Chaplaincy is a very personal “calling” for me that began in the early 1980s, rooted in an ethical stance of compassion, love, respect, and justice. I was living in Boston at the time and was... Read More

A bill recently filed in Louisiana would make the Bible that state’s official book. Not any Bible, mind you, but their oldest edition of the Holy Bible, published by Johannes Prevel in the early 1500s... Read More

How many people of faith take seriously the biblical admonition against public prayer—“Be careful about not living righteously merely to be seen by people,” (Matthew 6:1)? Everywhere you turn more religious people are trying to... Read More

A lawsuit by the American Humanist Association and four individual plaintiffs resulted in a federal ruling on Tuesday, March 25, that placed a preliminary injunction on the Board of Commissioners of Carroll County, Maryland. The... Read More

As defined by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), a hate group is one that holds “beliefs or practices that attack or malign an entire class of people, typically for their immutable characteristics.” According to... Read More

How can Unitarian Universalists and Humanists work together to create community? Maria Greene, development and communications director of the UU Humanist Association, argues the need for UU congregations and local humanist groups to join forces.... Read More

Last month, HNN ran a two-part interview with a practitioner of humanistic Mormonism. (Revisit part one and part two.) This set off an at times heated discussion on whether or not humanism is inherently secular... Read More