A Conversation with The MormonTabernacle Enquirer
MORMON TABERNACLE ENQUIRER This is a Q & A with Shawn Tucker, one of the masterminds behind the blog, Mormon Tabernacle Enquirer (click here to visit his blog). Q: Why the blog? A: I believe that if you are not teased you are not loved. That is how I was...
The Book of Mormon Helped me Love my Black Heritage
During a time of personal change and unsettling experiences in my life, I came across the Book of Mormon. It converted me to Christ and safely guided my mind towards higher thoughts. One of those thoughts was that I can have my new faith and membership in The Church...
Thanks and Giving
I think every Mormon has had the experience of sitting in the congregation on fast Sunday and being treated to a “thankimony” where the speaker lists their many blessings in a public act of gratitude. I struggle with this. I know we are supposed to be...
The Gospel, Truth, Flexibility, and Metronomes
Analogies, parables, allegories, metaphors, similes. All are meaningless without experience. When I hear that Jesus is the “Good Shepherd”, it means nothing if I don’t know what a shepherd is. However, if I am familiar with ovine culture, there are...
Trust in God
I gave this talk in my ward last Sunday. A woman gave a talk after me in which she shared her difficulties accepting all the things church leaders teach. My bishop stood and gave comments afterwards mentioning one of his friends who is a good member and who has never...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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