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Chris Highland
Writer, teacher, freethinker, humanist celebrant, former minister and interfaith chaplain
You HAVE to Read This!
NO, you DON’T have to read this (or: No, you don’t have to read this. No caps). I make it […]
Hallow-autumn
Religion to Love, and Hate
In the 1840’s, Frederick Douglass traveled through the British Isles speaking on his former life as a slave in America. […]
Lord of the Nation?
Teaching a class on Thomas Paine “in our age of un-reason” I came across this quote from the United States […]
Something’s Bugging Me
I took this photo this afternoon as the “curiosity beetle” was ambling across my Thoreau book. Look for my column […]
Streams and Streams
We are made of water, at least mostly so. Without a stream nearby, I would dry up and turn to […]
I Can’t Read without a Pen
I love libraries. I mean, I never go to a library. Haven’t for years. But I think they’re great; in […]
Please Support My Work
I’ll post this now and then. I’m not paid for most of my teaching and writing (and just got the […]
Do you read my weekly columns?
You may or may not know that I post my weekly “Highland Views” columns from the Citizen-Times right here in an […]
Wonders and Illusions
After hearing an interview with Matthew Tompkins, I’ve been enjoying his book, The Spectacle of Illusion. As an experimental psychologist […]
Decision Time for Teachers
Life in the American South is a constant head-spin. Liberal Progressives mixed in with REvangelicals and other Disciples of the […]