With the new year, we are starting a new series called, “What Naturalism Means to Me”. It is an opportunity for our readers, like you, to share what Naturalism means for you. We are looking for essays between 1000-3000 words. …
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When Prayers Aren’t Enough
I heard about last week’s school shooting at Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida on the radio, while I was driving home from work last Wednesday. No, no, no, no, I prayed, but prayer doesn’t work that way, and the disembodied voice kept speaking with a collectedness that I knew neither of us felt. I felt… Continue reading When Prayers Aren’t Enough →
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Unpopular Ideas
On this day in 1809, Charles Darwin was born. 50 years later, he would publish “On the Origin of Species”, which pretty well blew the doors off the scientific world, outraged the contemporary religious culture, and established the key scientific foundation of the field of biology for all time. Darwin knew what he was doing. … Continue reading Unpopular Ideas
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Love by Numbers
photo by Adam Levine on flickr via CC Me to my husband: Do you think that everything can be quantified and measured? Him: No! Me: Right, but give an example. Him: How much do you love me? Me: On a scale of one to ten? It goes “up to 11.” Him: Why not 12? Advertisements
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“Naturalism by Numbers” by Eric Steinhart
With the new year, we are starting a new series called, “What Naturalism Means to Me”. It is an opportunity for our readers, like you, to share what Naturalism means for you. We are looking for essays between 1000-3000 words. …
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The Vulture Culture 101 IndieGoGo Campaign is Live!
The Vulture Culture 101 IndieGoGo Campaign is officially live at http://igg.me/at/vultureculture101! What compels me and many other people to fill our homes with the preserved remains of animals, and how can you join in the fun? Vulture Culture 101: A Book For People Who… Continue Reading
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What I Know about Self-righteousness
photo by Timothy Krause I’m really good at self-righteousness, and I bet you are, too. It feels GOOD to be right, am I right? Satisfying. Important. Powerful. Like that time when my redneck cousin posted on Facebook that Planned Parenthood and people who support the organization (that’s me, monthly contributor here) are baby murderers. I… Continue reading What I Know about Self-righteousness →
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“What Naturalism Means to Me” by Mark Green
Naturalism is the spirituality of the real. A celebration of this world, this cosmos, this humanity, this biosphere.
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On the Other Hand…(A Love Letter)
So, I’ve been a little hard on the Pagan community lately. I’ve decried abuses and hierarchies, lack of political engagement, and the leftovers of the sexual culture of the 1960s that still thrive in many corners of it. Those things are true, in my opinion, and I stand by them. So why, one might ask, do I continue … Continue reading On the Other Hand…(A Love Letter)
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Children of the Earth Tribe, WAKE UP
Back in September of 2015, I asked, is Atheopaganism political? Go ahead, read it. It lays out why I believe that any religious path that is truly about this Earth—any path of integrity—must, in days such as these, be one of activism. Since, I’ve had plenty of opportunity to consider the Pagan community generally through this … Continue reading Children of the Earth Tribe, WAKE UP
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