Rational Spirituality

Or, how a scientist finds a higher power. I am a data scientist, and for the majority of my life, I was also a firm atheist. The last thing I would take seriously was that a ‘higher power’ might play some role in my life, or that a 12 step meeting, where they talk about things like this…

We all long for world peace, don’t we? We’ve done group prayers, global assemblies, celebrity song-fests, and rock concerts all in its name. By the millions, we watch the news every night, shaking our head at the senseless violence. The common sense of world peace is glaring. Everybody gets it…