Online Service: Sasha Sagan on Secular Rituals

Sasha Sagan is the author of "For Small Creatures Such As We: Rituals for Finding Meaning in Our Unlikely World," an exploration the marvels of nature as revealed by science, which require no faith in order to be believed. The book is an exercise in skepticism without cynicism, told through memoir and social history. Kirkus Reviews called it: "Profound, elegantly written ruminations on the exquisite splendors of life."

Sasha Sagan has worked as a television producer, filmmaker, editor, writer, and speaker in the U.S. and abroad. Her essays and interviews on death, history, and ritual through a secular lens have appeared in The Cut, O, the Oprah Magazine, Literary Hub, Mashable, Violet Book, and beyond. She regularly speaks on ways science can inform our celebrations and how we mark the passage of time, inspired in part by the work of her parents, Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan.

Inverse named Sasha one of their Future 50: "a group of 50 people who will be forces of good in the 2020s".

She lives in Boston, Massachusetts with her husband and daughter. You can follow her on Twitter and Instagram @SashaSagan.

After the talk we'll have a group discussion about it, and whatever else comes to mind.

This is an online event hosted on Zoom. You can register for it here:
https://zoom.us/j/94976414213

Zoom is available on iOS, Android, Windows, and OSX. Here are some resources to help you get started:

• Getting started guides: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/categories/200101697
• Video tutorials: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/206618765-Zoom-Video-Tutorials

A microphone is required if you would like to participate in the group discussion after the talk, but not to simply be present for the talk or the discussion. (A webcam is preferred so we can see each other during this period of physical isolation!)

Join our private Seattle Atheist Church Facebook Group and continue the discussion outside of church:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/seattleatheistcurch