To know the history, purpose, and destiny of the Relief Society
Do you truly believe you are Guardians of the Hearth? Do you take that role seriously, and seek to establish, nurture, and defend the family from this position? The world would have you scoff at that notion. It would convince you that “men and women have been socialized to perform certain gender specific roles”. It […]
On January 17th, 2012 Sis. Beck gave the devotional address at Brigham Young University. Her topic was sort of a culmination of what her presidency has tried to teach us. You can find the talk at BYU Speeches. Sis. Beck has been very consistent as she urges us to strengthen our own faith in the Lord […]
As I have read through all the talks from October’s General Conference, I was struck by how many talks were about POWER. As women, we sometimes assume that the men have all the Power, but that isn’t true. Women have Power, and an obligation, to make something of themselves, and their families. Elder Scott started […]
Have you ever listened to the Mormon Channel? They offer a daily variety of programs to listen to. Especially interesting to us might be the programs about Relief Society. They have episodes on the Visiting Teaching Message for the month, Questions and Answers answered by Sis. Beck, and discussions on the Daughter in My Kingdom […]
How many women have been lost and forgotten over time? Millions! One, that I would like to remind you of right now is Jessie Evans, born in 1902. She began singing with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir at the age of fifteen. Later, she sang all over the world with opera companies. She was asked to […]
I’m realizing more and more just how profitable it is to search the scriptures, learn from them, then teach the beautiful doctrine that is in them. First, there is no way we can remember everything that is in those pages, so they must be read over and over again, and Second, as we confront all […]
Back in 1969, Elder Harold B. Lee was asked, by the Relief Society General Presidency, to address the women on the obligations of membership in the Relief Society. I’ve outlined a little of what he said: He quoted the First Presidency, who spoke at the Relief Society Centennial, in 1947: “Frequent recurrence to fundamentals is […]
I thought, in honor of our Visiting Teaching message this month, I would look through the Ensign and find stories about visiting teaching. I went through the motions of family life day after day but felt increasingly alone. One day, my visiting teachers called. They shared with me a lesson on reading the scriptures. I […]
This month’s visiting teaching message is reminding us how to be better visiting teachers. They use the word “Watchcare”. That is a sweet term, isn’t it? We must watchcare over one another. Before you set out to do your visiting teaching, be sure to read Chapter 7, Pure Religion, in Daughters in my Kingdom. This […]
Thanksgiving always gives us time to reflect where our level of gratitude is. This article, written by a dear friend of mine, helps put things in perspective for us. How can we enjoy closer, warmer associations with our children, our neighbors, and our business associates? May I suggest that the magic word is gratitude. […]
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