by April Young Bennett · Published April 15, 2021 · Last modified April 16, 2021
I am sorry to report that another Latter-day Saint woman has been called to defend herself before a male disciplinary council as a punishment for expressing her opinions. Natasha Helfer, a marriage and family...
Several years ago, one of my first assignments as a new Primary Presidency member was to create a certificate for newly baptized children to hang on their wall. It would be a meaningful reminder...
I am always on the lookout for religious feminist role models, so I was thrilled by the opportunity to attend a screening of the new documentary film Rebel Hearts at the Sundance Film Festival,...
by April Young Bennett · Published January 21, 2021 · Last modified January 25, 2021
After Moses communed with God on Mount Sinai, he returned to his people carrying two stone tablets listing the Ten Commandments, which were “written with the finger of God.” (Exodus 31:18) This story is...
by April Young Bennett · Published December 17, 2020 · Last modified December 13, 2019
On the night Christ was born, a group of humble shepherds were blessed with a visitation from a heavenly messenger announcing the glorious news. What were they feeling as they experienced this miracle? Joy?...
Last Christmas, for the second consecutive year, I was charged with creating the Christmas Sacrament Meeting program in my local Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) ward as part of my calling...
book review / feminism / history
by April Young Bennett · Published November 9, 2020 · Last modified December 18, 2020
In the first issue of the Woman’s Exponent, the suffrage movement-era feminist journal for which Exponent II is named, Lula Greene Richards wrote: Who are so well able to speak for the women of...
by April Young Bennett · Published October 15, 2020 · Last modified September 27, 2020
After over an hour’s drive from the already remote campsite where we were staying, we arrived at Goblin Valley State Park, Utah. I had fond memories of coming here with my parents when I...
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