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Sunday Christmas and MoTab Singing

I am one of those lucky people who, along with 60,000 of my fellow fans, will be attending one of the three nights of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas concert next week. This is a family...

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Why don’t you just leave?

I’ve seen this question posed multiple times in the threads and forums of Mormondom. I’ve had friends who have run into this question in their families and wards. And it’s heartbreaking. It is never ok...

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Turning the Hearts of the Children to their Mothers, Part I

Many of us are familiar with the passage found in the last book of the Old Testament, declaring that in the last days Elijah would come to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the...

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Three Weeks to Practice Before I Preach

About three weeks ago, I was asked to prepare a talk about teaching children to understand, based on a conference address by Cheryl A. Esplin, Second Counselor of the General Primary Presidency....

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Relief Society Lesson 9: Sacred Family Relationships

Lorenzo Snow taught: If we are faithful we will associate with each other in an immortal and glorious state…Those connections formed here, that are of the most enduring character, shall exist in...

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“Bring them unto the elders”

When I found out I was pregnant with my new daughter, Linda, I was in shock. I wasn’t planning on becoming pregnant so soon and I spent the first trimester in a depression that allowed me to only play...

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Sixty days in the life of a Mormon feminist

After being inspired by a TED talk and a mock film festival at my ad agency, I decided to record a second a day out of my life for a limited time. I began on March 20th, 2013, and decided to end after...

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Random thoughts on Pioneer Day

Patty Bartlett Session’s Cross Stitch Sampler I was sitting in a Women and Music class at BYU when the most preposterous statement I have ever heard about pioneers was made. We were discussing Mormon...

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Temple Issue Extras: Dressing Grandma for the Temple

We had so many lovely submissions for our Summer 2013 Temple issue and couldn’t pack them all into 44 pages. (Order yours by Monday, September 2nd to ensure that you don’t miss this touching issue.)...

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Young Women Lesson: How Can I Develop Christlike Love?

As I was reading through October’s lessons, I was very excited about the focus on Christ and love. The lessons on the Come Follow Me website are very good. In this lesson, I tried to get away from the...

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Birth/Rebirth: Adoption Story

Guest Post by Susan My oldest daughter asked me to tell about the adoption of her sister. The names in the story have been changed to protect my adopted daughter’s privacy. A little background of the...

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Birth/Rebirth: Two Tales of Triplets

At a Christmas party last month, I found myself talking to two women who are in choir with my husband. They have a lot in common, both LDS women, in Mesa, Arizona, amazing singers, and they have each...

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Guest Post: A Mother of One

by Lori Davis When I introduce my family at church, the wheels start turning in people’s heads. “Only one child . . . and the daughter’s not a baby.” Most people assume that I can’t have more children....

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God Recognizes the Matriarchy

Last Sunday in Sunday School, we discussed the book of Judges. As a Mormon feminist, my normal instinct is to turn to the Deborah chapters and start chattering away on prophetesses and female judges....

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A Perfect Mother

In honor of National Adoption Month For me the catchiest tune in primary is “The Family is of God.” I can’t get it out of my head. Along with the tune come images of families from my time as an...

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Traditional Marriage

I recently came across the blog of a local Utah woman of color who has started an advocacy group, Big Ocean Women for maternal feminists in support of traditional family, natural motherhood (no...

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March 2015 General Women’s Session: Carole M. Stephens

Sister Carole Stephens framed her talk around the children’s song, “The Family is of God,” and she based much of her talk on portions from the Proclamation on the Family. One thing I particularly...

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March 2015 General Women’s Session: Bonnie L. Oscarson

Bonnie L. Oscarson, General President of the Young Women’s Organization. It is no small task to prepare an address for a worldwide sisterhood with varying experiences and privileges, let alone one...

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A Response: “Disciples and the Defense of Marriage”

In the August Ensign, we find an article called “Disciples and the Defense of Marriage” by Elder Russell Nelson, an apostle. The message of this article feels familiar: if we consider ourselves...

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Memories from a Recipe: Chocolate Cake

This past Sunday morning, I got a text from a friend. Her husband had died unexpectedly of a heart attack that morning. He was 48. I offered what I always offer when a death happens (because it’s...

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