From Lori Lipman Brown, Director of the Secular Coalition for America

With your support, we made history today. Rep. Fortney H. "Pete" Stark (D-Calif.) openly self-identifies with the nontheist community. He is the first member of Congress to be on record as not holding a god-belief. For more information please read our press release, linked from our home page announcement: [link]

Please show your support to Rep. Stark. We can only guess what the reaction to this announcement will be from certain communities. It is very important that you, other nontheists and our theist allies, contact Rep. Stark to thank him for his brave and historic decision. See our Action Alert at [link] for a sample letter and a link to Rep. Stark's e-mail form. Please also share this email with others so that Rep. Stark receives as many positive responses as possible.

Sincerely,
Lori Lipman Brown, Director/Lobbyist

The Secular Coalition for America
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Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything; and do it, not only when their eye is on you and to win their favor, but with sincerity of heart and reverence for the Lord.

- Colossians 3:22

Michael Shermer has a new book--a pocket mini-book--entitled The Soul of Science. I haven't had a chance to read it yet, but it's on my list.

From the Skeptic.com web site:

Spirituality is a way of being in the world, a sense of one’s place in the cosmos, a relationship to that which extends beyond ourselves. There are many sources of spirituality; religion may be the most common, but it is by no means the only. Anything that generates a sense of awe may be a source of spirituality. Science does this in spades.