To know the history, purpose, and destiny of the Relief Society
Once again, the Lord calls well-trained women who have served Him faithfully. Jean Barrus Bingham was serving in the Primary General Presidency before being called as the 17th president of the General Relief Society. Even before that, she served as a temple worker in the Chicago, Illinois Temple and a Seminary teacher. Born in Provo, […]
Linda Kjar Burton was born and raised in the church. When she was a teenager, her parents were called to serve as Mission President in New Zealand. In college, she studied Elementary Education and married her husband in the Salt Lake Temple on August 7, 1973. She stayed at home, raising their six children over […]
This General Conference Odyssey post covers the Saturday afternoon session of October 1982. In this session, I am pulling out three of the talks: “Run, Boy, Run!” by Thomas S. Monson, “LDS Hymns—Worshiping with Song” by Franklin D. Richards, and “The Seven Christs” by Bruce R. McConkie. As I was trying to come up with […]
This General Conference Odyssey post is on the Saturday morning session of October 1982. After reading this week’s session of talks I went to Sacrament meeting and listened to the speaker quote from this very talk. Of all things!! The talk I’d like to focus on today is David B. Haight’s talk, “Love All.” We hear […]
The Church is changing, and with it, so must we. Because we are now focusing on being home-centered, all of us are teachers and facilitators. Teachers are always going to be needed in our church lessons, but their role is being enlarged, as a facilitator, by including the entire class in the role as the […]
This General Conference Odyssey post covers the Women’s session of April 1982. I have two crazy thoughts that are going to eventually merge into one, so bear with me. Why do women suffer in childbearing and childrearing? If women are so strong and capable and awesome, why are there women in the church who […]
I do love stories about courageous women! Here are two, so this post is sort of long, but so worth your time. This story starts off with Elsie Nielson who traveled with the Willie company, through the blizzards, then later traveled south to Bluff, Utah with the Hole-in-the-Rock expedition. Also, during that southern expedition, we […]
Years ago, when asked to speak at a Visiting Teaching conference, I used Mary and Elizabeth as visiting teaching examples. We can apply the same to our ministering. Their story is found in Luke, chapter 1. Verse 36 Elizabeth, Mary’s older cousin, is old and six months pregnant. We don’t know how old she is, […]
This is a General Conference Odyssey post of the Welfare session of April 1982. Back in 1982, welfare concerns were employment, economy and maintaining your property. Today, our emphasis has shifted somewhat. While trying to physically survive on this planet, we can find valuable welfare support at lds.org. As we begin this new year of […]
Have you ever experienced a miracle while conducting research into your Family History? I have experienced little ones, but amazing miracles have occurred by some in my family that urges me to keep hunting, so the work will open up for me as well. The following is my mother’s written account of a series of […]
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