Search, Ponder, and Pray… Unless You Have Faith?
Often, when hard doctrinal (or, more often, cultural) questions come up among church members, people rely a good bit on the idea of faith. In difficult conversations with other members, I have often been told by more than one fellow saint that they aren’t sure exactly...
Open Policy, Closed Culture
Several weeks back, we received an announcement in the mail. One of Luv’s cousins would soon be getting married. “She looks East Indian,” I noted as I looked at photo of the cousin and his new fiancé, “Maya.” Not only did she bear what...
A Call to Action and A Call to Repentance
I wept tears of pain when the verdict was announced in the Treyvon Martin case. I quickly woke up my husband and before he could join me in my outrage, I ran to check on my three brown sons and daughter. I just wanted to make sure they were safe if only for this...
Why Do Book Names Change in Mormon’s Record?
It doesn’t seem very difficult or interesting to see why book names change in the Book of Mormon. Nephi writes the book of Nephi. Jacob writes Jacob. Enos writes Enos. The book names change when there is a new prophet, right? Yes and no. Yes when we are speaking of...
Bikini Messages
Fashion, among other things, is a form of communication. In the case of fashion, the parties who share responsibility for the communication outcomes are the fashion wearer and the fashion observer. Every day, messages are successfully communicated from fashion wearers...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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