Temple Matron: No Husband Required
I was working my way through Saints, Volume 3 when I stumbled across this bombshell in Chapter 15: “…Armenia Lee had an interview with apostle George F. Richards and her longtime stake president, Edward...
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Setting Apart Our Daughters to Prepare and Pass the Sacrament
“In our church we believe that when women are set apart to do a calling, they fulfil that calling using the priesthood…Then why can’t the Bishop just call the young women to be ‘sacrament...
My 15-step process for planning a Come Follow Me lesson
Step 1 I read the Come Follow Me manual. Full disclosure: this is wrong. If you came to this post looking for sage advice about how a good teacher would go about this, my...
Guest Post: Sister, Thou Wilt Surely Wear Away
Guest Post by Nicole. Nicole is an adult convert, a non-Black woman of color, and a professional diplomat. She blogs at nandm.sbitani.com and writes microfiction @nsbitani on Twitter. The content of this post does...
How Would Americans Feel if Their Elected Officials Were Picked the Same Way Relief Society Leaders Are?
With all the mayhem in Washington DC happening right after a new senate and congress was seated (and with a new president set to be sworn in next week), I’ve been thinking a lot...
Notes from a Mormon Pianist
I’ve been playing piano for about as long as I’ve been a member of the Church- right about the age of 8 is when I started.By the time I was a teenager, I could...
#hearLDSwomen: Shut Out
by Megan I’m a single, childless, middle-aged woman, so there are plenty of things, pricks big and small, that I could share, but this is the one that always sticks out the most. This...
#hearLDSwomen: “We don’t need you.”
By Lynne “I’d like to know why you don’t have a current temple recommend.” I sat across from my bishop, stunned. This is not how I envisioned this meeting. As one of the...
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