Popular Post MorningStar Posted October 8, 2013 Popular Post Posted October 8, 2013 This is exactly how I feel. http://youtu.be/-QYlDLChzig 7
Duncan Posted October 8, 2013 Posted October 8, 2013 I like what she said about expounding scripture, my mind is being BLOWN by reading the book on Temples by Wendy Ulrich. 1
MorningStar Posted October 8, 2013 Author Posted October 8, 2013 I haven't read that. I'll have to check it out. 1
Paloma Posted October 8, 2013 Posted October 8, 2013 This is exactly how I feel. http://youtu.be/-QYlDLChzig There are obviously gifted, strong LDS women (you included!) who are very fulfilled. No doubt a whole lot! Some of my LDS friends feel likewise and I'm happy for them. 1
Scott Lloyd Posted October 8, 2013 Posted October 8, 2013 (edited) A superb exposition by Sister Dew. I mentioned here on the board the other day, but this might be an appropriate place to bring it up again, that I work for a corporate entity that is owned by the Church, and my two immediate supervisors are women. They've both made it clear they don't feel in any way held back by the Church. Edited October 8, 2013 by Scott Lloyd 1
Stargazer Posted October 8, 2013 Posted October 8, 2013 Wow. Just wow. When and where was this talk given?
MorningStar Posted October 8, 2013 Author Posted October 8, 2013 Wow. Just wow. When and where was this talk given?I have no idea. A friend posted it and I loved it! I have always felt like we play such a huge role in the church. I've been to visit friends' churches and I have never heard women address congregations like ours do. Even our youth do, which is awesome.
ERayR Posted October 8, 2013 Posted October 8, 2013 Obviously she was reading from a prepared script. Was there a rattle of leg irons? 3
halconero Posted October 8, 2013 Posted October 8, 2013 What does it say? I'm in the library and am taking a break from studying, but I don't have headphones to watch the video.
Scott Lloyd Posted October 8, 2013 Posted October 8, 2013 (edited) What does it say? I'm in the library and am taking a break from studying, but I don't have headphones to watch the video.Sheri Dew tells of being interviewed by a European journalist whose prejudice is that because Sister Dew is Mormon and a woman, she must be oppressed. Journalist asks an are-you-still-beating-your-wife type of question along the lines of "How do you cope with being oppressed?" But Sister Dew is well-prepared and gives the journalist an earful. That's the brief summary. You'll have to hear the details when you get back home. Edited October 8, 2013 by Scott Lloyd 1
mtomm Posted October 8, 2013 Posted October 8, 2013 Sheri Dew's experiences with the church are not exactly those of the ordinary LDS woman. 1
Popular Post MorningStar Posted October 8, 2013 Author Popular Post Posted October 8, 2013 And I don't have a life like Sheri Dew, but I feel just as valued, loved, important, etc. 5
cursor Posted October 8, 2013 Posted October 8, 2013 April Sheri Dew (CEO of Deseret Book), when asked by Mark Cannon (former BYU political science professor who went to Washington 35 years ago to become administrative assistant to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court) if DB was going to publish Mormon's Codex: An Ancient American Book, she just said bluntly, "No." The recently published volume is currently in the top 10 best selling list at Deseret Book.
Scott Lloyd Posted October 8, 2013 Posted October 8, 2013 April Sheri Dew (CEO of Deseret Book), when asked by Mark Cannon (former BYU political science professor who went to Washington 35 years ago to become administrative assistant to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court) if DB was going to publish Mormon's Codex: An Ancient American Book, she just said bluntly, "No." The recently published volume is currently in the top 10 best selling list at Deseret Book. Sounds like you have an axe to grind.
Scott Lloyd Posted October 8, 2013 Posted October 8, 2013 Sheri Dew's experiences with the church are not exactly those of the ordinary LDS woman. I think the point is that women in the Church will not be prohibited from expressing and fulfilling their talents just because they are members of the Church. If it takes a rather prominent example to illustrate that, so be it. 2
cursor Posted October 8, 2013 Posted October 8, 2013 Sounds like you have an axe to grind. No, not at all. Just an LOL.I don't even know the woman.
cinepro Posted October 9, 2013 Posted October 9, 2013 Sounds like you have an axe to grind. Didn't you mean "macuahuitl"? 2
cursor Posted October 9, 2013 Posted October 9, 2013 Didn't you mean "macuahuitl"? LOL, dude. I'll have you know that I'm pretty handy with one of those weapons in my hands.
