“Vashti Deposed” by Ernest Normand, 1890 Esther 1:9-19 Background: 20 BC King Ahasuerus, the King of Persia held a feast for all the princes and servants of Persia and Media in order to show off his great riches. The feast lasted 180 days. After this feast he held a feast for all the people in…
The Banquet of Esther and Ahasuerus by Jan Victors There was a time in my life when I had a lot of anger about issues relating to women. I wasn’t angry at a specific person or organization per se, but angry at a world that treated women as objects, raped them, enslaved them, prevented them…
I was recently (okay, recently as in four months ago) called to be the Young Women’s president in our Ward. I haven’t ever had a calling in young women’s (not since I was a young woman) and so it has been a big learning experience for me. I’ve also never been a president of anything.…