Women and the Priesthood

After many many months, I've finally finished "Women and the Priesthood" by Sheri Dew.

Some of the insights (either quotes from her or others) I liked from the book were:

• Although women are not ordained to the priesthood, they "have countless opportunities in the Church to lead, pray, teach, preach, and expound doctrine, including as full-time, proselyting missionaries...many privileges that require ordination in other churches."
• Considering the circumstances under which the Relief Society Organization was formed, "it was in stark contrast to the conventions of the day for the leader of an organization--any organization, not to mention the leader of a religion--to give women significant time and attention."
• "For every woman, the challenge is one of discerning the Lord's will for her and then following the promptings of the Spirit. None of our divine errands are exactly the same."
• "Jesus honored womanhood when he came to this earth as a little child through the sacred and glorious agency of motherhood."
• "Mothers go missing in movies because leaving them in the lives of characters in crisis makes sustaining conflict difficult. Mothers listen and understand, solve problems and resolve conflicts. They are selfless and love without conditions. You want to stir up a heap of trouble and make it believable? Better keep Mom out of it."

This book gave me a lot to ponder about, and I appreciated many more quotes than the ones I listed above.

Rhetorically,
Rebekah