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July 2013

July 21, 2013
This morning my wife discovered that the left side mirror on her car had been...
July 16, 2013
  As my wife and I slogged along on our bicycles, generally irritated at each...
July 10, 2013
  One of the side effects of being a happy person is that unhappy people...
July 01, 2013
Deep in the mountains of South Korea, a cicada hummed its last. Walking along the...

April 2013

April 05, 2013
The Spiritual Naturalist Society is proud to announce that the Charter for Compassion and the...

February 2013

February 26, 2013
Drumming is an ancient art that has played a ritualistic and spiritual role in different...
February 21, 2013
“It is more important to have beauty in one's equations than to have them fit...
February 11, 2013
More and more I have come to realize that happiness is a matter of reflection....
February 04, 2013
Skeptics have often been accused of being cynical, negative, etc. They will (quite appropriately) correct...

January 2013

January 22, 2013
Many philosophies and wisdom traditions have independently come to realize that anguish and emotional suffering...
January 17, 2013
This is the second of a 2-part series on spiritual transformation (link to part 1)....
January 14, 2013
In this 2-part series, we will not only look at spiritual transformation in detail, but...
January 10, 2013
Job descriptions help us know that we’re doing what we’re supposed to be doing. So...
January 07, 2013
In studying ancient philosophy (the very thoughts that shaped the course of later ideas, culture,...
January 03, 2013
This is the final part of a 4-part series which explains, in each part, one...

December 2012

December 24, 2012
This is the third of a 4-part series which explains, in each part, one of...
December 20, 2012
This is the second of a 2-part series exploring a new technique for creating special...
December 17, 2012
I suggest that all the wisdom humans are likely to obtain has already been discovered....
December 13, 2012
Community is important to Humanists. We just haven’t been traditionally very good at building them....
December 10, 2012
Last year I wrote a letter to friends and family, and shared it on my...
December 03, 2012
This is the first in a 2-part series exploring a new technique for creating special...

November 2012

November 26, 2012
Recently I had the pleasure of attending a gathering of spiritual naturalists and similar folks...
November 19, 2012
I am a Humanist, which, among other things means I view the world through a...
November 12, 2012
A spirited discussion about the relationship of science and religion has been going on for...
November 05, 2012
A commonly heard response of many religious and spiritual people during times of disaster is,...

October 2012

October 22, 2012
As a Humanist minister, I have had the honor of conducting the wedding services for...
October 15, 2012
This is the second in a 4-part series which explains, in each part, one of...
October 08, 2012
Recently I have noticed some recurring concepts in many of the discourses I’ve been attending...
October 01, 2012
“Love they neighbor as thyself” is one of the finer sentiments contained in the Bible....

September 2012

September 24, 2012
Today’s article is by guest writer and our Society Advisory Board member, Rev. Michael Dowd....
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