Practical Wisdom for Everyday Life
I was instructed — as per an assignment for a graduate-level course I am currently enrolled in — to attend two AA meetings and write a short informal reflection paper sharing a summary of the meetings, what I learned, personal insights, and how the meeting helped me “in learning to understand the disease of addiction.” […]
I read a recent blog post I authored, in a different format and platform for my employer — The Arc of Luzerne County — an advocate for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities. I work as a program assistant for a pilot program TRACE (Transition to Community Employment) and blog to better explore topics discussed […]
Discussions with proponents of theistic religions, from my experience, can often be difficult to ‘get off the ground’ because of various ‘conversation stoppers.’ Rather than addressing objections and questions being voiced concerning specific claims, variations of ‘I have a right to my own opinion’ and ‘respect my beliefs’ (which I discussed in an episode of […]
Persons who have frequented some areas of the atheist blogosphere in recent months have likely read discussion pertaining to alleged problems which women in the atheist community face — particularly pertaining to conferences which many men attend — that have allegedly lead women (or so they say) to either not attend conferences, local meetings, or […]