Dear Mormon Friends
March 8, 2016 Dear Mormon Friends, Although I have remained close with many of you, I know we’ve had few church-related conversations in the 15 years since I left. My silence hasn’t been due to a lack of interest in sharing my thoughts about the Church or...
Reaching out to the Tortured Soul
Depression and suicide have made their rounds in the Mormon blogosphere of late, particularly in regard to the issue of homosexuality in Mormonism. For me, this is a subject that hits home because, you see, I suffer from depression. It’s taken me a while to...
95: When Race, Religion, and Sport Collide – Black Athletes at BYU and Beyond
https://media.blubrry.com/rationalfaiths/content.blubrry.com/rationalfaiths/95RaceReligionSport.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSWhile reading Darron Smith’s excellent work on race and sport two concepts kept coming to my...
The Truth: I do Want to Take Power from Men
When female ordination is the topic, you can be pretty sure that the conversation is being centered around men 80% of the time. Okay, I’m being generous. Probably 95%. Instead of discussing the value of allowing women to access and yield the power of God on earth—what...
Is This Really Sane?
Let me say at the outset: I think our young people should go on missions. But, I also recognize that our vaunted missionary program needs help, particularly now that more and more young men are rushing directly from high school graduation to the mission field, with no...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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