by Michelle Wiener | Sep 9, 2016 | Agency, Apologetics, Atonement, Bible Scholarship, Blogs about Blogs, Book of Abraham, Disagreement, faith crisis, Faith Crisis, Featured, Feminism, Heavenly Mother, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Lucifer, Mother in Heaven, Old Testament, Pearl of Great Price, Savior, scripture, scripture translation, Symbolism, the Spirit World, Theology |
As Mormons, we believe that Heavenly Father presented a plan for his spirit children in the preexistence. In this great Council in Heaven, Jesus was selected to be the one through whom redemption would be brought about through his intense suffering. However, Lucifer...
by Michelle Wiener | Aug 24, 2016 | art, Featured, Feminism, harmony, Heavenly Mother, Humanity, Hymns, Interviews, Mother in Heaven, Music, Natural Theology, restoration, Symbolism, Theology |
er Restless Weaver by Ola Harrison It seems everyone in the LDS world is familiar with the hymn “Oh, My Father” by Eliza R. Snow. For Mormons, this hymn is unique in the sense that it both mentions Heavenly Mother and functions as a prayer in its own right: In the...
by Michelle Wiener | Jul 27, 2016 | Activism, Apostasy, Corporate Church, faith crisis, Faith Crisis, Featured, Feminism, Heavenly Mother, Mormonism, Mother in Heaven, Ordain Women, Worthiness |
A couple years ago, I began assisting as a moderator for the Finding Heavenly Mother Project, a Facebook group devoted to seeking out Heavenly Mother. It was an honor to have this special “calling” extended to me by my friend who founded the group. Over time, however,...
by Michelle Wiener | Jun 22, 2016 | Agency, Apologetics, Corporate Church, Faith Crisis, faith crisis, Featured, Mormonism, Why I Am Mormon |
For this post, I decided to ask myself a rather difficult question. So, why do I, as a convert, remain LDS despite my struggles with certain aspects of Mormonism? As it turns out, I have some good reasons, and the positive far outweighs the negative. Here are my...
by Michelle Wiener | May 23, 2016 | Activism, Agency, Church, Corporate Church, covenants, Disagreement, faith crisis, Featured, Feminism, Heavenly Mother, Leadership, Mother in Heaven, Priesthood, Relief Society, restoration, spirituality, Temple, Worthiness |
Recently, I got called “Pastor” at work, and since I teach religious studies at the local community college, it makes perfect sense. Sadly, I had to correct my colleague and explain to him that women in my denomination cannot be ordained, but I thanked him for the...
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