Writer Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960) presents the challenge for freethinkers of any age who question tradition … the “pigeon-hole way of […]
Atheist Letter to God
Archbishop Tutu’s daughter, an Episcopal priest, was not allowed to lead a funeral for her godfather in an Anglican church […]
“Deconstruction”
You may have heard ex-Christians (or at least ex-Evangelicals) using the word “deconstruction” to describe their exit from faith, or […]
Make America Great (Britain) Again?
Watching the ceremony for King Charles we heard him proclaimed “Head of the Commonwealth” and “Defender of the Faith” (The […]
My Chaplain
Today is the Celebration of Life for my good friend Dan. Over my years as a chaplain, he was in […]
Mother Death
Words of consolation from John Muir’s journals: “The rugged old Norsemen spoke of death as Heimgang–home-going. So the snow-flowers go […]
Afterthoughts on the Afterlife
Is there really anything after life … after death? Here’s a sneak peek at my column coming this weekend: Hereafter, […]
Two New Books
Happy to announce the publication of two more books this week: One Nature Indivisible: Explorations in Freethought Eye to Eye: […]
Secular Ganesh
Freethinkers can sometimes assume the role of Son of God (or Daughter, Child of God). . .at least as Hindus […]
How Can You Not Believe?
Taking this series of images of a dragonfly we hit with our car, I was awestruck by the amazing, intricate […]
Bubbles
Ideas are a lot like bubbles. Beliefs too? How about human societies? I have an endless fascination with these flowing […]
Not Light, but Fire
Each Fourth of July we make it a practice of reading the powerful words of Frederick Douglass spoken in Rochester, […]
Twenty Years with Thoreau
Twenty years have passed since Wilderness Press published my little book of “meditations” in 2002: Meditations of Henry David Thoreau: […]
Friendly Freethinker 