JOSEPH SMITH’S POLYGAMY VOLUME 3: THEOLOGY – A BOOK REVIEW
Note: This is a review of volume 3 only. To read my view of volume 1, click here. To read my review of volume 2, click here. Let me say something upfront. Of the three-volume series by Hales, this one I looked the least forward to reading. My assumption was that it...
Enjoying Church Again
Enjoying Church Again by Dan Wotherspoon I was recently invited to join a Facebook discussion about Sunday church experiences following a crisis of faith. I was grateful for the prompting to reflect on how I have come, once again, to enjoy Sunday meetings. Some who...
Summoned and Unsettled: Gay Mormons and the Power of the Face of Love
Summoned and Unsettled: Gay Mormons and the Power of the Face of Love by Jacob Baker Renowned Jewish thinker Emmanuel Levinas (1906-1995) spent much of his life thinking about how and why we relate or fail to relate to others. A French Jewish prisoner of war during...
Baptism
Saturday was my oldest child’s baptism. He asked me to talk about baptism at his baptismal program. I decided to share the talk here. In Matthew in the New Testament, Jesus said “Be ye perfect, even as your father in heaven is perfect.” In Greek, the word...
And My Face Shall Be As Stubble
I am a man, teeming with testosterone, evidenced by my extremely hairy body. Oh, I am not exaggerating. You name the body part, and I have hair growing there: back, shoulders, toes, neck. I used to loathe it, but now I embrace it. It makes for some diverse looks,...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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