How can you spew hatred while simultaneously showing off your scripture mastery? Latter-day Trolls have uncovered a handful of scriptures that work a lot like swears for social media purposes. #LDS exponentii.org/blog/wanna-s...
Unfamiliar with the hymn “Welcome Home” that the choir just sang in #LDS #GeneralConference, I looked it up. It’s a new hymn recently added to our hymnbook. I love its message! I hope our people will seek to welcome all, instead of clinging to an “us versus them” mentality.
Shame isn’t telling us we made a mistake, it’s telling us we are our mistakes. - Sister Tamara Runia #LDS #GeneralConference
“God is Love” is such a wonderful choice for a #GeneralConference musical number. Beautiful message that we always need to be reminded of!
President Johnson shared an image of a new sculpture of the 5 wise virgins at temple square. She said in the parable, they do not share their lamp oil, but they do share their light, an interesting twist on the old story that invites new meaning. #LDS #GeneralConference
Elder Holland related a moving story about a boy with muscular dystrophy passing the Sacrament. I’m so glad male children of all abilities are invited to participate in this sacred rite, and look forward to the day when the same is true for our girls. #LDS #GeneralConference
BYU graduate and Exponent II board member Katie Ludlow Rich cried yesterday when she saw this current exhibit about @TheExponent for #WomensHistoryMonth. (BYU has had a complicated relationship with #feminism.) #lds
When #lds church leaders created Exponent II in the 70s, they thought the text was ok but the art was subversive. But the art was pretty benign, so what was up? Margaret Olsen Hemming theorizes that Exponent art was subversive because it was art, and art has the potential to move us.
At the time Maxine Hanks published Women and Authority, she wanted to reclaim the f word (#feminism) in #Mormon culture. #lds
When historian Martha Sonntag Bradley-Evans was selected to lead her university’s honor program, a detractor said, “No, not her. She’s a #Mormon housewife.” Martha says that is one of the best things about her. Be authentic, she says, if you’re a Mormon housewife, own it. #LDS
Judy Dushku compares the feminist lens to a 10-year-old walking in on their parents having sex. You’ll never see the world in the same way again! #lds
Since #LDS church leaders recently reinstated the strict “day and night” garment-wearing rule that they had wisely deleted in 2019, I’ve been thinking about why they would take such a backward step. Here are my guesses. exponentii.org/blog/3-other...
I have a cameo in my friend’s article! #lds #ordainwomen exponentii.org/blog/telling...
I stopped at 9; it seemed like a neat stopping point, since 9 also happens to be the number of General-level callings LDS women are allowed to hold (compared to over 100 for men). But tell me, what did I miss? What would you add to this list? exponentii.org/blog/9-women...
I’m so intrigued by this trailer. When I was a LDS missionary, I would have loved to knock on Hugh Grant’s door. I totally would’ve come in and gotten trapped in his house. I hope it doesn’t disappoint!
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I was nervous that this talk was a little edgy for my local LDS ward, but the feedback was great! Phew. exponentii.org/blog/trust-i...
LDS women leaders are outranked and outnumbered in the councils of the church, selected by and accountable to men, and have no direct reports. How can they lead? I had a great discussion about it with David Boyce and Peggy Fletcher Stack at the @sltrib.com
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I was honored to compile these tributes to Melissa Inouye, who we recently lost after a long battle with cancer. exponentii.org/blog/the-sol...
Sometimes you reply to someone else in the middle of a thread and a whopping 2 people like your comment, and then it gets picked up by Axios and MSN.
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#PresidentOaks used his #LDS #GeneralConference talk to explain that personal freedom does not apply to underwear. The map he shared reminds me that church leaders continue to demand 24/7 garment compliance without accommodation even in tropical regions of the world.
Amazing Grace in #GeneralConference? Is this an omen? Maybe the new hymnal will finally bring this Christian classic into the #LDS repertoire?
I appreciate #ElderCarpenter for daring to be open about sealing cancellation, a fraught topic, but he did not address the gender disparity in sealing cancellation policy, which is an important issue that needs to be addressed in the #LDS church. #GeneralConference
#ElderCarpenter says no one will be trapped in a sealing to an “unrepentant” former spouse, even without a cancellation. I think he was also saying they will not trapped with a repentant person they still want to divorce, but this part was less clear. #GeneralConference
#SisterSpannaus says if we love the truth we will seek it, and if we seek it we will find it. #GeneralConference
I had forgotten this gem of a lyric:
“Oh, what songs we'll employ
As the heart swells with joy,
When our Heavenly Parents we meet!” #LDS #GeneralConference
Alas, we have sold out of eclipse glasses. We do still have books, which, well, will admittedly diminish the experience of the eclipse, BUT, you won't go blind if you hold a book in front of your face, so, you know, that's not nothing.
If remembering Christ is the goal, is the garment the best strategy? It reminds #SisterDennis of Christ, but it also distracts many other people from thinking of Christ due to discomfort, pain or resentment. #GeneralConference
#ElderHamilton foreshadowed an emphasis on garment-wearing, & we only had to wait for the 2nd talk of #GeneralConference. However, I appreciate that #SisterDennis focused on the intended symbolism of the garment & did not fixate on daily compliance rules or women’s yoga pants.
After all the talk about #LDS women & the priesthood authority we supposedly have, it’s an interesting contrast to begin #GeneralConference by reading a long list of names of male General Authorities. No LDS women is honored with the title of General Authority. #LDSconf
Would the #lds church allow 15,000+ rebuttals to a statement by a male leader? I doubt it.
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