Why I’m Going
As many people are aware, Ordain Women is planning an action on October 5: attending the Priesthood Session. (Details can be found here.) I support the Ordain Women movement (see my profile here) –...
Category: Policy
From the Back List: Thoughts on the Ordain Women Priesthood Session Event
At Exponent, we permabloggers engage in lots of great discussions on our blog email list. Recently we discussed the upcoming October Ordain Women Priesthood Session event. What follows are some excerpts of various reactions...
The Global Need For Priesthood Keys
This is one of the first posts I did after I became a perma. Though I am no longer living in that rural area, I have not forgotten the lessons I learned there. With...
The Spirit of Fear
“Wow, that scares me to death but please connect me,” I replied when I was invited to connect with a new group that would “unapologetically advocate for women’s ordination in the Mormon church.” That...
Equal in Faith: Salt Lake City
On Monday I fasted. I fasted for the first time in years. It was completely different than I remember. I remember fasting being about food, about missing food, wanting food and taking a long...
Will you fast for women’s ordination?
As a returned missionary, I am well-versed in the true and everlasting religious salesmanship technique: the commitment pattern, which emphasizes the use of “will you” questions to encourage people to commit to religious challenges....
Good News for SLC Folk about the August 26 Fast for Gender Equity
Are you getting ready for Equal in Faith: Women Fast for Gender Justice on August 26? Read the announcement here for ways you can participate: http://www.the-exponent.com/equal-in-faith-interfaith-fast-august-26-2013/ And now, Equal in Faith has announced another prayer...
Ritual Inclusion
My body has born four children. And I have watched as the men I love have taken each of these little bodies in their arms–bodies that I have grown, birthed and bled for–and conferred upon...
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