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Exponent II Issue

I felt like I had to link this for anyone who has feminist temple issues as I do. This whole issue is about different women's experiences with the temple, some very positive, others more reminiscent of my own. It was very comforting to realize just how many other women struggle with the same questions and pain as I do. I still pray that I will live to see major changes made to the wording of the temple ceremonies, which I don't believe are consistent with the professed doctrines of the church regarding women and are merely vestiges or the earlier, more patriarchal society in which these ceremonies came out and were developed. Anyway, check it out! The free PDF is at the bottom of the page. Exponent II

Finding Mother in Heaven in the Scriptures

I recently found this fascinating article online entitled How to Worship our Mother in Heaven (Without Getting Excommunicated) by Kevin Barney. I'm not sure what it was published in, but I'm assuming it was some journal at BYU, given the academic bent. It really opened up my eyes to the fact that our Mother in Heaven is a lot more visible, approachable, learn-about-able :) than I'd previously thought. You just have to be taught what to look for. Some thoughts that I got from it / things are learned are: We know Her name. Some of her names are: Happiness, Sanctuary or Holy Place, Tree of Life, Tree of Knowledge, Wisdom, Most High Goddess, Creatress of All, Lion Lady, and my personal favorite - She Who Treads Upon the Sea. She was anciently symbolized by a tree. In Nephi's vision, he is shown a tree and then is shown Mary holding Christ. He immediately understands that Christ is gift of love given from God. Ancient Israelites knew of our Mother in Heaven and even wor

Blessings of Healing

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