2019

Sacred Place

Throughout history and across the world, people have asked questions about where the world came from, who they are, and what their...

Is Texas a Theocracy?

If you read through the Texas Republican Party’s 37-page long list of “principles,” it is hard to find many of the 334 items included...

Spirituality Behind Bars

The music fills the chapel and even those can’t, sing happily along belting the words out more or less in rhythm with the choir and band....

Christ Wants Us to Be Activists

Jesus Christ is such a revolutionary! What radical grace to die the way he did, to change the world through non-violence and his...

H.P. Lovecraft: How H.P. Lovecraft Caused an Atheist to Stop Worrying and Learn to Love Cthulhu

When H.P. Lovecraft was 5 years old, after losing his father to mental illness, it was revealed to him that Santa Claus was not real. A...

Meditating on “God” Or whatever you want to call It...

...Nature, Consciousness, Allah, Buddha Nature, Creation, Krishna, Brahman, Om, Jesus, God… whatever your belief is, meditation brings...

The Final Straw

The facts about single-use plastic straws: average lifespan is less than 30 minutes; Americans use 390 to 500 million single use plastic...

The Value of Sargassum

If you live in Galveston or visited our island over the past decade, you most likely have had an experience with seaweed. Even though it...

Island Minded

I am a 10-year veteran, IBC Galvestonian and still eagerly exploring and bringing stories back to my chosen community to show us all how...

Climate Change

Climate change is a growing concern in our society, spurred by rising temperatures, devastating natural disasters, catastrophic...

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