A person is like a boat, as the song goes:

Row, row, row your boat…

I think that’s about my favorite song in the world, and what it says is the whole goal here.

My name is Nathan Schneider. I was raised in Arlington, Virginia and now live in New York City, where I work as a freelance writer. My day jobs include The New York Times and The Immanent Frame. I hold a master’s degree from U.C. Santa Barbara and a bachelor’s from Brown University, both in religious studies.

The journal I keep on this site is the notes toward an integration still discovering itself—an assembly of thought, education, and experience that is truthful and communicative. This little journal hopes for help from readers. I look for your thoughts, criticism, and confusion because we can help each other.

My tone and method is precisely speculative: every word is exactly hypothesis. I believe in the importance of free-ranging explanation, while recognizing fearfully that with even the most casual remark we are building ourselves and our world irrevocably.

My hope is to share and to create a space for others’ sharing. I am eager to learn from the reactions and criticisms of readers. Explorations are always best shared, with companions both comforting and challenging.

Write to me at nathan [@] therowboat.com.