We’re in full-web season here in the Blue Ridge mountains. On a foggy morning following a powerful thunderstorm last night, […]
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Chris Highland
Writer, teacher, freethinker, humanist celebrant, former minister and interfaith chaplain
Reading Columns
This is my first on-camera reading of a column. “Isn’t Every Child Born an Atheist?” See what you think and […]
Atheist Children?
We don’t often hear someone say, “I’m a born atheist,” but this week’s “Highland Views” column asks the question: “Isn’t […]
Brain, Mind … Spirit?
This week’s column considers physicist Alan Lightman’s ideas in the book, “The Transcendent Brain: Spirituality in the Age of Science.” […]
Borders and Beliefs
The column coming up this next weekend is about borders, migration and seeking refuge. It also asks some hard questions […]
Enlightening Bug
People travel from all over the world to see “our” lightning bugs (“fireflies”). Not so sure folks would do that […]
Artificial Religion
Coming this weekend: What if Artificial Intelligence Created a Religion? (Citizen-Times)
Wild Wonder
Today I got close-up and personal with a “Snowberry Clearwing” Moth! I’ve seen them dart around in the last few […]
One Species, Many Species
Species spied by one set of eyes, in one “Rose of Sharon” tree-bush: (keep in mind: this is one bush, […]
Unbearably Adorable
It’s normal to see wildlife all over our forest neighborhood here in the Blue Ridge mountains. And… there are always […]
Turning Churches into Cafes and Clubs
Visiting family in Oregon, we went out for dinner and drinks at a local church. At least it used to […]
Bee, Ant, Me
Out in the Classroom this afternoon (the one under the sycamore shading me from the summer sun, where I look […]