Yesterday while looking for FHE resources (for newly married couples) I stumbled across something that I feel will change my life. You HAVE to check this website out! Women in the Scriptures
This lady is so inspiring! She has a challenge to read all the standard works and mark down any reference to women, make a list of how many named women and unnamed women there are in the scriptures, and for as many as you can ponder these questions about their life:
1- What is unique about this woman and her story?
2- How does she fit into the time period in which she lived?
3- What Christlike qualities does she exemplify?
4- What would I ask her if I could meet her?
5- How can I relate to her?
6- What can I (or someone else I know) learn from her experiences?
She has a crazy number of women (groups of women) mentioned! Somewhere in the 500's. Explore her site! Here are some gems I've stumbled across!
How Many Women Are There?
The Spiritual Symbolism of Veils
Getting Adam to Partake
The Type of Feminist I Am
Eve's "Curse"?
Why Don't Women Hold the Priesthood?
Mothers and Careers: The Age Old Question
Please tell me someone wants to take the challenge with me? I was so excited I jumped into the New Testament, Old Testament, and Book of Mormon all at once! I'm doing it all online at lds.org so I can keep a notebook with all of my little highlights of every word pertaining to women. I know I would really benefit from having another person to do it with! Is anyone interested in joining me?
So far I've got Eve, Mary, Rachel, and the woman Soleman married after killing her husband and Sariah.
Anyone?
Love you all!
Kenzie
I noticed she doesn't have Eve in the Old Testament. A woman I would like to meet someday. I had an entire folder from my seminary teaching days on Women of the Scriptures and cannot seem to find it. I was going to share it with you. Jennifer Brinkerhoff, a religion teacher at BYU gave a lesson on it to all the Seminary teachers when we lived in Gilbert. She was Andrew's and Nathan's Seminary teacher.
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