A Mother There. And Here.
In the heav’ns are parents single? No, the thought makes reason stare! Truth is reason; truth eternal tells me I’ve a mother there. ~ Eliza R. Snow . Part 1 The Motherless Child My first concrete experience of the divine feminine happened about twenty...
Is Feminism in the Future of Mormonism?
Is Feminism in the Future of Mormonism? By Father Tom Roberts, PhD “Feminism” is really a loaded term. It extends from conservative religious practices under studies such as A Women’s Strategic Place in the Church. Even evangelical feminists like to show just how...
What About Jesus?
…the stories we tell: Licked cupcakes A rose that has been passed around Used shoes Chewed gum Handled doughnuts Bent nails Licked twinkies Used q-tips -STORYLINE: Nobody wants you “used” or “damaged”. …and what our leaders have...
Brethren and Cistern
Mother’s Day is coming. I’ve heard it called Mothering Day and I like that better. We each experience mothering differently. Some of us don’t have children, yet we mother. Some raise children born to other mothers. Some of us are motherless children...
Men and Women as Friends
Paul and I go way back. Back to our college days at BYU when we both lived in brick apartments off 9 East. Back then we called him Pablo as a term of endearment, and everyone loved him. He was so popular that when we held a jokey “Mr. 91st Ward” pageant (guess who’s...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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