The 1978 revelation on priesthood and other important subjects

Like many of you, I hope, I very much enjoyed Friday night’s commemoration of the 1978 revelation on priesthood.  I particularly liked the spoken parts, which were, in some cases, very moving — and, in one case, plainly quite emotional for one of those on stage.

Here are some items that I thought some of you might find of value in that connection:

“Extending the Blessings of the Priesthood”

“Race, the Priesthood, and Temples: A History of the Priesthood Ban (and How It Ended)”

“Prophets’ Reactions When They Learned of the Priesthood Revelation: ‘I Sat Down on That Pile of Dirt and Cried'”

“Elder Christofferson on Why We Need to Be Better at Embracing Diversity + How It Strengthens the Church”

Here’s something that might be rather controversial:

“Vicarious Performative Wokeness: The White Ex-Mormon’s Burden”

And here’s something that’s available via the website of the Interpreter Foundation:

“A Global History of Black Mormons,” with Russell Stevenson

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A review of a book recently published by the Interpreter Foundation:

Hoskisson and Peterson, eds., “To Seek the Law of the Lord”: essays in honor of John W. Welch

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The Church has recently created a brief “Now You Know” video on the subject of baptism for the dead:

“Baptism for the Dead”

I hope that it will be widely shared by Mormon bloggers and by Latter-day Saints with Facebook pages, and widely used in other ways, as well.

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For some reason, I thought the other day of a piece by the late Merrill Bradshaw that I’ve long loved and that I’ve sung a couple of times, once in a ward choir and once, in a quartet, in Jerusalem.  It’s been going through my mind ever since:

“O Lord, I would hear thy word,” from The Restoration, by Merrill Bradshaw

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Here’s some other miscellaneous Mormon-related news:

“Redevelopment Plans Announced for Area Near Mesa Arizona Temple: Follows recent announcement of temple renovation”

“NPR Writes Entire Expose on Mormon Funeral Potatoes. The Twitter Reactions Are Priceless.”

“BYU Names First Female Dean of Marriott School of Business”

“Broadway’s ‘Finding Neverland’ Stars Headline Pioneer Day Concert: Mormon Tabernacle Choir to host two performances”

“Mormons Around the World Country Newsroom Websites May 24, 2018”

“General Women Leaders Minister in The Caribbean: As part of an official visit in six countries of the region for 10 days”