The Forgotten Mythos of Reason
In my previous piece, “Got Mythos?”, inspired by Karen Armstrong’s book, The Case for God, I concluded that… Our country has a great principle of separation of Church and State, which acknowledges a...
View ArticleMoving from Hierarchy to a Circle of Equals
When people ask me, “What do you do?” or “What kind of work do you do?”, they generally are asking me what kind of job I do to make a living. And particularly because I am a white male person of some...
View ArticleSeeking the Essence of Unitarian-Universalism
In her blog piece “Love is More Important than Freedom”, Unitarian-Universalist minister Victoria Weinstein writes… It has come time for Unitarian Universalists to admit that we have honored free...
View ArticleSaturday Night Home School Fever
Confessing my own bias as a big supporter of unschooling, I read Dennis Danziger’s piece, “Home School Fever”, in the April 24 edition of the Huffington Post, and it seemed to push more buttons in me...
View ArticleUnschooling in the Art of Religion
It is my continuing effort to promote the concept of “unschooling”, the process of learning from real life, outside any formal learning environment, and without a teacher. It is a mostly unsung method...
View ArticleConstantine’s Sword: It’s the Patriarchy Stupid!
I recently finished reading the book Constantine’s Sword – The Church and the Jews, laying out the historical account of Christian antisemitism and how that seeded a ground of separation and hate that...
View ArticleIs the World Ready for a God-Embracing Atheist?
They teach you that when in a job interview if asked whether you have a particular skill or experience and you must honestly say no, it is best to say “no but…” followed by sharing some other skill or...
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