My new book is being published in paperback and ebook formats this week! Thank you to all my readers and […]
True Americans?
I’m sure I saw this survey last year (2019), and maybe you did as well. It was done by the […]
Wisdom for Writers
“It is not easy to write in a journal what interests us at any time, because to write it is […]
My Country Too
“That isn’t American!” “They aren’t American!” Who is American? What does it mean to be American? White supremacists, KKK, militias […]
Forest Falls
From our sauntering hike near Bryson City, NC the other day.
Bible Police
After the incredibly stupid, silly and disrespectful stunt Deplorable Don performed in front of St. John’s Church the other day, […]
The Other America
Powerful and timely speech on non-violence by Martin Luther King, Jr. (1967). Worth watching, listening and learning. . .that means […]
Impermanence
I respect the wisdom I find in much Buddhist teaching. But we don’t even need Buddhism to teach us that […]
Evening Mountain Walk
Gorgeous evening here in the Blue Ridge Mountains following heavy rains. A kind of Green-land. With many happy birds.
Grown-up Christians and Atheists
This essay was just published on Patheos. Mature Christians and Grown-Up Atheists Your thoughts?
Navajo Chant
Hold on to your seats. This freethinking humanist has been asked by a local pastor to lead into the “prayers […]
The Gospel of Socrates
Ancient thought, relevant for today. “The Gospel of Socrates” I first read Plato in an introductory Philosophy class in the […]
Friendly Freethinker 