Impermanence
I respect the wisdom I find in much Buddhist teaching. But we don’t even need Buddhism to teach us that life is fleeting, transitory, impermanent.
Author: Chris Highland
Writer, teacher, freethinker, humanist celebrant, former minister and interfaith chaplain
Evening Mountain Walk
Gorgeous evening here in the Blue Ridge Mountains following heavy rains. A kind of Green-land. With many happy birds.
Grown-up Christians and Atheists
This essay was just published on Patheos. Mature Christians and Grown-Up Atheists Your thoughts?
Navajo Chant
Hold on to your seats. This freethinking humanist has been asked by a local pastor to lead into the “prayers of the people” for the congregation this Sunday (online). I…
The Gospel of Socrates
Ancient thought, relevant for today. “The Gospel of Socrates” I first read Plato in an introductory Philosophy class in the Evangelical college where I majored in both Religion and Philosophy.…
Alaskan Adventure
Not exactly an adventure, but images from my last journey to the Wild Far North.
An Atheist at a Prayer Breakfast?
Why on earth, or any other planet, would a secular, humanist, freethinking, non-religious atheist attend a prayer breakfast? Good question. Deserves a good answer. Well, that attendee was me. And…
A Clearer Path
My poet friend, Jim Gronvold, graciously shares this path of poetry: Clarity Struck by the grace of the simply seen. Colors and shapes of a walk in the wood— a…
