Scholarships applications through the Secular Student Alliance are open now.

Scholarships applications through the Secular Student Alliance are open now.

Each year, the Secular Student Alliance offers scholarships to student activists who demonstrate secular values in their personal lives, on their campus, and in their community.

Scholarships applications through the Secular Student Alliance are open now.

Scholarships applications through the Secular Student Alliance are open now.

Based on evolving information concerning the COVID-19 public health threat, and guidance from local and state leadership, the Houston Oasis Board of Directors has decided to extend virtual gatherings through August 31st. We will continue to evaluate the situation as local conditions change.

On May 13, The Oasis Network celebrated its five year anniversary. Let’s take a look at what we’ve accomplished together in five years, and what’s next.

I have no problem with secularizing and repurposing practical tools for meaningful living from religious sources—something that is especially easy to do with The Serenity Prayer.

It started just how they said on Oprah. You were always sorry after. And I always came back.

The 2020 pandemic need not preclude Community Group meetings. We can, of course, use Zoom.us, as we do for our regular meetings. The advantage is that Zoom is not limited by distance; the disadvantage is that it is a bit impersonal...

Over drinks one night, which is how we lawyers generally like to meet each other, a friend of mine told me a story that I’d heard before...

Often, interactions from one generation to the next do not seem so easy to bridge.

I had a revelation the other day. My aunt said, “I don’t think you have very high self-esteem.” I sat back in surprise...

I was interviewed recently by a couple of authors who are writing a book on the history of art education. Okay, glad to contribute...

Because the kid’s room at Oasis is across the way, you may not have had a chance to see what goes on there unless you’re a parent...

In mid-February, Valentine’s Day and International Darwin Day arrive two days apart. Which makes this an auspicious time to remember that you and those you most love are all stupendous badasses...

I am fairly middle of the road when it comes to my agnosticism. That being said, I’m not apathetic about religion or belief in God – what some have dubbed “apatheism.” I actually see the topic of God’s existence to be relevant and important...

When we consider the vast breadth of human experience, from wallowing ignorance to lofty enlightenment, groveling servitude to autocratic fiat, dry-mouthed poverty to sybaritic excess, abject suffering to full-beamed health, one final question lingers unanswered, tantalizing and cloying: why are our heads so big?

In his iconic and arguably best play, Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Horatio are confronted by the ghost of the recently dead king. Horatio is understandably aghast, crying out, “O day and night, but this is wondrous strange!”