As wonderfully diverse as it is, Nature is Nature, wherever we are. the Americas, Africa, Asia, Arctic, Antarctic. . .(and […]
Archive for August 2019
Unbelievable Credulity
Credulity (credulous): “too ready to believe something is real or true.” “People will believe anything” I sometimes say, or think. […]
Open Letter on Prayer
(I know I cycle back to this subject now and again, but after the latest “Pray for Them” post, I’ve […]
Nature is Enough
A selection from my essay collection Nature is Enough. Dirty Glaciers (Better than Heaven) “Doubling cape after cape, passing uncounted […]
Atheist Prayer
Listen to the Prologue to This American Life podcast on “The Weight of Words.” Ira Glass expresses exactly how I felt for […]
Women’s Voices
Maybe you’ve noticed, as I have, that a lot of my posts lately have centered on men and men’s voices. […]
Questions for Alan Alda
I have very fond memories of watching MASH each week with my family when I was in high school. An excellent […]
Self-reliance
Self-reliance and the sacred/secular life In his still-reliable and still-relevant essay from 1839, “Self-Reliance,” Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) preaches the […]
Who Owns the Bible?
This is pretty good. The original “owners” of the Bible (that’s the Jewish people) are speaking out about abortion. They […]
Have We No Decency?
A good, timely question. I may not agree with the theological position of these faith leaders in the National Cathedral […]
Friendly Freethinker 