Day 7, boring old governance (Part 1)
Even if dull, governance is an important part of running a Sunday Assembly, writes Sanderson Jones
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Would you like to live to 120?
New research from the US suggests limited appetite for extended lifespan
Day 6, Finding Your House Band
As everyone knows the main draw of church is not worship or prayer but the good old singalong. Sanderson Jones on how he went about finding music for the Sunday Assembly
Day 5, what do we do at our first service?
Sanderson Jones on the importance of the first and the last song
Behold the in-vitro burger
Is lab-grown meat the way to more sustainable and ethical future? Anna Vesterinen chews it over
Day 4, atheist church - the double edged sword
The Sunday Assembly co-founder Pippa Evans on the good and the bad of being called "the atheist church"
Day 3, how atheist should our assembly be?
Sanderson Jones blogs about The Sunday Assembly as a celebration of life, and how people from all faiths are welcome
Day 2, building the team
Sanderson Jones and Pippa Evans discuss the importance of a good team when starting an atheist church
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Day 1, planning
In this blog series, Sanderson Jones and Pippa Evans, the founders of The Sunday Assembly, give a short course on how to build an atheist church
Peddling Mithras
The editor made a mistake. Caspar Melville fesses up
Papal visit gives unexpected boost to Rio's gay clubs
After flocking to see Pope Francis at World Youth Day, Catholic visitors to Brazil sought out some rather un-Catholic after-hours fun
Monogamy - the natural choice?
Two recent studies seek to explain the origins of monogamy. Anna Vesterinen reports on the unromantic conclusions
Should humanists oppose animal testing?
For Dale DeBakcsy, switching to vegetarianism made perfect ethical sense. Should the same reasoning lead to an objection to vivisection?
Pope Francis can't judge gays
On a flight back from Rio, the Pontiff gave a surprisingly candid press conference
Greece
As the country struggles to overcome the economic crisis, extremist factions are turning to blasphemy law to assert the supremacy of Greek Orthodox traditions