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…
Category: Spirituality
Thinking the Unthinkable
Before I emerged from a “spiritual” worldview, I couldn’t imagine there was no spiritual reality. I certainly would never think the most unthinkable thought for a believer: there is no…
Eleven and a Half Steps to Enlightenment
“Eleven and a Half Steps to Enlightenment” Does that title catch your attention? Disclaimer: this essay will not provide the reader with either happiness or enlightenment. However, who can say…
Sacred Profanity
Do words like “sacred” and “holy” (or “profane”) have any meaning anymore? Did they ever? The Sacred, the Holy and a little profanity I recall climbing the long stone stairs…
Life After Faith
Ten years ago I was stitching together a ragged collection of stories and reflections into a book I called “The Homeless God” before landing on “Life After Faith.” It ended…
Saving Jesus, Again
Time for my annual “Secular Sermon” for “Holy Week.” If you feel a bit sorry for Jesus, or at least for what “His People” have done to him. . .well,…
Religion and Relationships
Many of us who make a “personal exodus” from faith have to face the loss of friendships and even family relationships. This post by Bart Ehrman, a New Testament scholar…
Walls in Heaven?
I wrote this in response to one of the craziest arguments I’ve heard for building more walls (and it’s not even political. . .or is it?). Dreaming of a heavenly…
