During the October 2018 Women’s Session of General Conference, President Dallin H. Oaks, first counselor in the Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), spoke disparagingly about LDS women getting...
by Guest Post · Published November 12, 2018 · Last modified November 13, 2018
Going through the temple the first time was overwhelming to say the very least. The fact that I had to veil my face to talk to Heavenly Father in prayer was a total knock...
by Guest Post · Published November 10, 2018 · Last modified November 13, 2018
Our ward was planning a several-weeks-long parenting/spousal relations class for the young families in our area. During our ward council planning session, I, the (childless and single) Young Women president, suggested to the group...
by Guest Post · Published November 9, 2018 · Last modified November 13, 2018
As a 23-year-old grad student, I asked a bishop about receiving my endowment. He laughed. He apologized and explained that he was laughing because of the timing: the stake president had just told them...
by Guest Post · Published November 8, 2018 · Last modified November 13, 2018
After my preemie son died, our bishop called us in the hospital. He comforted us by saying he was terribly sorry that our baby had died, and that our baby, according to the doctrine...
by Guest Post · Published November 6, 2018 · Last modified November 13, 2018
My mother was the Relief Society president in a ward that had a very high birth rate and a tiny mother’s room with just one or two chairs in it. Women, of course, were...
by Guest Post · Published November 3, 2018 · Last modified November 13, 2018
I was scheduled to speak first in Sacrament Meeting but realized right before the meeting started that I had left my talk on the kitchen table. I asked my husband to run get it...
by Guest Post · Published October 30, 2018 · Last modified November 13, 2018
I give answers in Sunday school, and the teacher says “Okay… Next comment?” And a man paraphrases my answer as his own and gets lauded for his thinking. – Jennifer When I was...
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