Month: August 2026

One of the most important jobs of religion is to hold us when shit hits the fan. To provide us with reference points, community, and skills for sustaining ourselves – through hardship, through suffering, through the confusion that springs out of all our lives. But religion isn’t up to that task for most of us…

The first tools we think of for survival are knives and pointy sticks. If you are trying to survive in the wilderness with nothing but the clothes on your back, of course, you’ll want to chop down trees, hunt game, build a fire. But the second tool you will need is a container. Something to…