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Portraits of Mormon Women: Katy

by Women Seeking Christ | May 12, 2010 | Portraits of Latter-day Saint Women, Who We Are | 5 |

My name is Katy, short for Kathryn. I’ve been a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints since I was baptized at the age of eight years old. My parents were raised Mormon. My grandparents were raised...

Open Question: What from General Conference inspired you?

by Women Seeking Christ | Apr 5, 2010 | Ask a Latter-day Saint Woman | 8 |

It was a wonderful weekend for members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. We enjoyed two days of instruction and counsel and testimony from prophets and apostles and other general leaders of the Church. These...

Portraits of Mormon Women: Jess

by Women Seeking Christ | Mar 24, 2010 | Portraits of Latter-day Saint Women, Who We Are | 4 |

~by Jess Hi! My name is Jessica but most just call me Messy Jess. I grew up in the Mormon Church. I married in the temple at age 26 and eight years later I am happy to be a stay-at-home mom with four children. I like to be...

Ask a Mormon Woman: Do Mormons believe in healing?

by Women Seeking Christ | Feb 22, 2010 | Ask a Latter-day Saint Woman | 3 |

Answer by Michelle** Do we as members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints believe in healing? Absolutely. Our seventh Article of Faith reads: “We believe in the gift of tongues, prophecy, revelation,...

A Firm Foundation

by Women Seeking Christ | Feb 18, 2010 | Articles and Talks | 3 |

~by Melanie I love to listen to men sing. This Sunday, I heard the best men’s choir ever. I was ironing my son’s white shirt and my husband was helping our boys, ages 4 and 7, get dressed for church. The three of...

Ask a Mormon Woman: What are Mormon views on pregnancy, childbirth, and medical intervention?

by Women Seeking Christ | Feb 15, 2010 | Ask a Latter-day Saint Woman | 9 |

We recently received this question at our site: “As part our Midwifery studies we are researching the Mormon religion and any effects it may have during pregnancy and child birth. What are the views on pregnancy, and child...

Ask a Mormon Woman: Why do Mormons go to church for three hours?

by Julie P | Jan 4, 2010 | Ask a Latter-day Saint Woman | 7 |

~by Julie** When my friends find out that we go to church every week for three hours at a time, I get lots of big eyes and replies like “You’re crazy! Why would you do that?!” I’ll be the first one to...

Portraits of Mormon Women: Rachel

by Women Seeking Christ | Dec 9, 2009 | Portraits of Latter-day Saint Women | 15 |

My name is Rachel and I am 27 years old. I was raised as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I have been married for almost 8 years and I have four children, ages 6, 5, 2 and 1. If you do the math on...

Family Fridays: Family Home Evening

by Women Seeking Christ | Dec 4, 2009 | Latter-day Saint Family Life | 8 |

~by Jenna Consolo Treats are the easy part of Family Home Evening, this tradition that has us gather our families around us every Monday night for a gospel lesson, an activity or game, some songs, a prayer, and then, for many...

Family Friday: A Mother’s Love

by Women Seeking Christ | Nov 27, 2009 | Latter-day Saint Family Life | 6 |

~by Jenny Last night, while tightly hugging me around my neck, my twenty-three month old spontaneously told me that she loved me – for the first time. “I love you.” Oh, how those words hold such magic. I immediately...

Links We Like: Chapels and Temples — Glimpses inside each, and how they differ

by Women Seeking Christ | Nov 7, 2009 | Links We Like | 1 |

Have you ever wondered what goes on inside of the meetinghouses of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints? See this LDS Newsroom story that explains more about our buildings and what kinds of meetings we hold in them....

First Person: Just What I Needed

by Women Seeking Christ | Nov 3, 2009 | Video and Multimedia | 1 |

~by Heidi It had been a bad day. I was dealing with disappointment over a hoped-for opportunity that had been withdrawn, and pain over a teacher’s unfair and damaging treatment of my young son. As I sat at my computer where so...