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Daughters in My Kingdom: “Charity Never Faileth” (Chapter 5)
Emmeline B. Wells and Her Presidency The beginning of this chapter mentions that it was Emmeline B. Wells, fifth general RS President, and her presidency that decided on the motto, “Charity Never...
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Sisters Speak: Do Women Hold Some Form of Priesthood?
“Holy Woman” by Brian Kershisnik Last Sunday in Relief Society, I was privileged to witness a wonderfully brave and honest testimony. After a lesson on women and priesthood reaffirming the currently...
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We Need a Mormon Feminist Anthem
A few weeks ago, I hosted a discussion on Mormon feminist practice, ritual and product creation at the Sophia Gathering. While thrilled with recent projects like Let Women Pray and Ordain Women which...
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A Mother Here: Heavenly Mother Art and Poetry Contest
“You can’t be what you can’t see.” That’s the line from Miss Representation that has stuck with me since I saw the film over a year ago. It rang true to me then when I thought of girls envisioning...
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Young Women Lesson: Why Is It Important To Be Honest?
Queen Esther by Minerva Teichert I chose to do this lesson because I’m attracted to the idea of honesty and integrity. I admire people who are courageously honest and stand up for what they know to be...
View ArticleFrom 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...
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Relief Society Lesson 22: Doing Good to Others
This lesson has a lot of potential. The trick will be to inspire your sisters to think big about ways they can serve others without leaving them feeling guilt-ridden if they can’t do a lot right now....
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Relief Society General Broadcast: Linda Reeves
Linda Reeves, 2nd Counselor Linda Reeves began her talk with an anecdote of a recently baptized woman who walked through mud for two miles to get to church. In choosing to become a member, this woman...
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Sisters Speak: How to do a Mother’s Blessing?
As the editor of the Exponent II magazine‘s Sisters Speak column, I would love to hear your opinion on the following question. Note: I might email some of you commenters asking if I might quote you in...
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Voices from the Exponent Backlist: Thoughts about the New General Women’s...
The announcement yesterday about the new General Women’s Meeting — a meeting for females 8 and older, held every six months, and run by the general presidencies of Primary, Young Women, and Relief...
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Mormon Feminists: Caught in a Double Bind?
For the past eight years that this blog has been around, I’ve been pretty open about my desire for change in the LDS church. I’d love to see more women blessing their babies. I’d love to see women in...
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Orson F. Whitney: Apostle, Writer, Advocate for Heavenly Mother (Pt 1)
by Martin Pulido The “A Mother Here Art and Poetry Contest” is looking for 2-dimensional visual arts pieces and poems that portray Heavenly Mother. The contest will accept entries up until March 4,...
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Orson F. Whitney: Apostle, Writer, Advocate for Heavenly Mother (Pt 2)
by Martin Pulido The “A Mother Here Art and Poetry Contest” is looking for 2-dimensional visual arts pieces and poems that portray Heavenly Mother. The contest will accept entries up until March 4,...
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Orson F. Whitney: Apostle, Writer, Advocate for Heavenly Mother (Pt 3)
by Martin Pulido A Hymn. In honor of Orson F. Whitney, I have extracted (and reworked to some extent) lyrics from his poem “What is Life?” and created a four verse hymn. The words are set to the melody...
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Sisters Speak: Female Ordination and Envisioning the Future
Dear Exponent readers, The next issue of the Exponent II magazine will focus on the topic of Mormon women’s ordination. The magazine will include terrific articles on both sides of the debate, but I...
View ArticleSacred Music: In This Very Room
During the 2008 Prop 8 campaign in California, I was having a hard time with the Church. Never had I been so upset with my leaders. Eventually I realized I needed to take a break from church until...
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Poetry Sundays: Kaylin Haught
God Says Yes To Me I asked God if it was ok to be melodramatic and she said yes I asked her if it was ok to be short and she said it sure is I asked her if I could wear nail polish or not wear nail...
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Heavenly Mother Art and Poetry Contest Winners!
The A Mother Here Art and Poetry Contest has announced its winners! Check out the website to read the winning poems and see the winning art pieces. If you go to the online gallery, you can find...
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Guest Post: A Dysfunctional Marriage
by Margaret OH My husband and I have been listening to a marriage therapy course with the fabulous Jennifer Finlayson-Fife. We have found that meeting with a marriage therapist every few years for a...
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Relief Society Lesson 15: Eternal Marriage
Click for French Translation/Traduction en français Introduction: I would begin this lesson by mentioning that the topic is eternal marriage, and that this can be a difficult (or maybe just...
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