Modesty

By jtolman • March 18th, 2010

Aren’t we glad spring is here! The warm air, the flowers blooming, the longer days, the skimpy clothing. Oh…wait…that’s bad. Sadly, along with the glories of spring and summer, we have to deal with the half naked ladies walking the streets. This year, let’s make sure we, as well as our children, are not one [...]

Not all of us can attend Women’s Conference at Brigham Young University.  I have to confess I haven’t been in years.  While checking out the sight recently, I saw how they are making it more available to everyone everywhere. You can follow this link:  ce.byu.edu/cw/womensconference/home.cfm , or another way is to go to www.byu.edu (BYU’s [...]

Here’s the bottom line—Women are different from Men.  We feel differently about things.  We think differently.  Our needs are different.  Our emotions run on different levels…completely. For women, Modesty is a universal problem.  For men, the difficulty is Pornography. For some reason, women cannot get enough of wanting to look sexy.  We are surrounded with [...]

Springtime is around the corner.  That means it’s time to have a friendly reminder on What Not To Wear.  I would urge all Relief Societies to invite the Young Women to attend a Sunday lesson on the subject of Modesty.  Because this is an age-old problem, all women, young and old, can contribute and benefit [...]

I just get a kick out of some of these articles in the Woman’s Exponent.  These women writers (Emmeline B. Wells, primarily) had a sense of humor, a sense of honor, a sense of duty, a sense of spirituality.  I just want to tap into it all. After deciphering the language barrier, it’s really good [...]

In the Women’s Exponent, they’ve recorded many of the minutes of various Relief Society and Retrenchment meetings.  Typically, they will record who spoke at the meeting and how many were in attendance.  I finally found one where they tell us what was actually discussed!  Now we can do a comparison. “The Lord poured His Spirit [...]

As I continue reading the Women’s Exponent, I am happy to see so many similarities.  Women are the same from generation to generation.  We have the same concerns and the same interests. I’ve mentioned before about the Retrenchment Association that was organized out of the Relief Society.  It was originally meant to inspire the women [...]

Weather is not the reason why we wear clothing.  It’s a good reason, but there is a better reason.  We wear clothes to cover the body and not suggest alternate activities that can be done with the body (if you get my drift).  By looking around, we can judge pretty quickly everyone by their clothing.  [...]

This was an article I found in the Woman’s Exponent, July 1, 1873 issue: “We wish to call attention to the subject of fashion as there has been but little said concerning it of late, and as we consider it one of the most important items pertaining to the salvation of woman.  We would be [...]

The war chapters, in Alma, are probably my favorite in all of scripture.  I have written in at the top of these chapters,  FOR THE STRENGTH OF YOUTH, because I feel this is where we get the best information on how to fight the adversary and save our children.  Follow along in your own scriptures [...]