There are only two women mentioned by name in the Doctrine and Covenants, Emma Smith and Vienna Jacques but on this page I have included other women in Latter-day Saint Church History
This year in Relief Society we are studying the life and teachings of Joseph Fielding Smith, the 10th prophet of the church. As I read through the short biography of him given in the front of the manual I was very touched by a story about him and his second wife, Ethel Reynolds Smith. Joseph…
Dr. Ellis Shipp and her “sister-wives” Image Source Did you know that the early days of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, midwifery was a spiritual calling? A woman was called to be a midwife by priesthood authority, often after having been nominated by the Relief Society, and set apart by the laying…
Awhile ago I received this email, she asked: I am currently a working mother of two little ones, 3 and 4. And as such I often struggle with the concept that “fathers are … responsible to provide the necessities of life and protection for their families … [and] mothers are primarily responsible for the nurture…
“Zion’s Camp” by C.C. Christensen I teach online Seminary for our Stake, for those kids who live too far away to attend early morning Seminary. This year we are studying the Doctrine and Covenants and last week we studied the sections 103-105, that deal with the history of Zion’s Camp. Zion’s Camp was an army…
There is a famous story about Joseph Smith (often called “Majesty in Chains”) about how, during his imprisonment in Richmond Jail, he and several other men lay on the floor unable to sleep because the guards were boasting of the murders, robbery, and rapes they had committed against the Saints. Of this experience Elder Parley…
Image source On the first Sunday of the month there is no an assigned lesson topic for Relief Society. Instead it is up to the prayerful discretion of the Relief Society Presidency to choose a message their sisters need to hear. This month it was my turn to teach (I am the first counselor in…