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So, for me: enduring to the end really has nothing to do with me thinking about some end that I struggle to imagine. Instead, enduring to the end means learning how to feel Christ on those stressful random Tuesdays when the purple cup threatens to push me over the edge. It means learning to rely on Christ to help me make decisions for my family. It means learning how to rely on Christ to help me when I realize I’ve made a decision that I need or want to change. It means learning how to rely on Christ when I’m wanting to develop my relationships with my family or friends. It means learning how to rely on Christ when I’m seeking forgiveness. More succinctly, for me, enduring to the end means learning how to love the Savior who loves me. 
There's no decision a person of color, Indigenous person, person from a low-income household, or non-American can make in the Church that can't be overruled by a white American high-income man.
I can’t help but imagine Jesus would be sitting out here with me on a park bench instead of inside that beige building. That He too hates transactional worship and copy/paste answers. That He’s more concerned about the woman in the red shoes hiding in the park than He is about quotes from Russell Nelson about “thinking celestial.”
Can you imagine the impact men can make for women if a significant group of them took a stand in regards to women’s equality in the church?
Blogger April Young-Bennett writes, "When I was a missionary, I watched General Conference at a church with other missionaries, most of whom were male, and was shocked to realize that male missionaries saw the very scarce women's talks as bathroom breaks."