Don’t Say S**T
This s**t makes a lot of sense. “I have three things I’d like to say today. First, while you were sleeping last night, 30,000 kids died of starvation or diseases…
Saving Jesus, Yet Again
There’s probably no one in history who needs more saving than the Palestinian Jewish Rabbi of Nazareth who was not, and would never be, a Christian. I’m not sure why I’ve…
While God Wasn’t Watching
Breaking (Broken) News Just In from “West Wing Reads” (official White House email): ‘You Had God Watching’ President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump “met Wednesday with some…
African Nature
As wonderfully diverse as it is, Nature is Nature, wherever we are. the Americas, Africa, Asia, Arctic, Antarctic. . .(and all other places on the globe without an “A”) My…
Unbelievable Credulity
Credulity (credulous): “too ready to believe something is real or true.” “People will believe anything” I sometimes say, or think. It does seem that a lot of people are credulous…
Open Letter on Prayer
(I know I cycle back to this subject now and again, but after the latest “Pray for Them” post, I’ve got to ask more questions!) Open Letter to my friends…
Nature is Enough
A selection from my essay collection Nature is Enough. Dirty Glaciers (Better than Heaven) “Doubling cape after cape, passing uncounted islands, new combinations break on the view in endless variety,…
Atheist Prayer
Listen to the Prologue to This American Life podcast on “The Weight of Words.” Ira Glass expresses exactly how I felt for years. Why does God need our prayers and why do…
