Shrill

Excerpt from 2019 BYU Women’s Conference, ‘Sister-to-Sister’: 1 Sheri L. Dew: Let’s move to a new question. “I hear talks about how important women are in the church but honestly that has not been my experience. What suggestions do you have about working more effectively and in greater unity with priesthood leaders. Especially when from … Read more

We Don’t Have That

Excerpt from a 2017 YSA Face to Face with Russell Ballard and Dallin Oaks:1 MALE HOST:“…we have a lot of questions in the YSA about their friends dealing with doubts. A question from Utah asks what advice/guidance would you give for answering tough questions about church history when we are asked about them by someone … Read more

Large Family

Excerpts from the July 1916, Relief Society Magazine, ‘Birth Control’: 1 Apostle Rudgar Clawson “In my opinion the practice of restricting the number of children in the family, as advocated by many people, is sinful. It is contrary to the first great commandment given to Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, when the … Read more

15 Children

Excerpts from the July 1916, Relief Society Magazine, ‘Birth Control’: 1 Apostle Rudgar Clawson “In my opinion the practice of restricting the number of children in the family, as advocated by many people, is sinful. It is contrary to the first great commandment given to Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, when the … Read more

The Relief Society

Image: Artists portrayal of Joseph Smith Jr. addressing the Relief Society The LDS Relief Society is lauded as one of the oldest and largest women’s organizations in the world. Yet it is an organization that is presided over, budgeted and organized by men.[footnote]The Relief Society – WikiPedia[/footnote]   Crash Course: The Relief Society – WikiPedia Nauvoo Women: An Overlooked … Read more