Barbara Morgan Gardner: How Women (and Men) Misunderstand the Priesthood + What We Can Do About It
All In
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🗓️ 12 June 2019
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Barbara Morgan Gardner's journey to understanding her access as a woman to priesthood power began as a young girl wondering which scriptures applied to her and which didn't. Today on "All In," she shares both doctrinal insights and practical tips for accessing and celebrating the gift of priesthood power to both men and women.
"There's no blessing, there's no privilege, there is no covenant, that God isn't allowing the women to partake of that He is allowing the men to partake of..."
Show Notes:
1:27- How the Ensign article came to be
2:35- The dangers of a "horizontal" culture
6:09- Why should we care about women's access to the priesthood?
9:38- A personal desire to understand
16:43- The Oath and Covenant
21:17- How do we keep up?
27:11- Why presiding matters
32:19- Opportunities available to Latter-day Saints
35:20- Why we need priesthood holders
40:14- Giving credence to women's voices
43:42- What does it mean to you to be "All In" the gospel of Jesus Christ?
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| 0:00.0 | In the March 2019 enzyme, Barbara Morgan Gardner wrote, |
| 0:05.7 | we're living in a day when equality, |
| 0:08.2 | power, fairness, intolerance are touted, |
| 0:11.8 | often above other virtues. |
| 0:14.4 | She goes on to say that identity, authority, spirituality, |
| 0:18.4 | and even God are topics of great confusion for many. |
| 0:22.9 | So what could help shine light on the confusion |
| 0:26.0 | surrounding these topics? |
| 0:28.0 | Barbara says a better understanding of women's connection |
| 0:31.6 | to priesthood power may be a good place to start. |
| 0:36.4 | Barbara Morgan Gardner is an associate professor |
| 0:39.5 | of church history and doctrine at Brigham Young University. |
| 0:43.4 | She is the recipient of a PhD in instructional psychology, |
| 0:47.9 | a master's in educational leadership, |
| 0:50.4 | and she completed postdoctoral work |
| 0:52.6 | at Harvard University. |
| 0:54.6 | During her time in Boston, |
| 0:56.1 | she served as institute director and a chaplain |
| 0:59.0 | at both Harvard and MIT. |
| 1:01.5 | She is now the chaplain at large |
| 1:03.5 | in higher education for the church. |
| 1:07.2 | This is All-in, an LDS living podcast |
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