Brother Jake Explains Himself
Hi! I’m Brother Jake. Truthfully, I don’t have a specific origin story for how I came up with the idea to create my (ongoing) YouTube series. But when I think back, it does remind me of an experience I had on my mission in Peru. In my final exchange, my missionary...
Gospel Truth in Les Miserables, Pt.I-Fantine
This is part I of a II part series. Part II will publish on 9/25/2013, and will focus on the life of Jean. Today, I am concerned with the life of Fantine though. For those who have not seen Les Miserables (either the musical or the movie) I will offer very little back...
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...
A Transhumanist Interpretation of the Gospel
This is the third in a five-part series on Mormon Transhumanism. The first part was an introduction to transhumanism written by James Carroll and I wrote the second part, comparing transhumanism and Mormonism. At the core of Mormonism is the Gospel of Christ, which 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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