On Sunday we got our real (always real) Christmas tree. We spent the second half of the day decorating it.
The next morning, Aiden woke up, and, being only two years old, he had forgotten about the tree.
Sensing his excitement, I said, “Aiden, watch this.” In the early morning darkness, I flipped [...]
One of my readers, Christy, left this question as a comment on a previous entry:
I wonder, at what age did you start talking with your kids about religion? When did they start asking? Without the basics, how do you start to explain to a child?
When your family participates in a religion, there is no initial [...]
I can’t wait for you all to read Larry’s response to my challenge on the word, “spiritual”. I half-expected a surrender, which he gave, but never anticipated what he followed it with. I should have known that his simple surrender was too easy. Larry took this discussion to a whole new level. [...]
I owe you all a huge apology. I know some of you visit me here regularly, and I have neglected your blog addictions. It was a busy week.
Two hours ago, I finished cleaning up the aftermath of my 8-year-old’s birthday party. December is the busiest month of the year for [...]
There is an on-going debate among secularists, regarding the use of the word, “spiritual.” Long ago, Israel abandoned efforts to vanquish it from my vocabulary. I insist the word is appropriate, even though I don’t believe in spirits.
Recently, my good friend, Larry Keim, posted an entry on his blog. (Hi, Larry!). [...]
This year’s holiday season brought me an early gift. It came as a comment on my October 9th post, “Intelligent Design, Not So Intelligent.” It read:
I just found your website this morning.
I left the Mormon church five years ago and became a humanist too.
I would love to reconnect, if you wanted.
The writer is [...]
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