Book of Mormon Hits: PART I
Part One The year is 1829. The place is upstate New York. Using his trusty magic rock, a 23-year old farm boy dictates a six hundred page book from the bottom of a hat. He says it is a history of some folks who left Jerusalem about 600 B.C. He says it is written in...
Gay Mormon For Marriage Equality
After taking another survey about being openly Gay and actively Mormon I felt the need to write a post for the RationalFaiths.com blog about what that means, how it happened and the reaction of various congregations I have come out to. Perhaps you are reading this...
The whole truth and nothing but
–that he might be in all and through all things, the light of truth. Which truth shineth. This is the light of Christ.– Doctrine and Covenants 88:6-7 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free John 8:32 We are emerging from an age...
“Ordain Women” interview
I had an opportunity to interview Hannah Wheelwright regarding the Ordain Women panel of Sunstone 2013 on August 1st. EOR: What was the purpose behind the Ordain Women panel at Sunstone 2013? HW: A lot has happened in the sphere of Mormon feminism since Sunstone 2012,...
Teaching Children Empathy
(This piece is cross-posted at No Poor Among Them). Several months ago, our family had a movie night. The film was Charlie Chaplin’s The Kid, a 1921 silent film where Chaplin plays–what else–a tramp who has fallen on hard times. To make matters more...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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