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October 2022

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 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 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

Spirituality After COVID

by Gregory Gronbacher Into our third year of the pandemic, we are realizing that COVID has...

June 18, 2022

Rewilding Humanity

by Daniel Shkolnik Photo by Dylan Taylor “Rewilding,” is the theme for the first season of...

June 09, 2022

Mindfulness in Everyday Life

by DT Strain A 2014 study on mindfulness and equanimity phrased mindfulness as, “the quality of mind...

June 02, 2022

Journey to the East and Back

by Thomas Schenk After I rejected the Christian religion foisted on me by my parents, like...

May 2022

May 26, 2022

Fear, Anger, Peace, and Joy

by DT Strain Someone, maybe you, has been feeling angry about politics. Another, maybe you,...

May 26, 2022

The Present That’s Simply Present

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

May 19, 2022

Endurance

by Jeff Worthy The last few years have proven to be challenging for us all; we...

May 15, 2022

When Our Spiritual Practice Doesn’t Deliver

by Dennis Oliver Photo by Ryan Melaugh I recently sat down with a close friend,...

May 15, 2022

Befriending Death, Embracing Life

by SNS Guest (Article is by guest writer James Jarrett. See bio below.) A gracious lady...

May 05, 2022

Always Where You Never Expect It: A Meditation on Evil

by Jeff Worthy King Arthur: “Tell me, Merlin, have we defeated evil, as it seems we...

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