In this short “meditation” published in the North American Review, I highlight Robert Green Ingersoll’s sensible suggestions for The Church of […]
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Chris Highland
Writer, teacher, freethinker, humanist celebrant, former minister and interfaith chaplain
Join Me in the Joy of Writing
These are hard times for huge numbers of people across the world, and across the street. Physically, emotionally, financially, we’re […]
Smallest Predators
A wild thought was stalking me this morning: In the Great (scary) Outdoors, we used to fear the large predators: […]
Viral Churches?
Americans United issued this statement about churches being exempted from closing during the pandemic. Makes sense to me. Very balanced […]
Right to Life
I get so weary of yet another bunch of old white guys trying to restrict a woman’s right to make […]
A Congregation of Feathers
The Life of Nature presses on, as we earthbound bipeds struggle with disease, death and what tomorrow may bring … […]
Nature Goes On
Some photos of neighbors–past and present–going about their wild business. Couldn’t get any pictures of the microscopic critters that are […]
The Greatest Story Not Yet Told
This essay was published last year on Patheos. The Greatest Story Not Yet Told “Maybe we can resurrect the essentials […]
Who’s a Better Parent than God?
Having raised a daughter and observed parents do all kinds of “interesting” parenting over the years, I have a few […]
Spring in our Steps
Winter fades on the trail behind, as Spring opens on the trail ahead. Interesting explanation of the Early Equinox here: […]
We Are Wilderness: John Muir
In these fearfully uncertain times, when “self-isolating” and “social distancing” send us into defensive self-protection, the wise and wild words […]
In Fearful Times. . .
I wrote this for my weekly column, but decided to post it here for, perhaps, wider reading. Fear, Faith and Freethinking […]
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