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Still Seeking Further Light And Knowledge

by Lesley A. Butterfield | Jan 4, 2019 | Authority, Belief, Compassion, covenants, decisions, Disagreement, Empowerment, eternal progression, Faith, faith crisis, Family, Featured, gender, Leadership, Mental Health, Obedience, Ordain Women, ordinances, Patriarchy, Policy, polygamy, Polygamy, Priesthood, prophecy, Revelation, Righteousness, Righteousness, sexism, spiritual abuse, Temple, Temple Recommend, Worthiness | 10 comments

The news of the recent feminist-centered changes to the temple has brought joy and rejoicing to many. That is important. It is valid. But it also brings sadness and grief to others. This, too, is important and valid. These are steps forward. As one Mormon Feminist...

Standing Between Covenants

by Michelle Wiener | Jan 3, 2019 | Agency, Authority, Body of Christ, covenants, Empowerment, eternal progression, Featured, gender, Heavenly Mother, Honesty, Marriage, Policy, Priesthood, Revelation, sexism, Temple | 0 comments

This past Saturday, I received my endowment under the “old” covenant wording. So the very recent announcement about the changes came as a total shock. I naturally began to wonder if the covenants I made to my husband not even a week ago was suddenly retroactive. How...

The New Endowment: A Time for Repentance

by Jason L | Jan 3, 2019 | Empowerment, Featured, Repentance, Temple | 4 comments

The Endowment session has been significantly altered in the new year. In particular, many changes have been made that bring greater gender equality to the temple ceremony and covenants. Rather than address the particular changes, I want to highlight one lesson I hope...

Assyrians, Syrians, Israelites, & Jews! OH MY! The Weird and Wild Old Testament(episode 30; 335)

by Sheldon Greaves | Jan 2, 2019 | Bible Scholarship, Education, Featured, Institute, Old Testament, prophecy, Prophets, scripture, scripture translation, Seminary, Sunday School, The Weird and Wild Old Testament | 0 comments

https://media.blubrry.com/rationalfaiths/mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/tcs37l/335_WWOT_30.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS Do you find Isaiah boring? Are the 10 Lost Tribes really hiding under the Polar Ice Caps? Do you...

The Problems With Bishop Interviews, Part 2 – Mormon Women Speak Podcast (episode 18; 339)

by Lesley A. Butterfield | Dec 20, 2018 | Activism, Agency, Agency, Authority, baptism, Belief, Body of Christ, Compassion, Corporate Church, decisions, Disagreement, Empowerment, Family, Featured, Feminism, Honesty, Humanity, Individuality, Interviews, Judgement, Leadership, lies, Lying, Mental Health, Mormon Women Speak Podcast, Mormonism, Obedience, parenting, Patriarchy, Policy, Priesthood, Racism, Righteousness, sexism, Sexual Abuse, spiritual abuse, Temple Recommend, Worthiness, Youth | 2 comments

https://media.blubrry.com/rationalfaiths/mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/tcs37l/339_PART_2_Mormon-Women_ThisAmericanLife_18.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSPart 2 of this discussion includes a continued discussion and more reactions to...

Why It Is Not Helpful To Tell Me To Leave

by Lesley A. Butterfield | Dec 13, 2018 | Activism, Belief, Body of Christ, Charity, Christmas, Church History, Compassion, decisions, Empowerment, exclusion-policy, Exculion-policy, faith crisis, Featured, Fellowship, Goodness, History, Humanity, Individuality, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Judgement, LGBTQ, Mental Health, ordinances, Policy, racism, Radical Compassion, Righteousness, Savior, Service, spiritual abuse, spirituality, unity, Word of Wisdom, Word of Wisdom | 8 comments

My arms ached. My back would feel it tomorrow. My fingers frozen from the nip of the wind. Tears welled in my eyes as I began to feel sorry for myself and the pathetic situation I was in. Again. As a single mother, snowfall doesn’t mean hot cocoa, snowmen, and...

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