Tis So Sweet to Drink My Coffee
I have a confession to make…. I’m a Mormon convert and I drink coffee. Lots of it. I guess that makes me the worst sinner on the face of the planet because I don’t keep “the commandments” – or rather one of the commandments. Other than that I’m a pretty good person....
Deer, Dad. An atonement story?
This is a story told by my father about an experience he had on Christmas Eve, although it is not a Christmas story. I was immediately struck by the allegorical implications, so while you read I invite you to consider the meaning of these four symbols: the fence, the...
Evolved Atonement: Thoughts on Natural Atonement
What if the Atonement is a natural necessity in a cosmos where Gods evolved from chaos? My thoughts have been shaped by many sources since I wrote Thermodynamics and Theories of Atonement, but listing them all feels like I’m writing an argument from authority,...
The Church of Clear Lines of Latter-day Markers
“The thing that sucks is that every time we draw a line between us and others, Jesus is always on the other side of it.” – Nadia Bolz-Weber, quoting her husband in Pastrix: The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner and Saint – – –...
Problems and Questions on Agency and Free Will
In reading this article, it may help to have a cursory understanding of the free will debate in philosophy. It certainly wouldn’t be necessary, but it would likely contribute to the relevance and your understanding of this article. We are taught (and 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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