An excerpt from this week’s column, where Galileo meets an old Baptist hymn: As Galileo may have said about these […]
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Chris Highland
Writer, teacher, freethinker, humanist celebrant, former minister and interfaith chaplain
On the Web
This “art show” caught our attention after a light morning rain. It’s the first “Joro” spider we’ve seen here in […]
Keep Christians Out?
An honest question has been migrating around my mind. I’m not joking when I ask it, and I’m not sure […]
Cultivating Cults
A sneak peek preview of this coming weekend’s column where I present seven characteristics of cult leadership. The Culture of […]
Atheist Kids?
Reading my column, “Isn’t Every Child Born an Atheist?”
Distractions & Attractions
Originally published as a newspaper column and then in my book, Rambling Reflections for Irreverent Rebels (2023), this brief essay […]
Essay Published in the U.K.
My essay on “Hyphen-Humanists” has been published in Humanistically Speaking, an online magazine in the U.K. Among the aims of […]
James Baldwin’s 100th
This week’s column celebrates the 100th anniversary of writer James Baldwin’s birth on August 2, 1924. Baldwin was a freethinker […]
Critical Thinking is Critically Important
It seems, especially now, an active practice of critical thinking is essential. Thinking alone won’t solve our most pressing and […]
Flamy!
We met and heard this incredible artist last evening at a local church. What a voice, and message! Flamy Grant […]
A Freethinker’s Gospel
This chapter from A Freethinker’s Gospel (2018) begins and ends with a lesson from some wild and woolly neighbors. “Startling […]
Who Follows the Teachings of Jesus?
This has bothered me for a long time. So many people say they are followers of Jesus, but how do […]