ordain women Archive

12June 11, 2014
There is hope smiling brightly before us

In September 1993, I was a 20 year old, already-married (gasp!) undergrad at BYU. I watched the September Six...
12May 30, 2014
Unafraid to Ask: Jane Elizabeth Manning James and Ordain Women

There is no more sympathetic figure in Mormon history than Jane Elizabeth Manning James, African-American Mormon pioneer, beloved member of...
2March 9, 2014
Paying it Forward

by Gabrielle Crowley Like many Americans, the day-to-day grind has taken a financial toll on our household. We have had...
43November 21, 2013
Boys, Safety Patrol and the Priesthood

A couple weeks ago, four out of five of us slept through our alarms. I rushed into Stuart’s room...
29November 6, 2013
Equality is not a Feeling, 5.0

–From Laura C. This week’s “Equality is not a Feeling” post is an illustration of the people needed–according to the...
12October 30, 2013
Equality is not a Feeling, 4.0

Another illustration of a way to measure (in)equality in the Mormon church (for other measurements, see here, here, and here)....
4October 27, 2013
Ride to Priesthood Session with Ordain Women

A couple weeks ago, I flew to Salt Lake City to attend the all-male priesthood session of the General Conference...
37October 23, 2013
LDS Men, Please Consider This

“The end goal is the diffusion of any and all anger, frustration, judgement, or ill will toward the women who...
10October 23, 2013
Equality is not a Feeling, 3.0

Here’s another installment in my series, Equality is not a Feeling–in which I am trying to illustrate, visually, numerous ways...
3October 22, 2013
Eshet Chayil

Earlier this year, I read Rachel Held Evans’s book A Year of Biblical Womanhood and hosted a Mormon Stories Book...
7October 21, 2013
An Economic Perspective on Female Ordination

Today’s guest post is by S. Mark Barnes, an attorney and a university law and economics instructor. He served a...
34October 19, 2013
Equality is Not a Feeling, 2.0

I have “equality” on the brain these days. What does it mean? What does it look like? How...
40October 16, 2013
Equality is not a Feeling

Two-part proclamation from me: 1. I don’t know what I think about God these days, but this much I...
18October 8, 2013
Not the Same Mormons

“When I was a kid I loved to read fiction and non-fiction books about the Old West. There was always...
4October 1, 2013
Smog-Breathers

I just read an amazing book called “Multiplication is for White People”: Raising Expectations for Other People’s Children by Lisa...
5October 1, 2013
Ordain Mormon Women

Doves and Serpents just received word that the fantabulous Cate has penned a song for the women (and men) of...
92September 24, 2013
Women and the Priesthood: It’s Complicated

Once you become aware of the problem, you see it everywhere. It’s cultural. It’s systemic. It’s grounded firmly in biases,...
7September 15, 2013
Ride to the Edmund Pettus Bridge

Growing up, I only learned the “standard” stuff about the Civil Rights movement. Pretty much just what was in...
19September 10, 2013
Letter to A Bishop: Can I be a witness at my daughter’s baptism?

“In preparation for my daughter’s upcoming baptism, I was asked to organize and make the necessary assignments regarding who would...
72September 9, 2013
My response to a Letter of Kindly-Intended Correction Regarding My Pro-Female Ordination Stance

By Spunky On October 5th, there are a group of Mormon women who will go to the Priesthood Session of...
8April 4, 2013
Redeeming Asherah

By Michelle Wiener (aka, Michelle Mormon) Today at work, the question of God’s gender came up, and I replied that...