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Chris Highland
Writer, teacher, freethinker, humanist celebrant, former minister and interfaith chaplain
Nature Goes On
Some photos of neighbors–past and present–going about their wild business. Couldn’t get any pictures of the microscopic critters that are […]
The Greatest Story Not Yet Told
This essay was published last year on Patheos. The Greatest Story Not Yet Told “Maybe we can resurrect the essentials […]
Who’s a Better Parent than God?
Having raised a daughter and observed parents do all kinds of “interesting” parenting over the years, I have a few […]
Spring in our Steps
Winter fades on the trail behind, as Spring opens on the trail ahead. Interesting explanation of the Early Equinox here: […]
We Are Wilderness: John Muir
In these fearfully uncertain times, when “self-isolating” and “social distancing” send us into defensive self-protection, the wise and wild words […]
In Fearful Times. . .
I wrote this for my weekly column, but decided to post it here for, perhaps, wider reading. Fear, Faith and Freethinking […]
Feeling Knotty
Here in Western North Carolina the mountains and forests are tied up in twisted trails, branches, roots and vines. Nature […]
Thinking the Unthinkable
Before I emerged from a “spiritual” worldview, I couldn’t imagine there was no spiritual reality. I certainly would never think […]
Poem of Early Spring
Poem of Early Spring Doors are open Winter left, apparently, by appearances Before a wedding I officiated the groom’s younger […]
Childlike Faith
How people face tragedy says so much about how they were raised and taught what faith means and how to […]
Contentment
Now and then I post a poem–or hang a poem on this post. This one was composed, composted, in one […]