by Blaire Ostler | Sep 22, 2016 | Featured, Feminism, Mormonism, Ordain Women, Priesthood |
A few years ago I acquired a 1954 vintage copy of “Priesthood and Church Government,” by John Widtsoe. I devoured it. Despite its flaws, it’s a fascinating book. I could easily sum up the book in one word: patriarchy. I don’t mean that facetiously. I mean that...
by Lana Bean | Sep 13, 2016 | Book Reviews, Featured, Feminism, History, Reviews |
Guest Post by Lana Bean Frontier Grit by Marianne Monson Shadow Mountain Publishing, 9/6/2016 208 pages History While the etymology of the word “history” doesn’t suggest that it belongs to men, it’s perhaps appropriate that it at least sounds like “his story,” because...
by Azul Uribe | Sep 13, 2016 | Activism, Compassion, Corporate Church, exclusion-policy, Family, Featured, Humanity, Jesus, LGBTQ, Policy, Politics, Polygamy, Youth |
The above picture was taken this past weekend in Mexico- in one of the 100 marches that took place across the country to defend “traditional families.” This (approximately) 12-year-old boy went and stood there against an entire cavalcade and personification of this...
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 Blaire Ostler | Sep 7, 2016 | Faith, Faith Crisis, faith crisis, Family, Featured |
(Photo Credit: Lonely Speck) In Relief Society, we recently studied Lesson 16: Marriage—An Eternal Partnership. First, I want to commend the instructor for not making any comments about traditional marriage being under attack. The lesson could have easily been swayed...
by Dr. Mikle South | Sep 6, 2016 | Featured, Homosexuality, LGBTQ, Sexuality |
By Dr. Mikle South, Associate Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Brigham Young University In the past couple of days, a number of friends have asked for my opinion on a recent blogpost from Mormon Women Stand (MWS) entitled “Groundbreaking Research on Sexual...
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