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  “Father, Mother, help me piece together the contradictions of my life: White cotton, red satin, brown polka dot; torn Sunday dress, Navajo rug, frayed baby blanket. Make me insistent on every lonely shred, willing to sacrifice no one. Where there is no pattern, God, give me courage to organize a fearsome beauty. Where there…Read more Mother, Father, Give Me Vision

  “We must cherish one another, watch over one another, comfort one another and gain instruction that we may all sit down in heaven together.” Lucy Mack Smith Relief Society Minutes, 24 March 1842

  “This great trust which the Prophet Joseph Smith gave to women eighty years ago, has been a great blessing, not only to the Relief Society women but to the communities in which they have lived. Through our organization the gospel has been preached, the needy have been looked after, the sick have been comforted,…Read more The Greatest Thing In The World Is Love

  “In exercising charity, we come to know a sister’s heart. When we know a sister’s heart, we are different. We won’t judge her. We will simply love her. I invite you to not only love each other more but love each other better. As we do this we will come to know with a…Read more Love Each Other Better

  “The work of Relief Society is focused on the pure and simple part of the gospel, to develop faith and bear testimony; to render compassionate service as we care for the needy; to strengthen our families here and in eternity; and to work with our “hearts knit together in unity and love one towards…Read more Focused On The Pure And Simple

  “Some of our greatest learning experiences will come as we give compassionately of ourselves. We may forget to be compassionate, but God never will. It is important for us to remember that this is a significant part of our human experience. In fact, it seems to be that, of all our learning, that which…Read more The Most Significant Learning We Ever Do

This episode is focused on the following quote. “Each individual is entitled to determine the ultimate destiny of his or her life. We can choose to use the powers within to have a happy life of continual growth and development that leads to eternal progression, or we can choose to follow the crowd of other…Read more We Can Choose to Use The Powers Within

  This episode is focused on the following quote. “When we are honest in all things, big and small, we experience peace of mind and a clear conscience. Our relationships are enriched because they are based on trust. And the greatest blessing that comes from being honest is that we are able to have the…Read more When We Are Honest In All Things

  This episode is focused on the following quote. “Personal decision making is one of the sources of the growth we are meant to experience in mortality. Persons who try to shift all decision making to the Lord and plead for revelation in every choice will soon find circumstances where they pray for guidance and…Read more Personal Decision Making is One of the Sources of Growth

  In today’s episode, I discuss the following quote. “Every one of us has privileges and blessings, and every one of us has fears and trials. It seems bold to say, but common sense suggests that never before in the history of the world have women, including LDS women, been faced with greater complexity in…Read more Faced With Greater Complexity In Their Concerns

  Barriers Will Crumble

  Kindness Without Love is Not Kindness at All

  Today’s episode is centered around a quote from Ezra Taft Benson. He said “Children, do you pray for your parents? Do you try to support them in their noble endeavors? They will make mistakes, like you, but they have a divine mission to accomplish in your life. Will you help them do so? Will…Read more Do You Pray For Your Parents?

  Today’s episode is centered around a quote from the Ezra Taft Benson Manual. The quote is “Write thoughts and feelings that come to you from the Holy Ghost as you study. Underline passages you want to remember. Consider memorizing these passages or noting them in your scriptures next to related verses. Read a chapter…Read more Studying the Ezra Taft Benson Manual

  In this episode I describe a new project where I will be attempting to introduce some of the recent materials published by the church. Some of sources I would like to cover are listed below Are Mormons Christians? First Vision Accounts Race and the Priesthood Plural Marriage and Families in Early Utah Book of…Read more New Project to Share Important Church Resources

  In this episode I share a presentation which includes a number of quotes about science from LDS leaders put to music from Josh Woodward. Thank you so much for listening.

  About 5 or 6 years ago, I began becoming increasingly interested in other religions and worldviews. Mostly I enjoyed hearing the stories and differing experiences that others have had. Sometimes, particularly in the church it can be easy to forget that we are not the only children of God, and that not only does…Read more Christ Did Not Come for a Chosen Few

  Remember that old object lesson of taking one stick and breaking it, and then taking two or more sticks together and trying to break those, which becomes much more difficult. I have heard that lesson regarding scriptures as well as many other things, but I would like to relate it to all of our…Read more Two Hands Together

  “Sometimes we hear the message that our strength is not desirable or wanted. Sometimes women feel that they should defer to others—that their husbands’ opinions are more important than their own, that the spiritual living teacher in Relief Society must be more spiritual than they are, or that their needs and wants should be…Read more No Healthy Marriage Needs to Fear a Strong Woman or a Strong Man In It

  One of my favorite talks is from Elder Uchtdorf where he discussed the idea of lifting where you stand. He spoke about members of the ward moving in a huge piano which had just been purchased. The difficulty was that when only some individuals would lift, it would make the piano go off center…Read more We Are All One in Sisterhood