A Prayer
Dear Lord and God above, My heart is groaning for the world even at it groans now in sin. More and more we are becoming a world divided. I pray that we can remember that which you taught us. At this time, as violence comes upon our shores, with those gunned down in...
Mental Health, Resilience, and Mormonsim
Dear family (personal, extended, and cultural), As you know over the past few years, some members of our family, myself included have experienced emotional/mental difficulties and or illness that has resulted in the necessity of counseling, medication and in some...
85: Media and Minority Religions
https://media.blubrry.com/rationalfaiths/content.blubrry.com/rationalfaiths/85minorityreligions.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS“People that are different than us are weird aren’t they? I get it. Different cultures...
We’ve heard these arguments before…
On August 27, 1954 Elder Mark E. Peterson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles delivered an address to a gathering of church religion teachers entitled “Race Problems – As They Affect The Church.” He began by cautioning listeners that many in the Church have been...
CHURCH GIVES $5M FOR REFUGEES; ASKS THAT IT NOT GO TO KIDS OF GAY REFUGEE COUPLES
Salt Lake City, UT—The church has generously donated $5 million to support Syrian refugees, and the First Presidency has also encouraged members to assist those fleeing violence throughout the world. At the same time, the church has quietly updated the Handbook,...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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