risk of decentering or even unmooring our focus on Christ. Raising a few final questions about Bethany & McArthur’s article earlier this week.

Prepared, Not Scared

Posted by Carol Rice | Climate & End Times

Shortages of important goods have suddenly become real in America—and there is reason to believe that could even get worse. There are several steps any family can take—without panic—to prepare and become more self-reliant.

Challenging the Stories We Tell Ourselves