Eve as Christ’s Precursor
A recent visit to the temple reinforced for me the idea that Paul got his parallel wrong: Christ is not the second Adam but the second Eve. “For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive,” Paul wrote (1 Cor. 15:22). But, considering our modern...
How I went From Being Nephi to Korihor – Those Who Are Different
I was born of goodly parents. Both from a long line of Pioneer stock Mormons. One day my father awoke from a dream and announced we would be moving to a small town he had never visited. We had no family there. We had no friends there. Considering it was a town of 700...
What Mormon Church Do You Belong To?
The deeper inquiry of the Mormon faith is initiated for any number of reasons. We often find ourselves wrestling with scripture, church policy, “prophetic” utterances of all kinds, local leadership agendas, or the many colorful historical events (often...
Mormon Talents and the Five Factor Model of Personality
My wife and I teach the 5-and-6-year-olds in our ward’s Primary, and we have distinct roles (I know “roles” is a loaded word on Mormon blogs, but bear with me). After we read the manual together, my wife prepares handouts, pictures,...
31: Ask a Mormon Sex Therapist Part 3
https://media.blubrry.com/rationalfaiths/content.blubrry.com/rationalfaiths/DoctorFifepart3.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSIn this episode of “Ask a Mormon Sex Therapist”, Laurel and Brian interview Dr. Jennifer...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
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