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On the one-year anniversary of Chieko Okazaki's passing

August 3, 2012

Dialogue is pleased to present Gregory Prince’s beautiful interview with Sister Chieko Okazaki from the Spring 2012 issue in noting the one-year anniversary of her passing this week.
In it, she explains: “Now your question, in relation to women, I think that women feel that they need to know every law and every principle of the gospel, and have to live it, so that they can be more perfect. They’re hard on themselves because they’re not already perfect. Whenever I speak, I try to share this principle with them: “I’m not perfect, but I try to live the principle as best I can.When I see that I can improve, I try to do that.”
And for other tributes to Sister Okazaki, see this recent blog compilation at Things of My Soul, wherein Ray includes a touching post by Dialogue Editor Kristine Haglund’s uncle Bruce Haglund on “Remembering Chieko Okazaki.