A couple years ago when we were studying Gospel Principles in church, my wife and I were preparing for the week’s lesson. During our study I noticed some differences in my book (from my mission) from what she was reading online. Even though the changes were minor, I was curious to know if there were more throughout the book. What...
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In the heav’ns are parents single? No, the thought makes reason stare!
Truth is reason; truth eternal tells me I’ve a mother there. ~ Eliza R. Snow
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Part 1
The Motherless Child
My first concrete experience of the divine feminine happened about twenty years ago when I was mourning the loss of my mom. This mourning was...
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I spent one lovely evening of my winter break in a cozy home in Arizona with new friends, drinking herbal tea, eating delicious homemade treats, and of course, talking. The friends’ two year daughter reached that point beyond tired, where her little child’s eyes were flooded with giant tears. The mother whisked off to...
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Several weeks ago, I read an essay by Margaret Toscano entitled “Is there a place for Heavenly Mother in Mormon theology?” [fn 1] After an insightful analysis of the institutions surrounding Mormon theology, she answers, “No.” To critique her conclusion, I recruited a Deseret Book novel by highly conservative white...
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“And the Spirit of God hovered over the face of the deep” (Genesis 1:2)
Part 2 (see my introduction to this discussion in Part 1)
As I mentioned in Part 1, the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible’s description of Israelite religion as focused on the worship of Yahweh alone to the exclusion of all other deities shows this...
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One of the most important developments in recent study of Israelite religion has been the discovery of evidence for widespread goddess worship in archaeological contexts dating from the monarchic period, ie. the period covering much of the historical books of the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible (1000-600 BCE). This evidence, which...
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By Danielle Mooney
I remember the first time I stood and recited the Young Women Theme. I had heard it a few days before at the welcome activity my ward YW leadership had hosted for the few of us girls who had just turned twelve. When the older girls recited the theme from memory, with one rhythmic voice, I felt daunted by their...
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I am a daughter of my Heavenly Father and Heavenly Mother who love me, and I love them.
These are the words that I wish were said, in every Young Women’s meeting, in every LDS chapel, on every Sunday, of every year. They are the words that I wish were said, in every Relief Society meeting, in every LDS chapel, on the one...
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In this brief post, I want to tell you how Heavenly Mother saved my life, and what it is like to have a relationship with Her.
I remember the moment I knew I would never stop using drugs.
Despite a beautiful childhood with a loving Mormon family in rural Utah, a mission in the jungles of Paraguay, and an elegant education in music...
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By Heidi Doggett
“Heavenly Mother” entered my religious vocabulary sometime during Middle School. She was a thing that might exist, nebulously up there doing stuff, but not stuff related to me, because that was God’s job. He didn’t want us talking to her, because she wasn’t God. Or maybe because He wanted to...
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