Thanksgiving therapy with the Mormon Family…
If the Mormon family came to me for therapy this week, it would be Molly, 5 adult children, and Peter, her husband, coming to talk about Thanksgiving dinner next week. Me: Hey, Molly…. Peter, it’s good to see you again. Sounds like things have changed a bit. You’ve...
Public Morality vs. Private Morality
The World Congress of Families is setting up camp in Utah, marriage equality is the law of the land, the Church’s new essays on Mother in Heaven and the priesthood are still hot off the presses, and the 2016 presidential race is officially under way. This means...
Petitioning Heavenly Mother and the Call to Faithful Agitation
As I was reviewing the 1991 Ensign article “Daughters of God” by Gordon B. Hinckley, then First Counselor in the First Presidency, I began to see a correlation between Hinckley’s prohibition against praying to our Mother in Heaven and the later call...
An Open Letter to Conservative Mormons
Let’s just get this out of the way first: I do not share your political views. This does not mean that I am not an “active,” “faithful,” committed Mormon. It does not mean that I have failed to sustain the prophet or that I no longer believe the Church is true. It...
You may be irreverent, but you’re no thug
You may be irreverent, but you are no thug. … and you already know this, but it hasn’t stopped ignorant behavior in the last two weeks on social media. It hasn’t stopped lots of Mormons who should know better but act like they don’t and instead want myself, and other...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.
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