Tiki Posted October 9, 2013 Posted October 9, 2013 April Sheri Dew (CEO of Deseret Book), when asked by Mark Cannon (former BYU political science professor who went to Washington 35 years ago to become administrative assistant to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court) if DB was going to publish Mormon's Codex: An Ancient American Book, she just said bluntly, "No." The recently published volume is currently in the top 10 best selling list at Deseret Book. It's obvious Sheri Drew, being a strong women, prefers a geography theory promoting a strong Joseph Smith, not one that claims he learned it from a book written by John Lloyd Stephens, which book was in the top 10 best selling list in its day.
Storm Rider Posted October 9, 2013 Posted October 9, 2013 Wow! A powerful talk from an oppressed, unequal Latter-day Saint woman who is downtrodden and without the priesthood. It just makes you cry that she is obviously so weak and broken. Here is what is interesting to me. She is a professional woman that is just as educated as the founder of OW, but her perspective is diametrically opposed to Kate's. What is different? How does one see the plan of our Father in Heaven and finds strength and peace and another finds turmoil, dissatisfaction, and anger. I resist qualifying these two perspective as wrong or right, but it is obvious which one demonstrates the fruits of the Spirit, which are love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control (Gal. 5:22-23). 4
mfbukowski Posted October 9, 2013 Posted October 9, 2013 Sounds like you have an axe to grind.More like an agenda I think.
why me Posted October 9, 2013 Posted October 9, 2013 A superb exposition by Sister Dew. I mentioned here on the board the other day, but this might be an appropriate place to bring it up again, that I work for a corporate entity that is owned by the Church, and my two immediate supervisors are women. They've both made it clear they don't feel in any way held back by the Church.I would assume that most women would feel that way. The church encourages women to educate themselves and be independent. True, motherhood comes into the picture but with an education, women can make a career for themselves and be independent financially, if this will be the case. 1
Calm Posted October 9, 2013 Posted October 9, 2013 Here is what is interesting to me. She is a professional woman that is just as educated as the founder of OW, but her perspective is diametrically opposed to Kate's. What is different? Not that I am arguing that this in any justifies OW's agenda, but one could point to the fact that Sheri is one of the limited group of LDS women that have risen to influence above stake level....a much smaller group than the also limited....just not so limited....group of LDS men who have risen to influence. So one could say the difference is that Sheri Dew is speaking from the point of having gotten what KK might desire, while Kate Kelly sees herself as never having the same chance. 1
Calm Posted October 9, 2013 Posted October 9, 2013 (edited) I would assume that most women would feel that way. The church encourages women to educate themselves and be independent. True, motherhood comes into the picture but with an education, women can make a career for themselves and be independent financially, if this will be the case.Perhaps things have changed, but for me growing up and sometime afterwards it was always taught that education was for the purpose of teaching one's children better and for a backup if one's husband couldn't provide necessities or one never got married. When I was in school there wasn't much talk even of going back to work after one's children were grown as far as I recall. I believe that attitude at least has changed, though I couldn't point to any particular talk off the top of my head. PS: I don't think it is a bad thing that there wasn't a huge amount of encouragement to go back to school after kids are grown. If a woman has reached that many years and experience in life and still feels she needs permission from someone else to go to college....maybe college isn't the best environment for her. Edited October 9, 2013 by calmoriah 1
Kenngo1969 Posted October 9, 2013 Posted October 9, 2013 It's obvious Sheri Drew, being a strong women, prefers a geography theory promoting a strong Joseph Smith, not one that claims he learned it from a book written by John Lloyd Stephens, which book was in the top 10 best selling list in its day. A. The name is Dew, as in, "The morning dew descends upon the grass."B. Strong as she is, there is only one of her; the singular is woman, not women. Just sayin'! 3
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