Crucible of Godhood
*This post will likely get added to in the future. I've had it in my drafts for several months but I've realized it probably won't ever get finished, so I might as well publish it. I recently gave a talk in church. During the preparation of the talk a phrase came to mind as I pondered the challenges of being a parent. The phrase is the title of this post, "Crucible of Godhood" Like most Christians--all as far as I'm aware--members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints believe we, that is all humans on this planet, are children of a loving Heavenly Father. We may refer to him as God the Father. We, as Latter-day Saints, also believe there is a Heavenly Mother, although much of the scriptural references have been lost over the millennia. Personally I believe the limited references to women in the scriptures are partly due to the patriarchal-oriented society of the middle-east, including the Hebrew culture. I also believe we might have more ref