I enjoyed this podcast interview with Brett Wilson on Mountain Zen Den He’s West in the Rockies, I’m East in […]
Weekly Columns
A reminder: My weekly columns from the Asheville Citizen-Times are posted each Saturday right here on Friendly Freethinker: Highland Views […]
Healing the Healer
“Risking to speak the truth,” this week’s column honestly reveals some of the inner sufferings of many helpers and “healers” […]
Falling Up
The Blue Ridge Parkway is just above our place, a short drive to one of the most popular “high” ways […]
Isle of View
We’ve now been on several coastal Atlantic Sea Islands. This time, near Charleston, SC. Among the ibis, heron, eagles, ospreys, […]
Neighborhood Nature
The nature of our neighborhood is Nature. Sure, there are people around. But the natural world is close at hand, […]
Secular Mystics?
It’s worth thinking about. Today’s column weaves the waterfalls of mystics, heretics and naturalists. Mystics, Heretics and Other “Souls on […]
Good Faith
When people of faith, any faith, are active in good things, serving others with compassion, I think seculars should notice […]
Mystery Quote
Showed this in my current class on Christian Nationalism. See if you can guess who said it, then click on […]
Atheist Letter to God
Archbishop Tutu’s daughter, an Episcopal priest, was not allowed to lead a funeral for her godfather in an Anglican church […]
“Deconstruction”
You may have heard ex-Christians (or at least ex-Evangelicals) using the word “deconstruction” to describe their exit from faith, or […]
Make America Great (Britain) Again?
Watching the ceremony for King Charles we heard him proclaimed “Head of the Commonwealth” and “Defender of the Faith” (The […]
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