We spent a few weeks with my family in Kansas City, and whenever the kids are around extended family very long, whichever of them happens to be six or seven years old at the time becomes fascinated with the whole prayer-thing that both sets of grandparents do before eating. Because you know, we don’t do [...]
I’d never heard of Frank Schaeffer until I listened to Terri Gross interview him on Fresh Air. Schaeffer has chosen to stick with religion–he left fundamental Born Again-ism in favor of the Greek Orthodox Church–but is surprisingly honest about his respect for atheism and his admission that his inclination for faith could very well [...]
The Disclaimer
Let me start by saying that I’m not truly 100% vegan. I think of myself as vegan, but every once in a while I remember that the real hard-core purist vegans might not consider me one.
First, I eat eggs once in a long while, which I buy from my friend because I’ve seen [...]
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It sure was fun talking about things I really haven’t talked much about in a while. It’s nice seeing my old friends trickling in to the blog again, too. Plus some new names–those never stopped, though, amazingly.
The Article
I never did tell you about the article I wrote for the Humanist Network News back in March for their Secular Parenting column. Here’s how it starts…
The “Out” Parent
I walked into my child’s preschool one day right before class was to let out. There was a lobby full of parents and one of [...]
Ummm, yeah, summer is approaching its end, isn’t it?
My husband and I began putting major efforts into some other projects earlier in the year. For a while I’ve been unsure what to do about AgnosticMom because I love this blog, but it’s hard to do something well when your attention is split.
Once summer came, [...]
Kristen Chase of Motherhood Uncensored will be interviewing Dale and I regarding the book, Parenting Beyond Belief, tonight. Follow the link to the interview site.
Our interview starts at 9:30 EST, but the actual show starts at 9pm with an interview of Julie from Mothergoosemouse. Julie is an atheist and some [...]
Some of you wanted to know which publications are refusing to run reviews of Parenting Beyond Belief. I contacted Dale McGowan and he responded that the publisher will not specify which ones actually refused and which ones just haven’t answered. Naturally, there are relationships to maintain and that is understandable.
That doesn’t mean we [...]
Some days my seven-year-old daughter believes there is a god. Hers is a god of lost pencils and favorite foods. On other days, when said god doesn’t come through to grant a wish, she announces, “I guess I don’t believe in god anymore.”
To read more, follow the link to this week’s article in the Humanist [...]
The author, Dale McGowan, sent this update to those us who contributed articles to Parenting Beyond Belief:
Several parenting magazines are declining to review the book for fear of offending religious subscribers, and a few retailers are declining to stock the book, claiming there is no market for it. It is essential that we demonstrate [...]
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