by Laurel Sandberg-Armstrong | Apr 7, 2016 | Church, Compassion, Featured, Humanity, Immigration, Relief Society, Service |
In the last few days, I’ve seen a huge surge in members of the Church wanting to reach out to refugees in any way they can. I’m thrilled about this, as I’ve been following the middle-eastern refugee crisis since last year, and I would love some...
by Michelle Wiener | Feb 24, 2016 | Activism, Agency, Apologetics, Atonement, Bible Scholarship, Book of Mormon, Charity, Church, Church History, Compassion, Corporate Church, covenants, decisions, Disagreement, Education, Faith, faith crisis, Faith Crisis, Family, Featured, Fellowship, Feminism, General authorities, Heavenly Mother, History, Honesty, Individuality, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Joseph Smith, Leadership, Mormonism, Mother in Heaven, Old Testament, Policy, prophecy, Prophets, Relief Society, restoration, Revelation, Savior, scripture, spirituality, Symbolism, The Holy ghost, Theology, Truth, unity, Why I Am Mormon, Young Womens |
To Presidents Oscarson, McConkie, and Marriott of the General Young Women’s Presidency: Once a month, the Young Women join us at the beginning of Relief Society, as we all recite in unison the Young Women’s Theme; which begins, “We are daughters of our Heavenly...
by Michelle Wiener | Oct 26, 2015 | Agency, Apostasy, Charity, Compassion, Faith, Faith Crisis, faith crisis, Family, Featured, Feminism, harmony, Heavenly Mother, Honesty, Individuality, Jesus, Jesus Christ, lies, Mother in Heaven, parenting, prayer, Priesthood, prophecy, Radical Compassion, Relief Society, Revelation, Savior, scripture, spirituality, Symbolism, The Holy ghost, Theology, Truth, unity, Why I Am Mormon |
As I was reviewing the 1991 Ensign article “Daughters of God” by Gordon B. Hinckley, then First Counselor in the First Presidency, I began to see a correlation between Hinckley’s prohibition against praying to our Mother in Heaven and the later call...
by Fara Sneddon | Oct 24, 2015 | Church History, Featured, Feminism, Heavenly Mother, History, Joseph Smith, Mormonism, Relief Society |
Any conversation that opens up space for honest discussion of women within Mormonism is good, and the church’s newest essay “Joseph Smith’s Teachings about Priesthood, Temple, and Women” brings the topic of women and priesthood authority into that space. The gospel...
by Michelle Wiener | Sep 23, 2015 | Agency, Compassion, Faith, Featured, Feminism, Forgiveness, Heavenly Mother, Individuality, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Joseph Smith, Mormonism, Mother in Heaven, New Testament, Priesthood, Relief Society, Revelation, Savior, spirituality, Symbolism, The Holy ghost, Theology, Truth, Why I Am Mormon |
With today being Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year in the Hebrew calendar, I would like to reflect on a very sacred experience that I had, and one that is very unique within Mormonism, although I was actually not yet a member of the Church when I had this...
by Michelle Wiener | Jul 22, 2015 | Agency, Apostasy, Compassion, Excommunication, Faith, Faith Crisis, Featured, Feminism, General authorities, Heavenly Mother, History, Honesty, Jesus Christ, Mormonism, Mother in Heaven, Priesthood, Relief Society, Revelation, Savior, scripture, spirituality, Theology, Truth |
Imagine how Mary Magdalene must have felt on the morning of the Resurrection, being the first person to see the risen Christ. Imagine too how she must have felt later on when she would be forever silenced for her testimony: “I have seen the Lord: such is the story of...
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