Josie Gleave, Author at This Week in Mormons

EP 424 – Motherhood Part 3: The Value of a Mother

Posted by Josie Gleave | May 19, 2019 | Gender Issues, Podcasts

Our church emphasizes motherhood as a woman’s ultimate goal, but what of women who want motherhood and a career? And how can we know Heavenly Mother?

EP 423 – Motherhood Part 2: Pressure and Longing

Posted by Josie Gleave | May 12, 2019 | Gender Issues, Podcasts, Relief Society, Young Women

The importance of motherhood is deeply ingrained in Latter-day Saint culture, but what of those women in the Church who don’t want to have children or those who struggle for years with infertility, seemingly unable to fulfill their divine mandate?

EP 421 – Motherhood Part 1: What Is A Mother?

Posted by Josie Gleave | May 5, 2019 | Gender Issues, Podcasts

By traditional definitions, motherhood is easy to describe, but for numerous Latter-day Saint women being a mother is much more complex – and unpredictable.