Music and Humanist Spirituality (Part 2)
There’s a long history of music as a healing agent. As Confucius taught, “Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without.” But it’s more than pleasure. It’s like medicine. One ...
18 Heinä 20258min
The Universality of Music (Part 1)
Music seems to be everywhere - in the origins of the cosmos, the sounds non-human animals produce, and the habits and hearts of homo sapiens. Why is it so universal? Hugh Taft-Morales explores some of...
20 Kesä 20259min
Evolution & The Darwins (Part 2 of 2)
Charles Darwin yearned to unify both human understanding and human beings. As Marek Kohn, a British scientist, explains, “Evolutionary thinking enabled [Darwin] him to rescue the idea of human unity, ...
11 Huhti 20259min
Evidence, Reason, Science, and Understanding (Part 1 of 2)
Critics of evolution ridicule it as being "just a theory." But it's so much more than that. It includes a vast collection of test results, gathered over decades and analyzed publicly by thousands of r...
8 Maalis 202510min
Transforming Political Grief
If the current political situation in the U. S. is making you feel raw, exhausted, depressed, angry, frustrated, sad, or fearful, think about others who are in more challenging spaces. Then consider h...
17 Tammi 20257min
The Somebodyness Of Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King was raised to appreciate his own inherent worth – a worth independent of background or resources. When speaking in Cleveland in 1967, he said, "In order to be truly free, the first ...
17 Tammi 202510min
The Virtues Of Doubt
Doubt, if tempered with optimism and curiosity, can encourage dialogue and exploration. It offers more opportunity for the changing of minds. If nothing else, doubt will help us follow one of the most...
20 Joulu 20248min
