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Janet Marugg

Janet Marugg is an avid gardener, reader and writer living in Clarkston, Washington, with her husband, Ed, and boxer dog, Poppy. She is a nature lover, a lifelong learner and a secular humanist. She can be reached at janetmarugg7@gmail.com.
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Why nonreligious societies may be closer to Jesus’ vision

This column explores Jesus’ humanist teachings in Matthew 25, showing how secular societies may live closer to his vision of compassion, justice, and care for others.
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Please don’t pray for me — do something

This deeply personal column explores why the author no longer chooses to pray in times of tragedy and instead calls for real-world action, therapy, and secular humanist values.
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Political pulpits and the price of lost faith

As churches grow more political, they risk losing what makes them sacred — grace, freedom, and trust. This column explores how political endorsements from the pulpit may drive people away from faith communities.
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Don’t let the weeds of hate and supremacy crowd your mind

Weeds are a reliable metaphor for bad ideas that lead to harmful human behaviors. Like hate that drives ideas of supremacy movements. Supremacy is a hideous weed. 
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Why rejecting progress in gender understanding is like turning down a lifesaving canoe

A humanist reflects on how science reshapes our understanding of gender, identity, and the need to embrace knowledge in a rapidly advancing world.
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We created an AI god called TESCREAL — now we must teach it ethics

The attention grab is on — headlines, thumbnails, AI-generated this and that. Just the other day I read an AI-generated article about AI, and I can’t get over the circularity of it.
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The Manosphere’s Toxic Masculinity Problem

Right now — wherever you are — there exists another dimension: a pseudo-world called “The Manosphere.”
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