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I have cross-published this piece here and on A Prayer of Faith, from Blogger of Jared, where it is part of the current “Life of Christ” theme going on there now where there have been several excellent submissions. I highly recommend that you check it out.

Looking at the Life of Christ as reported in the four Gospels of the New Testament, we see that his behavior towards and teachings about women were profoundly, revolutionarily loving in a way that we, in our current state of gender equality (relatively speaking) might take for granted, to the point that we are in danger of losing their impact. Christ’s respectful treatment of women was socially radical to say the least, which lends added strength to the messages inherent in those moments.

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I live across the street from the local seminary building, and yesterday, the sister who teaches there came to my door to return a copy of the Chruch News that had been mistakenly delivered to them. It was addressed to me, but she’d just noticed it. So, here I am reading the November 18 Church News, and on page 10 I’ve found a great surprise—an unanticiated wave of nostalgia.

Karl Ricks Anderson, who was my institute teacher my first year in the chruch and one of the best teachers I ever had regardless of topic, was recently honored by the Mormon Historic Sites Foundation, along with his brother Richard Lloyd Anderson, with the Junius F. Wells Award for 2006.

What a great class that was!

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