Join Allyson and Tiffany in this week’s episode as they discuss Utah parents accusing an athlete of being transgender, a way to reframe the temple experience, Buxom lip balm, and as always, share a spotlight of an insipiring sister.     Current Event/News Story:   Utah parents investigate whether girl is transgender   Main Topic:   Freemasonry and the LDS temple endowment ceremony from the church website   Connections between Freemasonry and LDS temple  1. Similarities between Egyptian and LDS temples  2. Similarities between Egyptian and LDS temples  Favorite Things:  Tiffany 1. 2. 3. Allyson 1. Asian Cucumber sauces  2.  Maya Angelou's classic, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings  3.  Buxom lip balm    Inspiring Sister Spotlight:   Regina Jonas  

Episode 141 - Reframing the Temple Experience

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Join Tiffany and Allyson this week as they each share three things they couldn't stop thinking about and their three favorite things including an inspiring sister.  MAIN TOPICS Tiffany:Is our healthcare system broken?  The NFL responds after a player urges female college graduates to become homemakers  Is our healthcare system broken?  Tobacco companies got us hooked on junk food  Allyson:   Extreme TN abortion ban results in a woman's lost fertility  Learn about the reality of the process of immigration through the book "The Distance Between Us" by Reyna Grande   Does it really matter if the church is "true" or not?    FAVORITE THINGS: Tiffany:   If the Tide Turns Slow Down   Allyson: Chernobyl mini series on HBO  Anti-collision window decals to warn/protect birds from hitting the glass    INSPIRING SISTER:  Grethe Ballif Peterson

Episode 189 - Harrison Butker's inflammatory remarks, the dangers of extreme abortion bans, immigration and healthcare in American, and why the church being "true" or not doesn't have to matter

Join Tiffany and Allyson as they share their thoughts about the ambiguity of President Camille Johnson's recent talk at BYU Women's Conference.    BYU Women's Conference Camille Johnson  Mormon Land LDS Women to church leaders: When did the rules about women working outside the home change?  To the Mothers in Zion by President Benson

Episode 188 - The chatter about agency, motherhood, and President Camille Johnson's recent address

Join Tiffany and Allyson this week as they each share three things they couldn't stop thinking about.   Disobedient Women: How a Small Group of Faithful Women Exposed Abuse, Brought Down Powerful Pastors, and Ignited an Evangelical Reckoning.  SL Tribune article about the Church’s top female leaders Mormon Land Podcast about top female leaders  Exponent article about top female leaders  Women speak up less when they’re outnumbered  

Episode 187 - The ongoing garment conversation, how high demand religions support abuse, and a heartwarming story of human connection

Join Allyson this week as she interviews McArthur Krishna, author of the best selling Girls Who Choose God series and co-author of A Girl’s Guide to Heavenly Mother and A Boy’s Guide to Heavenly Mother. Among other publications, she is also co-author of the newly released  volume 2 of the Cherish Series, titled “The Love of Our Mother in Heaven.”  With Mother’s Day right around the corner (and the many complicated feelings that often come with this Hallmark holiday), this timely episode is a good reminder of the most fundamental, universal, and beautiful relationship each of us can have with our Heavenly Mother and why it’s important to both talk about and seek Her.

Episode 186 - An Interview with McArthur Krishna on the Love of our Mother in Heaven

Join Allyson and Tiffany and a few of their listeners who share things they couldn't stop thinking about. 

Episode 185 - Things YOU can't stop thinking about...female representation at church, YSA teachings on marriage, past struggles with scrupulosity, and more...

Episode 141 - Reframing the Temple Experience

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