THREE VERSIONS OF TIME: THE ARROW, THE ICE CREAM TRUCK, AND GOD IN BEST BUY
What might the scriptures mean when they use the phrase that God’s course is “one eternal round” (see Alma 37:12; D&C 35:1; D&C 3:2: Alma 7:20; 1 Nephi 10:19)? And, does God know what I will do in the future, and if He does, how am I still free to choose? I...
The Symbol of the Cross
At the time of year when the symbol of the cross is front-and-center in most Christian worship, Mormon attitudes toward the cross seem to still lean toward either indifference (“meh”) or abhorrence (“The mark of the Beast!”). Between those...
April 2016 General Women’s Conference Session is a Win
If you are like me, conference is risky. Sometimes it is hard to watch, and it is a big reminder of how we don’t belong. It is all full of messages on how to be a good Mormon, and we don’t fit the bill in a lot of ways. If you are like me, sometimes you feel like...
Aslan, Edmund, and Easter
Recently I’ve been reading The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis to my sons while they fall asleep. They like the stories of other worlds and magic and it is far more enjoyable for me than the picture books they used to require me to read over and over and over...
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,...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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