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Willing the Storm

April 29, 2020

One summer dusk I floated in the swimming pool as billowing
            black thunderheads glowered on every horizon, spitting
                        lightning at the earth as night gathered beyond
                                    them. I willed the monsoon

On Women and Priesthood Power

April 29, 2020

A head-scratcher for sure
            how to plug us into
                        your power grid

Mother’s Blessing

April 29, 2020

She puts her hands on my head
By the power of the divine womanhood we both share,
And blesses me to love myself, to love others,
To feel power in moving forward,
To see clearly, and kindly.

Reason Stares

April 29, 2020

Brigham is boiling inside
at the audacity of the prophet
who said that God was once
a man.

A Found Poem

April 29, 2020

The girl
spotted a pretty pile
of colored sand

Women in Workplace Power

April 29, 2020

Dialogue 53.1 (Spring 2020): 143–157
Women’s work has always been multifaceted and applied across all aspects of human experience. Women have filled many roles: queen, mother, inventor, artist, healer, politician, caretaker, prophet. Wom￾en’s voices have been loud and quiet, sometimes invisible but always present, on the vanguard or on the margins, leading, pushing, making change.

Mormon Women in the Ministry

April 28, 2020

Dialogue 53.1 (Spring 2020): 129–142
Interview with Brittany Mangelson who is a full-time minister for Community of Christ. She has a master of arts in religion from Graceland University and works as a social media seeker ministry specialist.

Women in Dialogue

April 28, 2020

I am very happy to see the publication of a new issue of Dialogue edited by Exponent II women. I have had dealings with both publications for more than forty years and know the positive…