LDS Church releases more than 50 discourses by Mormon women online
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints made more than 50 discourses given by Mormon women available online for free, the LDS Church announced Thursday morning. The discourses — which were originally gathered and released in a book, “At the Pulpit:185 Years of Discourses by Latter-day Saint Women,” last year — feature talks by […]
Sister Eubank encourages BYU Women’s Conference attendees to embrace differences amongst women
In her opening address for BYU Women’s Conference Thursday morning, Sister Sharon Eubank shared the role of Relief Society in combining faith, family and relief to pave the road for conversion. Sister Eubank said conversion can be a group effort at the conference the university hosts annually in partnership with the Relief Society, the women’s organization for […]
New retreat provides a place for modern Mormon women to share struggles of discipleship
Elise Curtis of North Salt Lake created SALT LDS Retreat because she saw a need. A need for modern Mormon women to come together and find strength through being open about their struggles with living the gospel. “We go to church, but sometimes we just don’t get a ton out of it,” Curtis said. “Last […]
Why early LDS women gave blessings of healing (and why we don’t today)
In the time since The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was organized in 1830, revelation has come to prophets and apostles a piece at a time. The Church has experienced steady progression as more revelation has been given to prophets little by little. Because revelation often comes gradually, practices in the Church also evolve […]
General women’s meetings: Then and now
On Nov. 1, 2013, the First Presidency announced that a general women’s meeting would be held the Saturday before each general conference for all women, young women and girls 8 and older. The news came as a surprise and a delight to LDS women worldwide, but the meeting is hardly the first of its kind. […]
Birth names, married names and sensitivity to personal choice
Newlywed Alison Dyer is currently facing the same question millions of women grapple with every year — the name change. She got married in the Draper LDS Temple in August, then moved to Virginia with her husband and now is a week away from getting her new driver’s license. The pressure is on. “I’ve always […]