RNA Members' Blog

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JD Stillwater

JD Stillwater is a science ambassador and cultural worker. He speaks and writes about profound revelations and insights from natural reality. From The Parliament of the World’s Religions to academic conferences and civic groups, JD Stillwater moves and inspires...

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David Kundtz

David has worked as a psychotherapist and encourages “stopping” as a response to the rush of modern life. He defines “Stopping” as “Doing nothing intentionally – for a minute or a month – in order to wake up and remember who you are.” His website describes and gives...

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Brent E. White

Brent is a retired Navy officer who teaches art and carves wildlife figures for merry-go-rounds, including several that feature endangered species. Some of his work can be seen at the Indianapolis Zoo and at Badlands National Park. He wrote a book for children, The...

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Chris Highland

Chris Highland was a Presbyterian minister and Interfaith chaplain in the San Francisco Bay area for many years. Now a Humanist celebrant, he teaches and writes in Western North Carolina.  His classes and books center on the nature of Freethought and freethinking...

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Carl Axelsen

Carl Axelsen

Carl Axelsen 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...

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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 of Raleigh in April. Some...

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Marshall Lewis

Marshall Lewis

Marshall Lewis 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...

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Sam Guarnaccia

Sam Guarnaccia

Sam Guarnaccia 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 –...

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Sam Guarnaccia

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...

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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.

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