The Power of Prayer: The School of Experience: We Have Still a Greater Mission: God Has Revealed It unto Me: Knowledge Now Which Is Definite: Thou Shalt Love Thy Neighbor: Forgiveness Is like Mercy: The Value of Faith: Sensing Responsibility of Office: The Religious Crisis of Today: Gaining Knowledge and Intelligence: Unto the Least of These: Relief Society Brings Happiness: A Latter-day Saint Theology of Suffering: And Now I See: With Holiness of Heart: A Small and Simple Thing: Our Sabbath Day Gifts: Resolving Conflicts Using Gospel Principles: Parkin, Young Women general presidency.
Pictured here, left to right, are Pearce, Beckham, and Parkin. Photograph by Busath Photography. Dansie was active in the Relief Society and proud that she had donated to the Relief Society Building fund. An ardent proponent of education in general, and education for women in particular, Dansie occasionally sent Parkin dollar bills to support her while she studied elementary education at Utah State University, where she earned her degree in Dansie earned these dollars by writing a column for the Midvale Utah Sentinel and by selling eggs from her chickens.
Throughout her life, Parkin found strength in covenant-keeping. Parkin, who was often absent to fulfill responsibilities both as a medical resident at the University of Washington and as a member of the bishopric.
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They prepared by having lessons and discussions in family home evening, buying new clothes, inviting grandparents and friends to attend, and sharing a meal afterward at their home. Parkin was on the Relief Society general board from until , when she joined the Young Women general presidency.
For example, she felt an urgency to help young women learn to love Relief Society. Even outside of meetings, they diligently supported each other through visiting teaching and compassionate service, despite the logistical inconvenience of sprawling ward boundaries. Many of the members were new converts who frequently described how their covenants blessed them. Parkin and her new counselors made covenants a part of their mission statement. Although our numbers are much greater than those Relief Society sisters in Nauvoo, the spirit of our gathering is the same.
And together, led by a prophet of God, we will do it! I hope you feel the love I have for you—love that is shared by my counselors, who are a rich blessing to me. Hinckley called me to serve as Relief Society general president is a huge understatement! But there is only one reason I did it: I have made covenants with the Lord, and I know what that requires.
Plus, I knew that you and I would serve together and that my willingness was on behalf of all of us. For centuries, righteous women have been stepping forward to join the cause of Christ. Many of you have only recently been baptized; your covenants are fresh in your hearts, your sacrifices still tender.
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She had to steal away in the night to be baptized, because of the persecutions of her neighbors and the displeasure of her family. Here we found the water … frozen over, and the elder had to chop a hole in the ice large enough for the purpose of baptism.
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That is a phrase we often hear in the church, but what does it mean? How do covenants define who we are and how we live?
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Covenants—or binding promises between us and Heavenly Father—are essential for our eternal progression. Step by step, he tutors us to become like him by enlisting us in his work. At baptism we covenant to love him with all our hearts and love our sisters and brothers as ourselves. Forged through priesthood authority, our kept covenants bring blessings to fill our cups to overflowing. How often do you reflect that your covenants reach beyond mortality and connect you to the Divine? Making covenants is the expression of a willing heart; keeping covenants, the expression of a faithful heart.
Of course, the doing is where we prove who we really are. When my husband and I were missionaries in England, we saw many elders and sisters whose lives were directly influenced by the covenants of worthy women.
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Covenants not only coax us out of comfort zones and into new growth but lead others to do the same. Covenants save us from needless suffering. He has counseled us to avoid debt, maintain a food supply, and become self-reliant. Covenants renewed invigorate and refresh a weary soul.
Yes, we face hard things; yes, making changes is strenuous. In another Sinsinawa Dominican book I reviewed , Sister Kaye Ashe included a quote startlingly proposing that female friendship should be the model for all relationships among created beings. Purely on the level of friendship this is fine! One thing that surprised and specially concerned me in this book is the refusal of forgiveness for some offenses. Compassion is needed for deep healing, but so is forgiveness. If you do not forgive others, neither will your Father forgive you.
Then in Chapter 6 Sister Clare writes:. Though Jesus knew the Jewish law and the prophets well, his confidence, authority, and belief that he could make a difference were rooted in his Abba experience. This encounter with loving Divine Presence and the relationship with Abba that followed provided the foundation for his spiritual life. Speaking of Jesus, she says: Following Chapter 1, which wanted us to focus on our body, the end-of-chapter ritual even recalls Hindu Kundalini meditation: The most poignant thing in Awakening to Prayer, is from the end-of-chapter ritual for Chapter 4.
Arrange these items into a beautiful altar that represents struggle. Perhaps in the new theology, everything is equally a sacrament. Grasping this pervasiveness of God makes it clear that there is something lasting and sacred in everything we taste and touch.
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I find Sister Clare human, warm and likeable, which all the more leaves me with sadness. Venerable Samuel Mazzuchelli, O. Builder of 20 churches, founder of 30 parishes, founder of the Dominican Sisters of Sinsinawa. Let us keep you updated Name: