Posted in Uncategorized on July 28, 2007 | No Comments »
What follows is a quote from the 1876 essay “An Agnostic’s Apology,” published in Fortnightly Review. Its author is Leslie Stephen, father of Virginia Woolf and a leading academic in his day. He is arguing against theologians who write endless volumes explaining the nature of god. This quote really captures what I see as the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on July 25, 2007 | 2 Comments »
This is a portion of a poem written by John Shelby Spong and included in his new book, “Jesus for the Non-Religious.” For years, I found myself asking these questions and discovered that Unitarian Universalism was the place for me. If you find yourself asking the same or similar questions, may you also find your [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on July 21, 2007 | 11 Comments »
Heather, my wife, is a strong, intelligent, wonderful woman. She has put up with me for almost 10 years and has no intention of leaving. For that alone she is to be commended.
She has asked, FINALLY, to post her own journey on my blog. So, without further ado, here’s Heather:
Hello all. I have wanted add comments [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on July 12, 2007 | 1 Comment »
What follows is an excerpt from Dale McGowan’s essay, “Parenting Beyond Belief: On Raising Ethical, Caring Kids Without Religion,” found at www.secweb.org/index.aspx?action=viewAsset&id=758. This is what I’ve been trying to say, set in the context of parenting, and said much more eloquently.
A grudging nod to morality… only because I have to
I bring morality in the back [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on July 9, 2007 | 2 Comments »
We’re in the middle of the process of moving north to Danville, Indiana. Some stuff is in Seymour, some is already in Danville. We’re staying on air mattresses at our new house in Danville. I don’t have steady Internet access (only at the Danville library), so I can’t post very often. We’ll be up here permanently [...]
