Purim, a Jewish Holiday celebrating Esther’s liberation of the Jews, was last Saturday and Sunday. I’ve always wanted to celebrate Purim. I mean really, a woman in the scriptures with her very OWN holiday, what isn’t there to celebrate about that! Jews often call Purim the “children’s holiday” because many of the activities revolve around…
When I was younger I was a bit discouraged by the fact that most of the important women in the scriptures are always described as being very physically attractive. For example, in his vision of Mary, the Mother of Christ Nephi describes her as “exceedingly fair” (1 Nephi 11:13), Rachel is described as being “beautiful…
Esther 2- 10 Background: 486- 465 BC After King Ahasuerus (also known as Xerxes) the King of Persia, demoted his wife Vashti for disobedience, his servants sought throughout all the providences of his kingdom for “fair young virgins” in order to find a new queen (Esther 2:2-3). The chosen young women were taken to the…
I have been trying to find time to sit down and write this post all month. Life has just been so busy, so sorry this is a bit late 😉 I wrote last year about how our family likes to celebrate Purim, the Jewish holiday celebrating Esther and the Jew’s miraculous deliverance. Cocoa shared this…
Feminism and I have had a long and tenuous relationship. I started struggling with “women’s issues” when I was really young, around 11 or 12. I had lots of hard questions about why men’s and women’s roles and places in society were so different. For most of my pre-teen and teen years my questions smoldered…
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.…
It has been a crazy summer and I apologize for abandoning my blog for the last few months. If you don’t follow me on Facebook or Instagram then you may have missed the news that my husband got a new job in Idaho. This summer we have been in the process of selling our house…