Harvard

#WeCantBreathe and Advent

Posted on December 19, 2014December 18, 2014 by Lauren Seganos

On Sunday, December 7, there was a message preached at the Memorial Church of Harvard University. It was an urgent and powerful call, and it affected each person who walked out of that morning worship... Read More

Rage, rage (against the dying of the light)

Posted on September 12, 2014September 11, 2014 by Elise Alexander

A year or two ago, I studied under a professor who somehow know just which buttons to push to transform my serene, scholarly public self into a senseless wreck. Admittedly, that public persona was a... Read More

The Humanist Obligation to Serve: Being “Good without God” Requires Action

Posted on May 3, 2011May 3, 2011 by Chris Stedman

“I would like my life to be a statement of love and compassion — and where it isn’t, that’s where my work lies.” — Ram Dass Ten years ago, in the summer before my f... Read More

Time to Stop Rewarding the Dehumanizing Rhetoric

Posted on January 13, 2011 by Chris Stedman

This post originally appeared in the Washington Post’s On Faith. In the wake of this national tragedy, many have speculated about whether violent rhetoric and imagery used by Sarah Palin and oth... Read More

Who I Am

Posted on November 15, 2010December 6, 2010 by Ben DeVan

I admit it. I sometimes like country music. Bypassing stereotype muses of beer and bad breakups; one can find depth, pathos and metaphor. Back in 2001, one of my favorite songs was (and still is) by t... Read More