Ask EOR Pt. 1
Going forward I am going to be dedicating the second Wednesday of every month to a new feature I am affectionately dubbing “Ask EOR”. Here is where I will answer your questions about anything related to Mormonism—anything at all. It should be noted that these answers...
“Honoring the Body of Christ” (1 Cor 11:29): A Personal Journey to Understand Communion, Sacrament, and the Call to Love Others as Ourselves
While attending seminary at the Divinity School at the University of Chicago I gave careful consideration to where I would fulfill my two ministerial field studies or internships. These are required, together with three years of theological course work, for the...
The Barkers Go to the Local Catholic Church
Last Sunday I showered and put on my garments. Next came the slacks, button-up shirt, tie, sweater, and finished off with my brown wing-tipped shoes. Sounds like an ordinary Sunday for a Mormon man. But it wasn’t. About two months ago I asked my Catholic...
“Take, eat, this is my body.”
I saw an indelible image in a BYU Photography exhibit in the Harris Fine Arts Center in late 2003. The theme of the exhibition was modern idolatry and the piece was called “See that you do not take these things lightly.” I have tried in vain to find it for...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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