Member’s Contributions
About Members’ Contributions
This section is made up of writings, videos, and other RN related material created by our members.
Submissions:
We invite members to submit items for inclusion in this section. Submissions will be reviewed before being posted.
Send your submissions to: rnablog@religious-naturalist-association.org
Guidelines:
- Written submissions can be Word, Pages, plain text, or PDF format. You can also just paste text into an email.
- Videos and podcasts can be submitted in their original format or, preferably, as links to the videos or podcasts already published elsewhere.
- The content of submissions should be about the Religious Naturalist orientation itself or about experiences, inspirations, implications, and ideas directly related to the orientation.
Sermons and Articles
Videos
Other Contributions
Patterns that Repeat in Nature and Science
J.X. Mason October 22, 2024 Geometric patterns are often found in nature and science. Why is this so? For many reasons: If you take a string of any given length, you can enclose more area by forming it into a circle than you can by forming it into any other shape –...
Lessons from the Brevity of Fall
Laura Emerson Some people find autumn and winter depressing and prefer spring and summer. I am not among that group. To me, the brevity of a gorgeous, Alaskan fall is a very visible message to appreciate each day, each morning, each rapidly changing view. ...
Religious Naturalism Reflection
Though I was raised in the progressive, justice-focused Lutheran Christianity of my parents, over time I have come to identify as humanist or spiritually independent because my personal sense of the spiritual arises from many diverse sources within and outside of the...
More than Self Existence
Photo by Robin Stuart on Unsplash Knowing more than Human Self is an enormous part of this journey. It takes time, I am not going to lie, many in the ‘old ways’ of journeying to know self, aren’t at a space to consider that through their separation they have...
Naturalism, Spinoza, and the RNA
Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677) was born in Amsterdam and lived in the Dutch Republic, where he worked as a lens grinder. In 1655-56, He was expelled from the Jewish religious community, but his love of philosophy brought him a small but dedicated circle of supporters. In...
Bathtub Whirlpools & Hydroelectric Dams
The Third Law of Thermodynamics says that energy seeks to move from areas of high heat to low heat until a calm equilibrium of everything is attained. Water at a high level will flow to a lower level whenever it can. The force of gravity causes the water to move...
JD Stillwater’s Seven Candles Project
JD Stillwater's Seven Candles Project...
Fall Equinox Meditation
Fall Equinox: Autumnal Breezes of Gratitude https://gaianism.org/fall-equinox-autumnal-breezes-of-gratitude/ A guided meditation by Bart EversonThis mandala was created by Bart Everson with digital tools as a contemplative practice and a celebration of the fall...
Mother Nature’s Prayer
Jessica Goodenough Sanseverino performing Mother Nature's Prayer The Mother Nature’s Prayer Everybody’s Prayer Our Mother, who art within us, Hallowed be thy name. Thy ways evolve, Thy will calls forth This earth that is now our heaven. Give us this day our...