Teaching the Apostasy and Restoration to 14 & 15 Year Olds: A Lesson in Keeping it Simple Stupid
Introduction: I am not the regular teacher of the 15 and 16 year old youth in my ward. I was called earlier in the week and asked if I would help teach about the Great Apostasy and the Restoration. My concern is that the historical data does not necessarily point...
A Woman’s Prayer
-11:50 AM. 60 W. North Temple. LDS Conference Center. – A chorus of 21,000 voices (and many more throughout the world) have just said “Amen” to Sister Jean A. Stevens’ prayer, marking the first time a woman has ever prayed in General...
General Conference: A Prep Class
Note: This is a talk given in my Sacrament Meeting a few weeks ago by one of our High Councilmen that I found very insightful. At my request, the author has agreed to allow us to post his talk on our blog. – Michael Barker Preparing for General Conference In a...
Part II – Why They Don’t Canonize and What Can Be Done about It
In Part I several revelations were gathered and organized according categories of revelation found in the Doctrine and Covenants. I will now discuss the reasons that the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve are so slow to canonize and why the method of...
There Is No Need to Buy New Scriptures
“[W]e want to emphasize there is no need to buy new scriptures,” said Elder Neil L. Anderson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles after the release of the 2013 edition of the Standard Works. “The current edition of the scriptures…will continue to serve Latter-day...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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