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Author: BYU Women's Conference Various
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Each year the Brigham Young University Women's Conference attracts thousands to the BYU campus to hear outstanding presentations on subjects of concern to Latter-day Saint women. The speakers are men and women who have achieved in community and church service, family life, and their professions.
This volume of essays contains talks carefully selected from the 1985, 1986, and 1987 BYU Women's Conferences. They perceptively and affirmatively address issues that are vital in the lives of all thoughtful Latter-day Saints. The authors of the essays examine the issues honestly and openly, neither afraid of hard questions nor satisfied with easy answers. Following are excerpts from some of these essays:
"Of the rich heritage left by our Mormon sisters of the past to the women of the present, perhaps the most significant is their legacy of faith." —Carol Cornwall Madsen
"A woman of faith is one whose heart and soul, mind and strength are committed to the pursuit of true values. First, in her heart and soul, a faithful woman acknowledges God's role in all things. Then with her mind she seeks to understand the divine plan for this world. And finally, with the strength of her hands, she undertakes to carry out the fundamental tasks of mankind, which are to keep God's commandments and give unselfish service to his children." —Camilla Eyring Kimball
"Spiritual gifts come by the power of the Holy Ghost and are available to every member of the Church, male and female. We should seek after spiritual gifts. They can lead us to God. They can shield us from the power of the adversary. They can compensate for our inadequacies and repair our imperfections." —Elder Dallin H. Oaks
"Obviously the Lord has created us with different personalities, as well as differing degrees of energy, interest, health, talent, and opportunity. So long as we are committed to righteousness and living a life of faithful devotion, we should celebrate these divine differences, knowing they are a gift from God." —Patricia Terry Holland
"What is the best help to offer a bereaved and grieving friend? What support can be given when a child is going to live with a severe defect that will be more difficult than death? What can a husband do to help a beloved wife who is dying? The ways in which human beings deal with impending death depend upon sex, age, wisdom, circumstances, culture, personality, and faith. Those left behind also respond in different ways. There is choice involved in our reaction to death, and to deal with bereavement we need to understand the elements common to those who pass through it." —Deanne Francis
"Sameness is one of the false premises of peer pressure. One very important thing we come to learn as adult women is that two profoundly different people may both be fine, devoted members of the Church. Sometimes, when the Lord wishes to show us with great impact a better way to be and live, He uses concrete examples of such lives —our friends—to teach us what to do." —Karen Lynn Davidson
This volume of essays contains talks carefully selected from the 1985, 1986, and 1987 BYU Women's Conferences. They perceptively and affirmatively address issues that are vital in the lives of all thoughtful Latter-day Saints. The authors of the essays examine the issues honestly and openly, neither afraid of hard questions nor satisfied with easy answers. Following are excerpts from some of these essays:
"Of the rich heritage left by our Mormon sisters of the past to the women of the present, perhaps the most significant is their legacy of faith." —Carol Cornwall Madsen
"A woman of faith is one whose heart and soul, mind and strength are committed to the pursuit of true values. First, in her heart and soul, a faithful woman acknowledges God's role in all things. Then with her mind she seeks to understand the divine plan for this world. And finally, with the strength of her hands, she undertakes to carry out the fundamental tasks of mankind, which are to keep God's commandments and give unselfish service to his children." —Camilla Eyring Kimball
"Spiritual gifts come by the power of the Holy Ghost and are available to every member of the Church, male and female. We should seek after spiritual gifts. They can lead us to God. They can shield us from the power of the adversary. They can compensate for our inadequacies and repair our imperfections." —Elder Dallin H. Oaks
"Obviously the Lord has created us with different personalities, as well as differing degrees of energy, interest, health, talent, and opportunity. So long as we are committed to righteousness and living a life of faithful devotion, we should celebrate these divine differences, knowing they are a gift from God." —Patricia Terry Holland
"What is the best help to offer a bereaved and grieving friend? What support can be given when a child is going to live with a severe defect that will be more difficult than death? What can a husband do to help a beloved wife who is dying? The ways in which human beings deal with impending death depend upon sex, age, wisdom, circumstances, culture, personality, and faith. Those left behind also respond in different ways. There is choice involved in our reaction to death, and to deal with bereavement we need to understand the elements common to those who pass through it." —Deanne Francis
"Sameness is one of the false premises of peer pressure. One very important thing we come to learn as adult women is that two profoundly different people may both be fine, devoted members of the Church. Sometimes, when the Lord wishes to show us with great impact a better way to be and live, He uses concrete examples of such lives —our friends—to teach us what to do." —Karen Lynn Davidson
Pages: 198
