Tag: April 2014
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The Joyful Burden of Discipleship
When Elder Rasband asked President Monson what he should do when he was visiting an area that had experienced a natural disaster President Monson asked him to telly the people that the property loved them, that the prophet was praying for them, and that the prophet appreciated the work of those who were helping in…
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The Cost—and Blessings—of Discipleship
If we are unwilling to stand for true principles and endure the scorn of the world when it will not accept those principles then we will be left with our houses desolate. I can’t wait to actually listen to this whole talk uninterrupted. If love is to be our watchword, and it must be, we…
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Welcome to Conference
I caught basically nothing except the statement that there would be no announcements of new temples in the immediate future.
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Daughters in the Covenant
I will speak tonight about the path—which in such beautiful ways has been described today—that we must take on our journey back to our Heavenly Father. That path is marked by sacred covenants with God. I will talk with you about the joy of making and keeping those covenants and helping others keep them. His…
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Wanted: Hands and Hearts to Hasten the Work
Why do the leading sisters of the church so consistently speak about the same kind of topics and with such consistent perspectives? There must be something about it that is natural to femininity. Like the rich young man in Jesus’s day, sometimes we are tempted to give up or turn back because maybe we think…
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Sisterhood: Oh, How We Need Each Other
The adversary would have us be critical or judgmental of one another. He wants us to concentrate on our differences and compare ourselves to one another. Concentrating on what separates us is a tactic of the adversary. When Sister Val Baker’s bishop asked to meet with her, she was looking forward to being called as…
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Keeping Covenants Protects Us, Prepares Us, and Empowers Us
Tonight we gather together all over the world as His disciples, with a desire to defend and sustain the kingdom of God. I wonder if “defend” is really descriptive of what women should seek to do. In extraordinary circumstances surely but I think this kind of verbiage blurs gender roles. I am going to hum…