This new collection of columns and essays weaves a narrative from early college and seminary years, up to the present. […]


This new collection of columns and essays weaves a narrative from early college and seminary years, up to the present. […]

Many of my books are now available through Bookshop! Bookshop supports independent booksellers and authors.

Friendly Freethinker (the Book) was published during the pandemic. A collection of 50 essays, drawn from my weekly newspaper columns, […]

My latest collection of essays has been published as a paperback, ebook and audiobook. Published during the aftermath of our […]

Originally published as a newspaper column and then in my book, Rambling Reflections for Irreverent Rebels (2023), this brief essay […]

from the book, Friendly Freethinker (2021) *available in paperback, kindle and audio versions* A Non-Believer’s Open Letter to God Why […]

A selection of my books is now available for listening on Audible! (Free Trial period) The voice I chose for […]

Humanist Meditations is now available through the PEN America Bookshop! Each purchase supports writers across America, free speech, and the […]

Check out my latest book. . .available in paperback or e-book! from the Introduction. . . “To be a rebel […]

This collection of 33 essays and columns includes a sprinkling of poems written for the book. Humanist Meditations As I […]

(Reading yet another news story about librarians across the country facing intimidation, harassment, threats and firings, just for having “objectionable” […]

I’m grateful to Jim Stokely, son of our famous local writer Wilma Dykeman, for posting my “old” video on the […]