Members’ Projects

Lane is a composer of many choral works, some of which include religious naturalist themes. He compiled some of them into a Missa Natura consisting of eight movements, which is scheduled to be performed by the choir of the UU Fellowship of Raleigh in April. Some...

Sam’s website includes photo, audio, and video galleries plus descriptions and samples from compositions, including a Celtic Mass for Peace, the Emergent Universe Oratorio, and Children’s Peace Songs. For a start, you might check a choral performance – the third...

At his website, Maximus describes himself as “a wandering scholar, artist, activist, chef”. Our reviewer particularly liked items in the Creations area, including wire sculptures and photography.

Roger Gillette Speaking of the Open Forum, we also recently posted a piece by Roger Gillette. At age 97, Roger is our oldest member.

For folks who didn’t see the posting at religiousnaturalism.org, we’ll again mention Lynne Quarmby’s recent ecologic activism, where she was part of a group arrested in a protest to block the extension of a tar sand pipeline through Burnaby Mountain near...

Douglas Hill has done a scholarly, respectful and critical review of selected topics in Christianity.  One of his topics is organisations that deal with the subject of science and religion.  RNA is well represented in this list, which is found at...

Speaking of the Open Forum, we also recently posted a piece by Roger Gillette. At age 97, Roger is our oldest member.

Michael Barrett wants to connect with religious naturalists in the UK. He has contacted some UK periodicals with a view to publishing articles or book reviews on RN, and has provided information about RNA to some groups in the UK. He has also written an...

Marshall recently completed a post-graduate program in Religious Studies at the University of Otago in New Zealand. His final year of consisted of writing a paper: “The Atheistic Religious Naturalism of Goodenough, Crosby and Rue.” Marshall is now continuing his...

After retiring, Carl began volunteer work at environmental non-profit groups in Oregon. He became certified as a Master Watershed Steward and ran a local watershed stewardship organization. He was President of the Tryon Creek Watershed Council, and now leads a group...

Some of the websites created by RNA members include: Atheist Spirituality, from Geoff Crocker Zen Naturalism, from Frank Jude Boccio

Maximus Thaler At his website, Maximus describes himself as “a wandering scholar, artist, activist, chef”. Our reviewer particularly liked items in the Creations area, including wire sculptures and photography.

Jeff Nechleba Jeff has a blog, ahhbeautiful. Recent posts include a weltanschauung, celebrations of the winter solstice, the reason for the coloring of the leaves, and the energy of life.

Lane Tracy  Lane is a composer of many choral works, some of which include religious naturalist themes. He compiled some of them into a Missa Natura consisting of eight movements, which is scheduled to be performed by the choir of the UU Fellowship...

Chris Highland Chris Highland was a Presbyterian minister and served as an Interfaith Chaplain in the San Francisco Bay area for 25 years. He has taught short courses on World Wisdom and now teaches a class – A Wild Spirituality of Nature: On the Trail of John Muir...