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The discussion surrounding the recent conference talk, Mothers Who Know, was fascinating. I read the Feminist Mormon Housewives and Exponent II conversations and other blog and bulletin board discussions, as well as the comments on the articles posted at the Deseret News and the Tribune, and found that I couldn’t help but react, sometimes in agreement, and sometimes in disagreement. Later I read What Women Know, which focuses on a broadened conceptualization of women’s many roles in life, and I found myself thinking again about the women and men in my life who have made a difference. If I have amounted to anything in life, it is largely because of the things I have learned from others. Whether from women or from men, I most value the things I have learned through nurturance and compassion. Hierarchy, commandments, and guilt have proven poor teachers in my case.
General Conference came and went, and I didn’t see even a minute of it. I heard a couple of minutes of the first session on Saturday, but it was after the Big News. I didn’t stick around to hear how wonderful it is to live in Utah, courtesy of some guy who lives there.
I did closely follow the proceedings on the Bloggernacle. For those of you who are in somewhat the same situation as I am (sorta believing, but with limits) I highly, highly recommend it. Intelligent thoughtful people extract the best from the conference talks and make them interesting. I may even read some of the actual talks when the Ensign comes out next month!
Bloggernacle Conference Highlights:
- The whole series of discussions at Times and Seasons
- Guy Murray’s summaries at Messenger and Advocate
- Kristine Haglund’s inspiring and uplifting take on RS President Julie Beck’s talk
Once again, the Bloggernacle has come through for me. It’s amazing how much more I like church filtered through the lens of smart people who don’t have my cynicism or bias.
For those of you CulturalHallItes listenting to General Conference (crickets chirping?)….it would be interested to hear if any of you detected some NOMish or “Middle Way”-teachings during conference this weekend.
Please comment if you hear any.
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