I, Apostate
I am an apostate. Or so I hear. It has recently come to my attention that certain members of my ward have taken to calling me an apostate, likely because of articles I have posted at Rational Faiths. It is hard for me to tell precisely what it is I may have said or...
Love, Love, Love
I’ve recently gotten pretty excited about Ash Beckham’s latest TED talk. I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it. Her message was twofold, and so there are two important lessons I took from it. She talks about closets and how we all have them. I think it is...
The Dangerous Doctrine of Christ
Saul of Tarsus was a devout Pharisaic Jew who was born a citizen of the Roman Empire. He spoke fluent Greek, Latin, Hebrew, and Aramaic. He was educated at the feet of Gamaliel, a revered doctor of the Law and the Prophets. Upon his conversion to Christianity, Saul,...
Three kinds of contention, and a way out
Contention is bad. It’s just one of those things that we all know: we’ve read it and heard it too many times to count. But contention doesn’t mean disagreement. It doesn’t mean arguments. It means something far more significant. In this post...
Paradise Within
Guest Post: Emily Dyson Why are we righteous? Why do we keep God’s commandments? To what end? A while ago, I was in a Gospel Doctrine class that was discussing the view of the afterlife laid out in Doctrine and Covenants Section 76. “The Vision” appeared to...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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