Errand of Angels

It has been said 'the errand of angels is given to women' (Emily H. Woodmansee) and I find myself on such an errand, even if it has been a long walk to find this phrase as indeed descriptive of my own endeavors.

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Monday, April 30, 2012

Everything is Holy Now

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  • Abide With Me - Arthur Ruger
  • And Should We Die
  • Ask Mormon Girl
  • Beginnings New
  • Build Enough Bookshelves
  • By Common Consent
  • Church News
  • Feminist Mormon Housewives
  • LDS Women of God
  • Liberal Mormon Spirituality
  • Margaret Barker
  • Mormon Archipelago
  • Mormon Blogosphere
  • Mormon Mommy Blogs
  • Mormon Think
  • Mormon Times
  • Mormon Women
  • Patheos hosting conversation of faith
  • Perspectives from a Liberal Mormon
  • Progressive Christianity
  • Pure Mormonism
  • Put on the Armor of Light
  • Reese Dixon
  • Segullah
  • Seth Payne
  • Spokane Faith And Values
  • St John's Cathedral
  • The Exponent
  • The Liberal Mormon
  • The Mormon Worker
  • Things of My Soul
  • WAVE
  • Wave At the Bus
  • What I'm Thinking About
  • Zelophehads Daughters

List of links of blogs/websites meant to strengthen the faith

  • Mormon History Association
  • official Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints website
  • Mormon Link Resources
  • Maxwell A Institute; For Religious Scholarship - BYU - online books
  • Signature Books - read books online - publisher of Mormon and Western American
  • Things of My Soul
  • Watching the Ministry
  • The ORB: an online reference book for Medieval studies
  • Baptism for the Dead

The Piano Guys - youtube favorites

  • Over the Rainbow - Simple Gifts
  • Rolling in the Deep (Adele)
  • What Makes You Beautiful
  • Beethoven's 5 Secrets - One Republic
  • Come Come Ye Saints - Steven Sharp Nelson with the Lyceum Music Festival Orchestra
  • Cello Wars

Podcasts

  • Mormon Stories Sunday School
  • Mormon Stories
  • Mormon Matters
  • Daughters of Mormonism
  • Why I Believe
  • The Round Table, Inquiry and Insight into Mormon Womanhood
  • Stay LDS

Books I Like

  • In Heaven As It Is On Earth: Joseph Smith and the Early Mormon Conquest of Death - by Samuel Morris Brown
  • Reclaiming the Bible for a Non-Religious World - by Bishop (retired) John Shelby Spong
  • The Case For God - by Karen Armstrong
  • The Evolution of God - by Robert Wright
  • The Mormon People; The Making of an American Faith - by Matthew Bowman
  • No Man Knows My History - by Fawn Brodie
  • An Approach to the Book of Mormon - by Hugh W. Nibley

And Should We Die......... by Arthur Crossley Ruger

And Should We Die......... by Arthur Crossley Ruger
a historical fiction novel, based on the pioneer Martin & Willie Handcart companies encountering treacherous weather while crossing the Rockies, and sustaining a faith not easily captured in words or word telling. Author learned in the writing of this novel of his own family connection in the heritage to one of the members who survived on the Martin Handcart trek. Click on image to purchase the book. See blog footer below for more detail from the author.

Sweetwater Rescue - The Willie and Martin Handcart Story

Sweetwater Rescue - The Willie and Martin Handcart Story
A video documentary I would recommend that more strongly depicts hardships faced by Willie and Martin Handcart companies, caught shorthanded in inclement weather while crossing the Rockies on their journey to Salt Lake City in Utah. People who exercised a faith beyond words... video located at BYU television. Click on photo link to watch the video documentary.

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a first impression: I find myself repeatedly in a room full of men, and keep wondering where are the women in this process and structure. Men, men, men talking, telling, teaching and preaching.....where are the women?

a later impression: Given a calling as a 3rd Sunday teacher in Relief Society, I've learned a great deal more about the women and they not only have a presence, I could easily say they are foundational to what makes this church work.


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The Martin and Willie Handcart Companies Stats

Handcart companyCaptainShipArrived Iowa CityDeparted Iowa CityDeparted FlorenceNumber of individualsNumber died en routeArrived Salt Lake City
Fourth or Willie Company[45]James G. WillieThornton, sailed May 4, 1856 to New YorkJune 26July 15August 17~500 left Iowa City; 404 left Florence68November 9
Fifth or Martin CompanyEdward MartinHorizon, sailed May 25, 1856 to BostonJuly 8July 28August 27576>145November 30

taken from Wikipedia article titled Mormon handcart Pioneers

Arthur Crossley Ruger is descendant of Mary Jarvis Ruger, a survivor of the Martin Handcart Company. See pages 'The Martin Handcart Company' and '6th Generation Pioneer Heritage - Martin Handcart' at top of this blog to read more about Martin and Willie Handcart Companies

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