Several months ago one of my readers sent me this article and I thought it was so enlightening. I was going to link to it but the link where it was posted no longer works. Since this one is too good to miss I am re-posting it in its entirety here. “Women in the Image of…
“In Her Image” by Amber Eldridge Not long ago I heard a group of women talking about the “stereotypical woman”. Some women in the group were adamantly stating that they weren’t her and didn’t want to be her, others said that they felt pressure to be her, while several women said they’d been spending most…
The last two weeks have been wild and crazy. We have been in the process of graduating, selling and moving from our house, searching for a place to live, going on vacation, teaching my sister-in-law the temple preparation classes, and helping to get my brother-in-law ready for his mission to Taiwan. Not to mention publishing…
This post is the second half of my Archetypes Instead of Stereotypes post. It will be beneficial for you if you have read that post first before this one. I wanted to continue my conversation about archetypes by discussing how understanding and recognizing female archetypes in the scriptures and in the world around us can…
The practice of women wearing veils is found repeatedly throughout the scriptures, and for a good portion of human history it has been common for women (and sometimes men) to veil their heads and faces. Today, in many religions around the world women still cover their heads and their faces when they are in the…