by April Young-Bennett · Published October 1, 2022 · Last modified September 27, 2022
The bishop met with me first, before extending a calling to my 14-year-old son to participate in the youth choir at General Conference. There would be lots of rehearsals. He wanted to make sure...
“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...
I used to collect hymnals, but I lost my collection in an apartment flood in 2016 and I’ve never gotten around to replacing it. It’s interesting to me to see the similarities and differences...
By Miriam Miriam is finishing her PhD at the University of Oregon and is en route to the University of Memphis where she’ll be an Assistant Professor of Criminology starting in August 2022. She...
Belief / Body / Culture / Family / feminism / Gender / Gospel / Relationships
by Nicole · Published April 22, 2022
Was there one moment when you realized how low the bar is for men in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints? For me, there were a number of such moments – snapshots...
My nephew, a nice kid by all accounts, turned 11 on December 28th. Less than a week after his last day of being 10 years old, he was given the priesthood. January is now...
Last Sunday before church, my 14-year-old son was complaining about needing to arrive at church 25 minutes early to prepare for the sacrament (alone). Apparently, he is often the only Teacher who arrives early,...
Come Follow Me / Gospel / history
by April Young-Bennett · Published November 3, 2020 · Last modified November 2, 2020
The Sacred Practice of Remembering Leaving a written legacy Ida B. Wells’ Legacy When civil rights activist Ida B. Wells-Barnett was in her later years, a younger woman approached her with an awkward question:...
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