The Council of YTFIF (50): The Embryo Kingdom of God
The Council of Fifty, A Documentary History edited by Jedediah S. Rogers is a veritable treasure trove of quotes and references regarding the Council of 50 currently outside of the LDS Church’s closed archives. It includes many of the writings of my...
39: Diverse Mormons, Part 3, Interviews from the 2014 Salt Lake Sunstone Symposium
https://media.blubrry.com/rationalfaiths/content.blubrry.com/rationalfaiths/39DiverseMormonsEpisode3.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSIn the beginning of August of this year I had the wonderful opportunity to attend the Sunstone...
EQ lesson on Race and Priesthood
It has now been a year since the church first released the Gospel Topics essay about race and the priesthood. The following is a transcript of the EQ lesson in my ward on the first Sunday in December. I thought it was a great discussion and is a interesting case study...
A Christmas Search for the Divine Feminine
https://media.blubrry.com/rationalfaiths/content.blubrry.com/rationalfaiths/MikesChristmasTestimony.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSBy Michael Barker Note: This is an expansion of a testimony I gave at my Fast and Testimony...
Disgracing God to Save a Prophet
After the explosion of polygamy news and dialogue that followed the most recent essays put out by the church, the most common thing I have seen said by members of the church defending the practice is 1: they have known this since they were very young (which usually is...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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