Comments on: “Our Mother in Heaven”

By: ji

ji — Mon, 30 May 2011 19:07:32 +0000

Cultural over-belief (no. 1, WVS) — I like that term, too — I sometimes regret this practice among us, but now I have a term to better describe the phenomena.

By: Chris Gordon

Chris Gordon — Sun, 29 May 2011 02:18:24 +0000

Ardis, please tell me that you’re using an online backup system of some kind for all these little gems. At least try DropBox for some of your stuff! Hope you have a great weekend.

By: David Y.

David Y. — Tue, 24 May 2011 22:49:07 +0000

Beautiful melody. Interesting text in verse 3.

Glad you “found” this, Ardis.

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Fri, 20 May 2011 21:57:57 +0000

Thanks, Ess-dot … er … I think … Hey! Wait a minute!

By: S.Faux

S.Faux — Fri, 20 May 2011 21:52:39 +0000

Ardis:

Your computer is indeed important, because you have become such an important contributor to Mormon digital culture. And, be assured we would much rather keep reading you than dialing 911.

By: reed russell

reed russell — Fri, 20 May 2011 06:53:27 +0000

Ausgezeichnet, Ardis. This is great. Thanks

By: proud daughter of eve

proud daughter of eve — Fri, 20 May 2011 01:22:40 +0000

Carol, it came to me at a time in my life where I was very interested in Eve and wrapped up in the way she is viewed in our church as opposed to the way she is viewed by other churches. I may have been influenced by a book I remember from my high school library, “Daughters of Eve,” which was about a bunch of girls being nasty, cruel and possibly actually evil. That kind of got up my nose.

By: Carol

Carol — Thu, 19 May 2011 21:11:08 +0000

I think it’s great to see a son’s perspective. Sons see the role of a mother differently. That’s important to understand to be a good mother.

I’ve wondered why it’s always “sons of Adam” and “daughters of Eve”. I’m a daughter of Adam too. And, Eve obviously has sons. (In fact, here I am talking to a proud daughter of Eve, so I’ll ask: why did you pick that?)

By: Researcher

Researcher — Thu, 19 May 2011 20:44:28 +0000

Nice recording. Thanks, Phantom.

By: kevinf

kevinf — Thu, 19 May 2011 20:33:45 +0000

There's a pretty good article in the last issue of BYU Studies that documents how much the concept of Mother in Heaven has been discussed, addressed in conference, or has shown up in official church publications. It kind of blows the whole "It's too sacred to talk about" idea out of the water. It's a good read, and surprised me with the quantity and quality of official discourse on this subject. Might make you feel a bit better, PDOE.