'I worry that apostle Dale Renlund’s advice not to speculate about her will result in some Latter-day Saints thinking that it’s not permissible to speak of her at all,' writes Jana Riess.
I worry that apostle Dale Renlund’s advice not to speculate about her will result in some Latter-day Saints thinking that it’s not permissible to speak of her at all.It’s Mother’s Day again — my least favorite Sunday of the year in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
This year, I’m traveling on Sunday, so I won’t be in church to hear what comes up in sacrament meeting. Here Elder Renlund is reiterating and affirming what the church has previously taught: Heavenly Mother exists, and that existence is doctrine. “Speculation will not lead to greater spiritual knowledge, but it can lead us to deception or divert our focus from what has been revealed. For example, the Savior taught his disciples, “Always pray unto the Father in my name.” We follow this pattern and direct our worship to our Heavenly Father in the name of Jesus Christ and do not pray to Heavenly Mother.
While he says it’s fine to seek greater understanding, he hastens to add that we can’t engage in “speculation” about her, pray to her or receive revelation from or about her. What I’m trying to say is that the counsel not to speculate about Heavenly Mother may have a surprising benefit for feminists who want to know about her: We don’t have to sit through ridiculous speculative explanations about why we don’t yet know more about her. We have an example of humility with a church leader going on record to say, “I don’t know.”
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