$&%^#. I think the church might be true.
$&%^#. I think the church might be true. That impression came to me last week as I was riding my motorcycle to work. It was not a welcome impression. But it was undeniably an impression. It didn’t so much just enter my thoughts as invade them, much like...
Absurd Moments in Mormon Art, Part 1: The Anti-Fashion-Christs
In 1986, President Ezra Taft Benson gave his classic talk, ‘The Book of Mormon- the Keystone of Our Religion’. He emphasized the importance of reading, studying, and becoming familiar with the stories and messages that the book contained. The importance of the Book of...
Sunstone Symposium 2013: A Photo Journal
This was the first year that all us Barkers from Rational Faiths went to an entire day at the Sunstone Symposium. It was freakin’ awesome. The best part was getting to meet so many friends that have either contributed to the blog, or with whom we have only met...
So…. When you gonna have kids?
A “late start” on The Timeline I was 31 when I got married, my wife 28- much later than the typical “Utah County Mormon” timeline. We’d each heard “when ya gonna get married?” plenty of times, as if choosing a spouse is like buying a car. Just go find one...
Sharing Tents (Thoughtfully Approaching Issues of Gay Boy Scouts)
One of the concerns raised when the BSA voted to allow openly gay Scouts to participate in the program was the issue of tent-sharing. I don’t blame any parent or leader for wanting to think thoughtfully about this issue. I do want to point out some realities...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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