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Curt Collier at Winter Festival.

Celebrating Light, Stars, and Human Reason

December 19, 2022

We transformed our meetinghouse into the Universe for Winter Festival, where we celebrated the solstice, stars, and humanity’s ability to reason and follow the light. Read More

As I See It: Finding Victory and Divinity on the Mountaintop

August 24, 2022

As Society President Jim Norman climbed Rattlesnake Mountain and as he took in the view from the top, reminders of divinity were all around him. He explains in this column.Read More

For a Friend Yet Unknown in Ukraine

March 22, 2022

Can words ever fill a hole where a bomb went off or fill the infinite void left by a dead child, or are we ultimately left with deafening silence, asks Leader Curt Collier in this column.Read More

The Thinker Who Inspired Me Most and His Relevance for Today

November 23, 2019

Humanist psychologist Erich Fromm’s philosophy of human potential and flourishing, including his fundamental view that human fulfillment is not an achievement but a process, greatly influenced our Leader Joe Chuman starting at a young age. In this column, he discusses Fromm’s relevance today, both personally and politically.
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“Should We Trust The Experts?” talk by Massimo Pigliucci

November 21, 2019

“For every expert, there is an equal and opposite expert” – Arthur C. Clarke
For any subject, unless we are an expert ourselves (or an expert in expertise itself!), we have to figure out whom to believe, which experts we can trust, which should be ignored. This is not an easy and we are reminded of that in headlines almost every day about climate change, vaccinations, evolution, etc.
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What Is Democracy and How Can We Reclaim It?

October 22, 2019

In his talk “What is Democracy and How Can We Reclaim It?”, Prof. Michael Thompson of William Paterson University took his audience back to a special time and place in history–Athens in 508 BC. He described the formation of the first democracy recorded in history, and democracy’s essential attributes.
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  • Job Club June 5, 2023
  • Planet & Progress Team Now Hiring Youth Age 15-22 June 4, 2023
  • Have a Seat! New Meetinghouse Chairs Will be Comfy and Attractive May 30, 2023
  • Let’s Increase our Society’s Relevance by Meeting Younger Generations Where They Are May 30, 2023
  • Mindfulness at Midday: Meditation, Movement, and Discussion Group May 24, 2023
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