Belief / Body / Gender / Gospel / Intersectionality / women
by Nancy Ross · Published August 16, 2020 · Last modified September 1, 2020
Prior to the pandemic, I asked the women in the Exponent community what situations they would like to have addressed in a blessing and was overwhelmed by the response. I offer this blessing-of-all-blessings and hope that all of my readers can locate themselves in this blessing and find comfort.
Belief / Culture / feminism / Journeys / Relationships / women
by Nancy Ross · Published May 17, 2020
The blessings by poet and United Methodist minister Jan Richardson have been giving me a lot of comfort in recent weeks. Nearly every Zoom church service I plan includes a reading from her book...
I have heard stories all my life of how garments miraculously saved someone’s life. There are tales of people surviving fires or horrible accidents, and only suffering injury where garments did not cover them....
A few weeks ago, as the first day of school approached for my first first-grader, who was going to school for the first time, my husband turned to me one evening and said, “It’s...
Family / feminism / Gender / Policy
by Abby Hansen · Published February 20, 2016 · Last modified April 10, 2019
My oldest son turned eight at the end of 2014 and was baptized by my husband. My husband is a wonderful man and I had no issue with him performing the baptism. I did...
Guest Post by Nick Traducción española/Click for Spanish Translation I wouldn’t usually share such a personal experience, but in sight of recent events, I hope my words can bring peace to somebody somewhere. I...
by April Young-Bennett · Published October 24, 2015 · Last modified February 1, 2016
The 12th essay in the Gospel Topics series was released yesterday by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Titled Joseph Smith’s Teachings about Priesthood, Temple, and Women, the essay describes Smith’s expansive...
To prepare this lesson, I think it’s helpful to look at both the Young Women’s outline and the Young Men’s. For much of my life when I’ve had a lesson on the priesthood in...
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