Review, Reflect, & Return: With God

Today we share a short poem written by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (March 6, 1806 – June 29, 1861), a prominent poet from the Victorian era:

2009 BYU Women’s Conference Virtual Sharing Stations

On Thursday evenings of BYU Women’s Conference, dozens of virtual sharing stations are provided to share “ideas…on serving, teaching, and helping one another in our homes, schools, communities, and church callings.” Handouts and summaries of this years 2009 Women’s Conference Sharing Stations are now available online here. A linked list of the 2009 sharing stations [...]

First Person: Saying “Thy Will Be Done” in Advance

-by Rosalie Almost twelve years ago, my daughter became aware of how seriously Alzheimer’s disease had affected her grandmother’s memory and personality. My daughter, along with several other relatives, visited her in a care center where she was recovering from a serious fall. I was living abroad at the time, on a Church mission with [...]

Portraits of Mormon Women: Enid

I am Enid, I live in Canada, and I am 81 years old. I have been married for 61 years. We have four sons, four daughters-in-law, thirteen grandchildren, and fifteen great-grand children (with two more coming). I have been a member of the Mormon Church all my life. My career is my family. I went through High School [...]

First Person: Sacrament Meeting Compassion

~by Allison I was in Sacrament meeting (the Mormon version of mass) last Sunday. I had gone to my brother’s ward (congregation) because he was blessing his son. (Sort of like a Christening but without the baptism. Or the godparents. Or the- actually, all unknown Mormon terms are described better here, so if you see [...]

Ask a Mormon Woman: What kind of music do you enjoy?

There are all kinds of music. Do you prefer to listen to just one genre, or many different kinds? You can read responses from Mormon women in the comments section below.

We Believe: A Sabbath “Sacrifice”

~by Michelle We all breathed a sigh of relief as we turned onto the highway;  we were down to the last sixteen miles of our six-hour journey. It doesn’t sound like much, but six hours of driving had worn us out. [This was no ordinary drive on straight, you-can-drive-75-miles-an-hour freeways. After navigating through the winding, [...]

First Person: Anatomy of a Ward Party

~by Janelle Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, or Mormons, love to gather. We gather to worship on Sundays. (Visitors are welcome!) We gather to our temples for marriages and to do work for our kindred dead. We gather for baptisms, midweek scripture study classes, weekly youth activities, camps for [...]

Review, Reflect, and Return : Hope

In the June 2009 issue of the Ensign Magazine, there is an article by Larry Hiller on the topic of hope. In the article he tells how “hope is anything but wishful. It is expectation based on experience.” Brother Hiller also shares this poem that he wrote: Walking with Two Sisters Faith walks before me, [...]

First Person: There’s No Proving It

~by Jenny Pocock In today’s society we are supposed to be sorely afraid of aging. I mean SORELY, as in going through massive amounts of pain (and money) to look younger than we are. I think this is messed up. Age has it’s benefits. Not that I’m over the hill or anything, but I’ve got [...]