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Chris Highland
Writer, teacher, freethinker, humanist celebrant, former minister and interfaith chaplain
Creative Designers
This week’s newspaper column looks for an intersection between famous inventors who traveled together in the early 20th C, and […]
Nature as Sanctuary and Classroom
My essay “Nature’s Church, Synagogue, Mosque, Temple, Classroom” was published in Pantheist Vision (Summer 2024). An excerpt. . . If […]
Open Letter to God
from the book, Friendly Freethinker (2021) *available in paperback, kindle and audio versions* A Non-Believer’s Open Letter to God Why […]
Tom Paine: Freethought Hero?
Teaching another course on Thomas Paine, I was struck by an intriguing thought: Here was a man of deep, sincere, […]
What *Some* Christians Believe
It is rather astonishing to hear the traditional Christian Story told in such blunt terms as the quote below states. […]
Religion’s Gender Problem
This week’s column considers a very disturbing side to religious history: Where are the Women? Here’s a short preview. . […]
A Defence of the Founders’ Fence
My essay on “exercising” the First Amendment has been published by The Freethought Society. A Different Defence of the Founders’ […]
Danger to Democracy
We had a good gathering, in-person and on-line, for my presentation on Christian Nationalism at Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church last […]
Personhood
This idea of “personhood” gets a lot of press. Some “grant personhood” to masses of cells in women’s bodies, claiming […]
Audio Novella
The only novel I’ve written is now available in audio format. Jesus and John Muir: A Wilderness Novel Actually a […]
Sensible Sermon on Christian Nationalism
A very impressive message on this growing danger to democracy, and the threat to religious freedom (from a progressive Christian […]