President Hinckley has told us that Jesus Christ forbids our praying to Heavenly Mother. But heavenly parents who refuse communication with their children seem unworthy of their status as gods, and a mother who will not hear or acknowledge her children is not a helpful role model for Latterday Saints. Therefore, there must be some …
Speaker: ELLEN DECOO
STUDENT POLITICAL ACTIVISM AT BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY, 1965-1971
On 11 May 1970, Ernest L. Wilkinson stated, “There is certainly a spirit of unrest throughout the country and while it is manifest only slightly at the BYU it is nevertheless manifested here.” Student political activism at BYU during the late 1960s to early 1970s was, like student activism elsewhere, as much a function of …
Millennial Mentality And Religious Relevance
Millennials, the generation born after 1981, are raised to be doubters and seekers. in The Book of Mormon musical, millennial missionary elder Price notes that Mormons Ellen Decoo, Jennifer Duqué, Chris Naegle, Ann-Michelle Neal
SL10221: Relief Society and the Invisible Hand of Patriarchy
Relief Society, the Church’s official organization for women, is an auxiliary of the priesthood, which means that it does not technically belong to the women it is intended to serve. If it becomes preoccupied with the patriarchal nature of the Church, it can fail to do its most necessary work: to meet the spiritual, emotional, …