Ardis E. Parshall: 'A great many Latter-day Saint congregations will no doubt sing the old Mormon hymn “O My Father” in their Mother’s Day services despite the irony of its being a hymn addressed to a masculine deity.'
, that “Very little has been revealed about Mother in Heaven ... Seeking greater understanding is an important part of our spiritual development, but please be cautious. Reason cannot replace revelation.”Of earthly and heavenly mothers
My own thoughts have a different focus. I do not have children and so do not share those intimate concerns. Rather, I long for knowledge about a Heavenly Mother reflecting the relationship I had with my own earthly mother: a woman-to-woman, adult relationship. I was close to my mother, who died an impossibly long 23 years ago.
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