A Glimpse

Last weekend was General Conference. It was wonderful… as usual… how could it not be considering you get to hear a prophet of God speak? Conference always gives me a spiritual infusion and helps me re-evaluate my life and my relationship with God. I am so grateful for it. I am also grateful that this…

Adam’s Rib

I love the story of Adam and Eve because within it there are SO many eternal truths about the role and purpose of women and interactions between the men and women. Yet, it saddens me that this beautiful story has also been the justification for so much of history’s oppression and discrimination against women. One…

Eve’s “Curse” ?

Every General Conference I pray that God will answer certain questions of my heart and this conference I was praying that He would teach me something new about women in the scriptures or about God’s relationship with women. I was hoping that someone would give a whole talk based off a woman in the scriptures…

Getting Adam to Partake

When we were first married my husband and I spent a summer living in Amman, Jordan. I was doing research for school and he got to tag along. I’d always considered myself to be a modest dresser–I don’t wear sleeveless shirts, short shorts, low-cut tops, bikinis or things that reveal my middle– and in the…