This is the text as presented at two services for the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Santa Fe (UUCSF) on Sunday, December 2, 2012. It is an updated version of a sermon of the same title... Read More

On December 14, 2012, Adam Lanza entered Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut and killed 20 children and 6 adults. Everybody has one question: Why did he do it? We already know the answer:... Read More

The Institute for Humanist Studies (IHS), a new think tank conducting humanist research on social and political issues, met in Houston last week to reflect on the nature of theism’s impact on public policy. What... Read More

A similar version of this article appeared in the Humanists of Minnesota newsletter and on their website blog in December 2011. We call it Christmas, but for many of us the holiday is really about... Read More

Thanks to everyone who wrote in response to last week’s Message From the Editor, “What Are Humanists Thankful For?” We’ve published some of our favorite comments and, due to the large volume of responses, we... Read More

By Chaplain Binyamin Biber Many people who are leaving religious affiliations, of their families of origin or altogether, often describe themselves as "spiritual, but not religious." Such a transition is often a lengthy process, rather... Read More

Recently Republican senatorial candidate Richard Mourdock suggested that a pregnancy resulting from rape was “something that God intended to happen.” Mourdock’s Christian fascist views permeate through a significant portion of the Republican Party, which has... Read More