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A New Kind of Mother’s Day
This last Mother’s Day was new to me. In the past few months, we unexpectedly found ourselves in the lucky position of increasing the numbers in our household, with the end goal/hope/prayer to permanently adopt. It has been a wonderful adventure … Continue reading
Posted in Acceptance, Mormon women, motherhood, parenting, personal notes, sisterhood
Tagged Mormon Mother's day, mothers' day
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May 2012 Visiting Teaching Message: Teacher’s Choice from Conference
Since it’s May, I thought I would focus on Mother’s Day because you can read conference on your own and pick out something that works for you. Just kidding! I would never do that. But I know some people do. I … Continue reading
Relief Society Lesson #8: Temple Blessings for Ourselves and Our Ancestors
If you can’t tell by now, I am the kind of girl who grabs the devil by the horns. So- with that in mind, I dive head-first into the controversy of this lesson: In the last few months, divisiveness has … Continue reading
Posted in history, Relief Society Lessons, temple
Tagged geneology, George Albert Smith lesson 8, Relief Society Lesson 8
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March 2012 Visiting Teaching Message: Daughters in My Kingdom
You and I thought the same thing when we read the title of this month’s message, didn’t we? I thought this was just going to pitch the new Daughters in My Kingdom book. But it isn’t. It is a message … Continue reading
Relief Society Lesson #5: The Holy Priesthood—for the Blessing of God’s Children
I am going to dive right into this lesson by addressing what I think is the most predominant challenge it presents: everything about this lesson is masculine. George Albert Smith grew up in an age anxious to re-establish an ideology of masculinity that … Continue reading
February 2012 Visiting Teaching Message: Guardians of the Hearth
This is a painfully typical “Women should be mothers/mothering” message. A fair attempt has been made to include childless women by quoting Barbara Thompson’s personal interpretation of the family proclamation… but even though she briefly addresses that “even if I were the … Continue reading
Guest Post: Feminist Christmas Story by Rev. Dr. Dorothy A. Lee
This was originally published at www.eurekastreet.com.au, and is reproduced with permission. Dorothy A. Lee is is Woods Distinguished Lecturer and teaches in New Testament at Trinity College Theological School, Melbourne, Australia. This article is an excerpt from her essay ‘Versions of … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, feminism, guest post, religion, women, Women in the Scriptures
Tagged eureka street, feminist christmas, Mary
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