About Jeff Rasley: Jeff Rasley lives on the White River in Indianapolis with Alicia and Bandit. Jeff is the author of nine books. His first published writing was melancholic-adolescent poetry in the Hanover College Fine Arts Journal. Over 50 feature articles in law, travel, spirituality, and human interest followed in Newsweek, Chicago Magazine, ABA Journal, and other periodicals. Jeff dropped out of college, saved money from factory work, then hitch-hiked across the USA. Money earned on a … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Jeff Rasley
GODLESS — Living a Valuable Life Beyond Beliefs by Jeff Rasley
Beliefs divide us, Values unite us. The contemporary history of religious and political ideologies is bloody. From the Nazi Holocaust to beheadings by Islamic Jihadist terrorists, fanatics have divided the world into believers and heretics. Their propaganda has persuaded followers to torture and slaughter unbelievers. The cure for the pathology of fanatical beliefs: Fight Violence with Values! Discard religious doctrines and political ideologies. Let shared values be the guides of personal … [Read more...] about GODLESS — Living a Valuable Life Beyond Beliefs by Jeff Rasley
Monsters Of The Midway The Death, Resurrection, and Redemption of Chicago Football by Jeff Rasley @jeffrasley
Was this ragtag band of precocious intellectuals the worst, or the most courageous, team in college football? From 1892 until the 1930s the legendary Monsters of the Midway dominated college football. However, in 1939 the University of Chicago dropped out of the Big Ten and killed its varsity football program. But now, it's 1969 and football is back. The resurrection of Chicago football hasn't brought the Monsters back to life. The team plays more like the lab mice of the Midway. The new … [Read more...] about Monsters Of The Midway The Death, Resurrection, and Redemption of Chicago Football by Jeff Rasley @jeffrasley
Light in the Mountains — Namaste, Rakshi, and Electricity in a Himalayan Village by Jeff Rasley
At his wife's behest, Jeff Rasley first trekked the Himalayas to resolve a mid life crisis. His travels around Nepal eventually connected him with a remote village in eastern Nepal called Basa. What is real community? In Light in the Mountains Rasley relates what he discovered in the unique and ancient communal practices of the Rai people in remote Basa Village in the Nepal Himalayas. Rasley was welcomed into the community, not as stranger or even guest, but as "Dhai"-- brother. The villagers … [Read more...] about Light in the Mountains — Namaste, Rakshi, and Electricity in a Himalayan Village by Jeff Rasley
Interview with Author – Jeff Rasley @jeffrasley
Author Bio: Jeff Rasley is the author of seven books and has published numerous articles in academic and mainstream periodicals, including Newsweek, Chicago Magazine, ABA Journal, Family Law Review, American Athenaeum, Pacific Magazine, Indy's Child, The Journal of Communal Societies, The Chrysalis Reader, Faith & Fitness Magazine, Friends Journal, and Real Travel Adventures International Magazine. He is an award-winning photographer and his pictures taken in the Himalayas and Caribbean and … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Jeff Rasley @jeffrasley