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Larry Rifkin
Larry Rifkin is a pediatrician who recently created a video,“Evolution Will Change How You See The World” which, as itillustrates a range of wondrous aspects of life, highlights the roleof evolution and urges us not to compromise the future of thisgreat epic. Larry...
Robert Howard
A book of poems by Robert Howard was published this year. It’s called “Unity Tree” and includes “Alone”, which is coped below, and organized in five sections: Our Island Home, Music of the Spheres, Human Family Picnic, Ancient Footprints and A Place to Call Home. For...
Jane Penfield
Jane is a painter who, at her website, introduces her work by saying “I am drawn to the landscape through the changing seasons . . . All of my work is an expression of nature as I have experienced it . . .” Jane describes the Pioneer Valley in New England as a place...
Paul Martin
Paul has written poetry and essays that combine perceptions from a mystical experience with the challenge of a progressive illness that has kept him house-bound and, now, mostly bedridden. One example can be seen at NPR’s On Being blog where, as guest contributer, he...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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