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November 2022

November 07, 2022

Soul of the World

by Thomas Schenk Photo by Matt Deavenport, from Flickr I keep a book titled, The Soul of...

October 2022

October 27, 2022

An Introduction to Psychosocial Fields

by Daniel Shkolnik Have you ever noticed the way a charismatic person can light up...

October 27, 2022

The Place of Nature in Naturalist Spirituality – Part II

by Gregory Gronbacher If we surrendered to earth’s intelligence, we would rise rooted, like a tree. –...

October 18, 2022

A Preference for White Magpies

by Thomas Schenk In his book, Dear Colleague, geographer and cultural polymath Yi-Fu Tuan writes: Culture, to...

October 18, 2022

Just Sit. And if You Cannot Just Sit, Write

by James Jarrett “All of humanity’s problems stem from [a hu]man’s inability to sit quietly in...

October 13, 2022

Living Without Certainty, With Wonder and Yearning

by Dennis Oliver “I’m prone to mystical experiences. I’ve had six that were sufficiently intense that...

October 07, 2022

Trust The Seekers

by Jeff Worthy One of my favorite quotes comes from Andre Gide: “Trust those who...

October 07, 2022

The Intelligible Sphere?

by Thomas Schenk I have long been intrigued by the saying: “God is an intelligible sphere,...

September 2022

September 29, 2022

Body and Soul

by Thomas Schenk The relationship of mind to body has been a long and interesting topic...

September 22, 2022

Spiritual Naturalism is Diverse!

by DT Strain Spiritual Naturalism is easier to get a grip on when you think about...

September 22, 2022

My Hallucinations

by Eric Steinhart I have migraines with auras, which basically means that before my migraines,...

September 15, 2022

To The Stars

by Jeff Worthy It was January 28, 1986. I was a junior in high school. I...

September 15, 2022

Finding A New Meditation Practice In Nature

by Leigh Anderson I find it hard to concentrate on anything for more than a...

September 08, 2022

Spiritual Naturalism & Community

by Gregory Gronbacher (cc) Wikimedia Commons. A frequently reported benefit of religious and spiritual engagement is community —...

September 01, 2022

The Enormity Of It All

by Thomas Schenk I’ve been contemplating the picture of deep space recently provided by NASA’s...

September 01, 2022

The Present That’s Simply Present

by Thomas Schenk A bumper sticker I saw today read: “Don’t worship the creation, worship the...

August 2022

August 18, 2022

The Hardest Part of Spiritual Practice

by Daniel Shkolnik For four days, I didn’t eat. I lived on a desert mountain peak,...

August 18, 2022

Art and Observational Inquiry

by SNS Guest Photo by C. A. Riffee (Today’s article is by guest author Charles...

August 11, 2022

Why (as a Naturalist) I Pray

by James Jarrett Meditation builds the energy and opens possibilities. But the reaching out? That...

August 11, 2022

Pilgrimage to the Ancestors

by Brock Haussamen Not long ago, every living species of amoebas, humans, roses, zebras and all...

August 04, 2022

The Essence of Things

by Daniel Scharpenburg You may call it mind, or Buddha or sentient being, yet you should...

August 04, 2022

A Preference for White Magpies

by Thomas Schenk In his book, Dear Colleague, geographer and cultural polymath Yi-Fu Tuan writes: Culture,...

August 04, 2022

Spiritual vs. Religious

by Gregory Gronbacher Most of us have heard the expression, “I’m spiritual, but not religious.” Whether...

July 2022

July 21, 2022

Calling All Truthseekers!

by Jeff Worthy Every lie we tell incurs a debt to the truth. Sooner or later...

July 21, 2022

Understanding Forgiveness as Self Care

by Leigh Anderson Photo by Felix Koutchinski As I get older, I find it easier to...

July 08, 2022

NOMA?

by Thomas Schenk The late paleontologist, Stephen Jay Gould. coined the term non-overlapping magisteria (NOMA)...

July 07, 2022

The G Word

by Dennis Oliver How many humanists, atheists and agnostics want to discuss how “God” might be...

June 2022

June 30, 2022

Full Circle

by Jeff Worthy I am a high school English teacher. This job isn’t easy. You are working...

June 30, 2022

Daily Words

by SNS Guest (Today’s article is by guest writer Brock Haussamen. See bio below.) I’ve been...

June 23, 2022

Retirement Account

by Thomas Schenk I first learned to meditate more than forty-five years ago and I’ve been...

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