Holding Fast to Sacred Things
Sometime on my mission I read Alma 37 with new eyes. The main focus of the chapter is Alma’s counsel to Helaman about how to care for the records of the Nephites. I’d always read it as just another instance of the Book of Mormon reinforcing its own significance. But...
101: Surveying ‘The Next Mormons’ – Its Harder than it Looks
https://media.blubrry.com/rationalfaiths/mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/tcs37l//101survey.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSHere is a discussion with the minds behind a newly proposed study of The Next Mormons. Jana Riess and Ben Knoll...
BEING A NUDIST
Twenty years ago today, the only grown woman to ever see my grown, naked body saw it for the first time and she didn’t run away (I’m a hairy dude). There is evidence that this occurred at least two other times as we now have two brilliant daughters....
Dangerous Apologetics
I’m an Apologist My most read posts in the past include a review of An Insider’s View of Mormon Origins, a personal response to the Letter to a CES Director, and a series of posts exploring the science of stylometry as it applies to the Book of Mormon. In...
FAITH CRISIS: A MOUNTAIN BIKER’S GUIDE
I like to mountain bike – a lot. That is an understatement; a huge understatement. Our youngest daughter recently outgrew her hand-me-down BMX bike and wanted a new bike – a mountain bike! In order for her to get a mountain bike, she had to meet the same requirement...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.
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