I’ve searched extensively and I can’t find it:

It’s a fictional account from the POV of a Mormon man on the day his baby is being blessed, but in his account, the women hold the priesthood, and run the church.


His POV is very consistent with the way Mormon women are content to be disempowered and left out of these important rituals. And that’s what makes the story so jarring. Because it sounds so ridiculous from the man’s point of view.

Anybody have any leads on this?

This doesn't sound exactly like that but along the same lines maybe:

https://mormondom.com/letter-to-a-mormon-man-8d251aa1f062#.b5zka076r

No leads but I remember a woman in the ward I used to attend, insisting on standing in the priesthood circle while her baby was blessed to keep it from crying. I think she put her finger in its mouth during the blessing. Some members felt it was wrong but no one did anything about it. There was a lot of murmuring.

Imagine thinking it is wrong for a mother to want to comfort her baby while it is crying. Shocking.

> There was a lot of murmuring.


I miss good murmuring!

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> There was a lot of murmuring.

A most admirable description in its brevity yet complexity in describing a Mormon phenomenon known only to its adherents, whether voluntarily or by force (born in).

Thanks for your comments and links. I’m still looking for that one about the blessing, but it may take a while.

I think it’s so odd that anyone be excluded from the circle. A blessing isn’t even a saving ordinance. Why not the whole family, including siblings? That would be beautiful.

Yes, but that would give family priority over the priesthood--and that can't be allowed to happen.

My wife was one of the uppity women who wanted to be able to stand in the circle or bless the baby. (We pulled this off twice.) She has a lot of connections to like minded people and spoke at Sunstone and was involved with several women's publications not approved by the Church. She is traveling right now but I'll ask her if she remembers this; I would bet either she or her network will know this.

-Probably not the story you're looking for, but this one was true.

https://www.exmormon.org/phorum/read.php?2,2419684,2420335#msg-2420335

That’s funny. Apparently you have to just seize power when you can.

It sounds like something I would have read in Sunstone Magazine.