By Rory on Aug 14, 2008 in Featured, Marriage, Sunstone, Symposium, Women's Issues, parenting | 5 Comments
Recent reports in the media and on other blogs have pointed to some tense words and disagreements arising out of this session at the 2008 Sunstone Symposium. Unfortunately the emphasis has been placed on a few ill-chosen words, and the controversy appears to be overblown.
While it is true that there was a strong disagreement in [...]
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By Lisa Tensmeyer Hansen on Aug 13, 2008 in Featured, Ritual, Service, Spirituality, Sunstone, Symposium, Women's Issues, parenting, youth | 12 Comments
What would you do if your 4-year old daughter laid her hands on your head when you were sick? If you weren’t really, really sick, would you stop her? If you were really, really sick, would you stop her? What if she gave you a blessing that moved you? What if you were healed? What would [...]
By Elise Eggett Johnson on May 12, 2007 in Gratitude, Rotation, Spirituality, Women's Issues, parenting | 5 Comments
The greatest gift my mother gave me as a child was the nurturing of my natural curiosity. I feel a twinge of sadness when I see busy mothers respond to a child’s question of “why” with a quick “just because” or something equally as trite. Even as a child who probably used the word “why” [...]
By Jana on Feb 17, 2007 in Rotation, Women's Issues, parenting | 29 Comments
A rather random comment from my not-Mormon brother-in-law was a catalyst in changing my feelings about raising my children in the church. He said something to the effect of: “I would never allow my daughter to participate in an organization or an institution that discriminated against her because she’s a girl.” What [...]
