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Chris Highland
Writer, teacher, freethinker, humanist celebrant, former minister and interfaith chaplain
Why Do We Help?
This week’s column, “Storms of Service and Salvation,” calls attention to the motives behind helping others, especially after disasters. Do […]
Presentation on Christian Supremacy
I enjoyed a good hour and a half with the Humanists of Greater Portland. An enthusiastic group with lively questions […]
Clear as Mud?
The word of the week is: Turbidity. This week’s column looks at the “disturbance” to our local water system due […]
Bring Nothing, Take Nothing
This week’s column reflects on the way personal and community disasters bring us face to face with loss, while recalling […]
Believe in UFOs!
I watched a few minutes of the House Committee hearing on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAPs), what used to be called […]
New Book Published
My latest collection of essays has been published as a paperback, ebook and audiobook. Published during the aftermath of our […]
Storms of Winds and Words
October blew in with a hurricane, possible tornado, bringing natural mess and human misery. Here in the Blue Ridge mountains […]
Heavens and Homes
An excerpt from this week’s column, where Galileo meets an old Baptist hymn: As Galileo may have said about these […]
On the Web
This “art show” caught our attention after a light morning rain. It’s the first “Joro” spider we’ve seen here in […]
Keep Christians Out?
An honest question has been migrating around my mind. I’m not joking when I ask it, and I’m not sure […]
Cultivating Cults
A sneak peek preview of this coming weekend’s column where I present seven characteristics of cult leadership. The Culture of […]
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