by Jon Barker | Dec 24, 2020 | Christmas, Featured |
The Christmas message is always inspiring. A young, first-time mother facing social ostracism gives birth in the most humble of circumstances far from home after a long journey. Surrounded by farm animals and their smell, laying in hay Mary gave birth to our Savior....
by Jon Barker | Aug 25, 2018 | Agency, Agency, art, Book Reviews, Charity, Featured, Forgiveness, Individuality, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Religion, Savior |
As a child, I was one of the most carefree kids in the world. I laughed a lot. I loved anyone and everyone I saw or met. There was no guile at all that I remember, except maybe towards my brothers for making me wash dishes while they watched baseball. I was like this...
by Jon Barker | Jun 9, 2018 | Activism |
#AyudeGuate Our Rational Faiths family, As many of you know, the Rational Faiths Blog and podcasts have a deep connection to Guatemala. The blog, which was started in 2012, was started by three of the 5 Barker siblings: Miguel, Pablo, and Jonathan Barker....
by Jon Barker | Aug 19, 2016 | Church, Compassion, Family, Featured, Goodness, Immigration, LDS Missions, Mormonism, Politics, Radical Compassion |
I can’t see anything about immigration or refugees in the news without thinking of my friends and my family. People I consider my blood. Some people are my blood. My wife is Guatemalan. My daughter is half Guatemalan. My two oldest brothers are also half...
by Jon Barker | Dec 30, 2015 | Atonement, Charity, Compassion, Featured, Forgiveness, Humanity, Repentance |
I grew up with three older brothers. Two of them were out of the house and in college before I have any real memories of them. I grew up sharing everything with the brother just older than me, however. Everything. I have so many memories of us running around in the...
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