Why the Church is Truer Than the Gospel
WHY THE CHURCH IS TRUER THAN THE GOSPEL By Michael Barker I didn’t want to go to Church this past Sunday. There were two reasons: It was fast and testimony meeting and frankly I get little out of testimony meeting. Sometimes I even get quite frustrated. The...
Doubts and the Church
The topic of doubt, the church, and navigating their cross-section has been in the news a lot. With the NYT article about former Area Authority Hans Mattsson and his doubts, the bloggernacle exploded in discussion while other venues derided the...
Mt. Biking and the Church
MT. BIKING AND THE CHURCH by Michael Barker I love mt. biking. I love being Mormon. I woke up at 4:30 a.m.. Got dressed and hopped into my truck. My 2005 Santa Cruz Blur classic (that’s for all you mt. bike geeks) was already on the hitch- rack. It was...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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