Warning: Liberal Apocalypse Coming
Warning: Liberal Apocalypse Coming I recently attended a family reunion where I’m pretty sure I was the only “liberal.” Liberal, in this case, means I voted for Obama. Good thing my children are innocent or the family may have disposed of me quietly. Instead they just...
Unfailing Love
Two days ago I stumbled upon the Mormon Messages video, “Mountains to Climb”. It came to me on a day when I was on an emotional edge after reading a fictional story that brought many emotions I felt after the loss of my twin sons to the surface. The tears fell...
Baby Jesus and Bathwater
Recently I participated on a panel at the Sunstone Symposium. I volunteered because the panel had consisted only of men and the organizers needed at least one woman. Turns out, I was that woman. Jeff Burton, author of, For Those Who Wonder, chaired the session. You...
The Song of Redeeming Love.
A close friend of mine in my ward asked me a while ago for my thoughts regarding the following statement, by Boyd K. Packer, originally given in the Ensign, in 1979. “The gospel might be likened to the keyboard of a piano—a full keyboard with a selection of keys...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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