No offense, but…
I know the topic of giving and receiving offense has been thoroughly combed over in other forums, but it is such an important topic that I believe a great deal of the major points bear repeating. I want to particularly address judgment, hypocrisy, and the fauxpology....
Our Own Tent: Girls’ Camp, Losing my Pants, and Finding my Truth
It sounds so zen: losing my pants helped me find myself. I felt guilty, zipped snug inside my tent wearing a short thin nightgown, with the lack of covering for my bottom half bringing such a reprieve. You see, due to a forgotten suitcase and an incident with the lake...
Our Eternal Parents – A belief statement in the vein of The Living Christ
From time to time, the LDS church has issued belief statements on various topics, most notably in recent memory, The Family: A Proclamation to the World and The Living Christ. A couple of years ago, I realized that a belief statement on the nature and attributes of...
The Inclusivity of Mormon Weddings: A Prayer for Change
The Inclusivity of Mormon Weddings: A Prayer for Change by Michael Barker I consider myself well-read in regards to Mormon thought, theology, and history. Yet, as embarrassed as I am to say, it was not until last year that I realized that the majority of the countries...
25 Things You’re Doing Wrong
I have family and friends that are either in the midst of a faith crisis or have passed through their crisis and now find themselves outside of the Church. As I have spoken with them and listened to others’ stories about their faith transitions, I have taken...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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