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

Aurora Borealis: A Symphony of Light

Aurora Borealis: A Symphony of Light

Blog  Aurora Borealis Laura Emerson Alaskauu1.blogspot.com Alaskauu1.substack.com Book:  Log Cabin Reflections, Kindle, Amazon $5   For several decades, I lived in Houston, TX, latitude 31.  When I moved to Alaska, latitude 61, almost everything was different, of...

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Nature’s Abundance in Wild Alaska

Nature’s Abundance in Wild Alaska

Despite Two More Feet of Snow, Spring has Sprung Although our land is still blanketed by 2 feet of snow and the lake remains frozen, spring has sprung this week.  How do I know? One clue is the first of many flocks of migrating geese and one, lone sandhill crane...

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Meditation Basics

Meditation Basics

While Religious Naturalists may or may not meditate, for many, meditation is an important lifelong practice. This article by J.X. Mason is presented here for those interested in knowing more about the topic. Meditation is paying sustained attention to some event,...

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Nature’s Blessing of Awe

Nature’s Blessing of Awe

Image by Moaz Tobok on Unsplash No matter how little attention we pay to the outside world and the magical shifts of life turning from season to season, nature has ways of getting our attention as if to prod us back into wonder and awe.  One morning in early fall, I...

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The Beauty of Winter Trees

The Beauty of Winter Trees

Natural settings can speak to people, make them feel at home.  One of my sisters has  been attracted to oceans, another to the desert.  For me, it is forest settings that have always beckoned. Every morning, I feel a sense of peace and gratitude as I look out my...

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Ethnobotany

Ethnobotany

Laura Emerson Alaskauu1.substack.com Nature’s grand vistas of mountain ranges and oceans are certainly awe inspiring, but so, too, are the riches that lie beneath our feet and within arm’s reach.   Let’s pay attention to a patch of nature close to us. One of my...

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