Lives on Earth

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  • Living Closer

    One of the pleasures of meditating regularly has been the sensation of coming closer to my thoughts and to the feelings in my body. With my eyes closed and my thought stream lulled but also more noticeable, thoughts and physical… Continue reading

  • The Music Man

    Recently I stopped by a music store in town to buy banjo strings. I hadn’t been in the store for at least ten years. I remembered it as a hive of kids and grown-ups trying out guitars, pianos, and clarinets,… Continue reading

  • Non-Theists, God’s Love, and Evolution

    One of the benefits that believers gain from religion is the feeling that their deity cares for them. Mainstream Christians, Jews, Moslems generally believe either that god loves them and intervenes actively on their behalf or that god keeps a… Continue reading

  • The Brown Sisters: 35 Annual Portraits

    In 1974, Nicholas Nixon photographed his wife together with her three sisters, their ages ranging from 15 to 25.  He published the photo the following year, took a second that year, and then another photo every year after that. In… Continue reading

  • God loves you. Does evolution?

    Evolution selected our ability to love. Can it also actually love us, as religious believers feel that God loves them? Let’s back up a bit. According to biologists, the roots of human love are found in the length of time… Continue reading

    God loves you. Does evolution?