Sacrifices of our Ancestors
For Christmas this year, we got a Christmas picture book, which was set in Norway, called The Reindeer Wish, from my parents. In the back of the book they included the story of my great-great-grandfather, Peter and his immigration from Norway to Utah after he joined...
“The Policy” and the priesthood oath
Elder Nelson recently declared that the church’s policy targeting gay members and the children of same-sex couples was a revelation from God, but I struggle to see how the policy embodies the principles which should govern priesthood exercise of power, as contained in...
The Brother of the Prodigal Son
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...
Toward a More Radical Christianity
There’s nothing more frustrating to a corporation than to spend millions of dollars creating, establishing and communicating a brand, only to see it get sucked up by the market and reduced to a mere descriptive word. You’ve heard about companies like Xerox, who saw...
A Prayer
Dear Lord and God above, My heart is groaning for the world even at it groans now in sin. More and more we are becoming a world divided. I pray that we can remember that which you taught us. At this time, as violence comes upon our shores, with those gunned down in...LGBTQ Mormon Crisis
Two Printable handout for bishops and stake presidents that talks empirically about LGBTQ suicides:
The LGBTQ Mormon Crisis: Responding to the Empirical Research on Suicide
Youth Suicide Rates and Mormon Religious Context: An Additional Empirical Analysis
The Barker Brothers’ Projects
These videos were created for Latter-day Saint parents and allies to voice their love for their LGBT brothers and sisters, sons and daughters. They want to give a message of comfort and support to other parents who are navigating the difficult conflicts that can arise in families around this issue.
“Cogito!” (“I think!”) follows the intellectual adventures of a recovering academic outside the walls of academia.
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