And God Said Let There Be
And God said let there be… Let it all be And so God let it go Let it live Let it alone Let it move on Let it take its place Let it find itself God gave it up Gave it over Gave it space Gave it to itself Though God stayed rooted to the spot Planted in the desert and...
Book Review: “The Christ Who Heals” by Terryl and Fiona Givens
At a recent Sacrament Meeting I heard the following message: “The world tells women to be independent, confident, and educated, but we know women are instead supposed to be chaste, virtuous, and modest.” Sunday School then featured these highlights: “We are constantly...
Return or Renewal
By now, Facebook loiterers and magazine subscribers will have all read the LDSLiving article on Thomas Wirthlin McConkie’s journey back to the church. Writer Katie Lambert draws from McConkie’s May 22 interview with KUER’s Radiowest to describe McConkie’s...
Right Wanting
I am an eternally recovering hyper-competitor. Perfectionist doesn’t quite cover the clawing array of symptoms I display when I’m on the trail of something (or someone). I don’t give up or give in until my body breaks or mind shuts down or someone literally screams...
Seeing the Lives Behind Our Words
Decades separate the two most important testimony meetings I have been a part of. In both instances, men I looked up to approached the pulpit with conviction and then proceeded to fall apart.The first time it was my father. This past Sunday, it was a man approximately...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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