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Will Ordain Women have an impact with most Mormon women?

LDS General Conference starts this weekend and the one question is whether Ordain Women will engage in social activism and gather to request admittance into the church’s all-male priesthood conference...

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How do you describe Mormonism in two minutes or less?

(To see Cal Grondahl’s cartoon that goes with this post, click here.) In high priest group meeting on a recent Sunday, we had an interesting question posed. How would you describe your feelings about...

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Elijah Ables, a black Mormon priesthood holder in the 19th century

(To see Cal Grondahl’s cartoon that goes with this post, click here). Elijah Ables is no stranger to Mormon history, although he’s virtually unknown to anyone who relies exclusively on LDS correlation....

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The temporary, mistaken ban on allowing women to pray in sacrament meeting

(To see Cal Grondahl’s cartoon that goes with this post, click here). I was listening to a Mormon Stories interview with writer Carol Lynn Pearson when I heard her say that in the 1970s, women were not...

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Temple adoptions were part of LDS evolution toward genealogy work

The majority of faithful Latter-day Saints who engage in temple work for the dead probably have never heard of the Law of Adoption. Yet, for roughly a half century, until 116 years ago, it was the...

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