Valuing Motherhood
I know it is almost Father’s Day, but this topic has come up in multiple conversations over the last few weeks and I felt that I wanted to share it more widely. What I am about to share I fully realize is not everyone’s experience, but it is mine. When I hear talks in...
Well Done, Thou Good and Faithful Servant: The Legacy Of The Priesthood-Temple Ban
This month marks the 36th anniversary of the lifting of the Priesthood-Temple Ban and in this, I wanted to revisit an anonymous informal survey that I sent out last year to women of black African descent who identify as members of The Church of Jesus Christ of...
Unattainable Male Standard of Beauty- A Conversation With My Daughter
I overheard my oldest daughter Sammie the other day say she wanted fake eyelashes. She’s only 15. What follows is my best recollection of the conversation that followed. Some of what I said I wish I could change. There are a few statements I wish were more...
PREVENTING TEEN SUICIDE
PREVENTING TEEN SUICIDE After Dr. Greg Hudnall, a high school principal, helped identify the body of a boy who had died by suicide, he made a promise that he would do all he could the rest of his days to prevent another child from taking his life. This promise...
Balancing the Scales of Obedience and Free Thought: A Reminder and a Call
This is a call to balance the scales of obedience and free thought in our religious community. Recently, I listened to an intelligent discussion on the Mormon Matters podcast on the topic of Wrestling with Prophets and Scripture. I highly recommend the podcast in that...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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