Mormon temple ceremony
A real Mormon’s guide to the temple
By Jana Riess — January 27, 2021
Card takes a sensible and open approach to those elements of the temple experience Latter-day Saints are permitted to discuss—which, as she points out, is actually most of it.
Unspecified changes underway for Mormon temple ceremony
By Jana Riess — July 20, 2020
The LDS Church announced changes to its temple endowment ceremony, but has not yet specified what those changes are. One possibility is that they will remove or lessen physical touch in the ritual.
LDS Church to make changes to temple clothing
By Jana Riess — January 18, 2020
The LDS Church plans to simplify the ritual clothing Mormons wear inside the temple, starting March 31.
Mormon temple changes are a step forward for women
By Jana Riess — February 15, 2019
"I honestly never thought change would come in my lifetime," says guest blogger Kristin Lowe. But the Mormon temple ceremony did indeed change to be more inclusive of women, which filled her with hope.
LDS church changes temple ceremony, gives Eve a bigger role
By David Noyce — January 3, 2019
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints has changed its temple endowment ceremonies-- including letting Eve speak while recounting the story of the Garden of Eden. The move is likely to please Mormon women, who felt left out of previous ceremonies.
Major changes to Mormon temple ceremony, especially for women
By Jana Riess — January 3, 2019
Mormon temple rituals have been updated to reflect a greater focus on gender equality, among other changes.
Just HOW do Mormon women hold the priesthood?
By Jana Riess — August 11, 2014
The overall argument that women (and children, and cats, and possibly guppies) can receive all the blessings of the priesthood just by having hands laid on their head and some lovely words spoken is, at best, only partially true. And without intending to, these sincere and well-meant justifications actually undermine the power of the priesthood.
Why Don’t Mormons Recite the Lord’s Prayer?
By Jana Riess — October 14, 2013
Perhaps it is true that Mormons unconsciously use the words of the Lord’s Prayer as a pattern for prayer, but somehow I don’t think so, especially because most Mormons are never taught it. In fact, the manual for the Gospel Principles class, which teaches new members the foundations of a Mormon spiritual life, not only omits mention of the Lord’s Prayer in its lesson on prayer, but goes out of its way to caution against repeating “meaningless words and phrases.”
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