From our week on the North Carolina coast. . . (Sunset Beach and Green Swamp Preserve with carnivorous plants: pitchers […]
Author Archives
Chris Highland
Writer, teacher, freethinker, humanist celebrant, former minister and interfaith chaplain
A Choice of Umbrellas
Standing with women and their right to free choice and privacy. . . For the full story, see my latest […]
Owl Family
Carol spied these little screech owls on our evening walk! We even heard them try out their first “screech.”
Crazy Wisdom
From my Substack. . .
Spring Symphony
One minute of the symphony chorus in the wild green of our mountain spring. Volume UP. . .
Think on These Things … Relief Belief
Two columns coming out this week encourage Deep Thinking on matters that may actually matter quite a lot. The first […]
Slowing Down
A song from the 60s said: “Slow down, you move too fast, you gotta make the morning last. . .” […]
Defending the Indefensible
Over the next three weeks, my columns in the Citizen-Times (USA Today network) are unapologetically challenging Christian Apologetics. In my […]
Now on Substack
“This is a fantastic essay! You are such a great writer.” “I enjoy your essays and musings. Thanks for sharing […]
Bookshop
Many of my books are now available through Bookshop! Bookshop supports independent booksellers and authors.
Selma Sun
I was so pleased to hear from the publisher of the Selma Sun in Alabama, inviting me to write columns […]
The Book
Friendly Freethinker (the Book) was published during the pandemic. A collection of 50 essays, drawn from my weekly newspaper columns, […]
Friendly Freethinker 