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January 2024

January 05, 2024

Wholeness

by Thomas Schenk In his recent article “Okay, Not Okay,” James Jarrett writes: “For many of...

December 2023

December 28, 2023

Walking To Find Wisdom

by SNS Guest (This article is by guest writer Leigh Anderson. For a short bio, see...

December 28, 2023

Theological Reasoning from a Naturalist Perspective

by SNS Guest (This article is by guest writer Gregory Gronbacher. For a short bio, see...

December 21, 2023

Okay Not Okay

by James Jarrett Photo by Elizabeth Makes Photos “I’m Not All-Right, and You’re Not All-Right, But...

December 20, 2023

Integrated Spiritual Practice

by DT Strain Last month, in “Is A Spiritual Practice Too Much?“, I talked about notions...

December 14, 2023

Book Review: For Small Creatures Such as We

(This article is by guest writer Buck Marchinton. For a short bio, see below.) Rituals...

December 07, 2023

Subjective Materialism?

by Thomas Schenk I was reading an article on Ralph Waldo Emerson the other day that...

November 2023

November 24, 2023

Is A Spiritual Practice Too Much?

by DT Strain There are a lot of things that could be a part of a...

November 19, 2023

The Role of Community in the Spiritual Naturalist Society

by Leigh Anderson My recent article discussed Finding a Balance Between Individualism and Connectedness. This month I’m...

November 19, 2023

The Virtuous Triad

by Jeff Worthy The ancient Stoics worked to practice the four “cardinal” virtues (the word “cardinal”...

October 2023

October 26, 2023

Contemplation and Meditation

by Thomas Schenk In general usage, the words “contemplation” and “meditation” are used as synonyms....

October 26, 2023

Dana to Zakat-Giving for Spiritual Reward

by SNS Guest Creator: gece33 – Credit: gece33 (Today’s article is by guest writer Shahreen Quazi. Brief...

October 19, 2023

Being a Brain in a Body with a Face

by James Jarrett I offer the following in dialogue with Thomas Schenk’s two recent SNS articles, Being...

October 19, 2023

A Light in the Clouds

by Thomas Schenk This morning as I sat on my patio drinking coffee, I looked up...

September 2023

September 21, 2023

Spirituality and Aging

by Jeff Worthy I had a different agenda altogether this month for an article concept (Part...

September 21, 2023

Live In the Now

by Jeff Worthy Forget everything else. Keep hold of this alone and remember it: Each of...

September 15, 2023

Finding a Balance Between Individualism and Connectedness in a Social Media World

by Leigh Anderson My college-aged granddaughter mentioned that she’s majoring in journalism with a focus...

September 09, 2023

1-1 = The Great Mystery

by Thomas Schenk Every life inevitably ends in death; the creation of the new requires the...

September 09, 2023

Being a Brain

by Thomas Schenk The last six hundred years has seen a succession of discoveries, great...

August 2023

August 31, 2023

Understanding Christian Naturalism

by Gregory Gronbacher Introduction At its core, Christian naturalism is a philosophical and theological perspective that...

August 31, 2023

Photography as a Form of Mindfulness

(Today’s posting is by guest photographer Richard Todd. See below for a brief bio. Also,...

August 17, 2023

Can Naturalists Use Astrology?

by Eric Steinhart Astrology is a popular target for skeptics. They think it uses your birth to...

August 10, 2023

As Time Goes By

by Brock Haussamen Time goes by. The future comes towards us—or, to some, we move...

August 10, 2023

The Thesis

by James Jarrett Let’s begin with a poem, “Where the Circles Overlap” by Ada Limón, the...

July 2023

July 27, 2023

The Pursuit of Fulfillment

by Jeff Worthy High School, Hibbing, MN Each of us seeks fulfillment in our lives. This...

July 17, 2023

Practicing Mindful Walking

by Leigh Anderson Photo by Sébastien Goldberg on Unsplash I want to move my mindfulness...

June 2023

June 29, 2023

It is Happening Now

by Daniel Shkolnik The point of this writing is not to make a rational argument or...

June 29, 2023

Eat, Drink and Be Merry?

by Thomas Schenk (Having had more than enough eating, drinking and merriment over the holidays,...

June 20, 2023

I Have Free Will

by SNS Guest (This article is by guest writer John Stokdijk. For a short bio, see...

June 20, 2023

A Look at Our SNS Community Half-Way Through 2023

June 15, 2023 by Gregory Gronbacher We’re considering this image, created by Danial Strain, for our new...

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