Just What On Earth Do You DO?
Being multifaceted has some drawbacks. People speak about having exactly one lifelong passion (and jobs sometimes demand this from employees), which doesn’t sit well with me. It’s like […]
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Theism and Me (or, On Being a Theistic Buddhist)
I’ve been cagey about discussing my religious beliefs on this blog, apart from that religious history I posted a few months ago. I’m a Unitarian Universalist, something which […]
More DetailsWhat I’ve Believed: A Personal Religious History
2016, besides being the most turbulent year in memory, has heralded a return to my roots. I’ve thought a lot about deep-seated issues: the reasons for what I […]
More DetailsThe Conflicted Pacifist
One of my favorite quotes is by Isaac Asimov, from the first Foundation novel: “Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.” In a single sentence, he encapsulates […]
More DetailsA UU Perspective on Utopian Storytelling
I had a very startling experience at a church service recently.
More DetailsFor Love of Transcendentalism
Nothing is quite beautiful alone; nothing but is beautiful in the whole. –Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nature Most of what I read in grade school sucked. It was not […]
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