Doctrine and Covenants Sections 6, 7, 8, & 9: An Historical Overview
Doctrine and Covenants Section 6 (from the Book of Commandments (BoC 5 (cf. LDS and Community of Christ (CoC) D&C 6)) Date: April 7, 1829 Place: Harmony, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania Historical Note: Oliver Cowdery came to live with the Joseph Smith, Sr....
The Eternal Model of Womankind
This is the third essay in our series on Mother in Heaven Click here to read the first essay in this series Click here to read the second essay in this series By Sara Katherine Staheli Hanks When I was a little girl, maybe around ten, I remember my mom telling me that...
The Lost Elders
Lesson – Lost Elders As the newly called first counselor in the EQ I am in charge of the lessons. When talking about accepting the calling I let the president know of my concerns about correlation and Mormon culture. I mentioned that I wanted to incorporate...
Doctrine and Covenants Sections 2, 3, 10, 4, & 5: A Historical Overview
By Michael Barker Most of Joseph’s early revelations were copied and recopied by early Saints that were eager for new revelation. I attempted to find a scholarly book that would review from which early manuscripts the Revelation Books were compiled. I wanted...
The Peace I Had Lost
This is the second essay in our series on Mother in Heaven Click here to read the first essay. By Laura C Let’s talk moms. They’re everywhere – in the house, in the Senate, in the classroom, in the boardroom, in the kitchen, in the carpool, in the garden. We’ve all...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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