A friend sent me a link to this very good article by religion scholar Phil Zuckerman. Why America’s record godlessness […]
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Auguries
augur: seer, visionary, a diviner of omens augury: sign of the future inauguration: “The word inauguration stems from the Latin […]
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 […]
The Other America
Powerful and timely speech on non-violence by Martin Luther King, Jr. (1967). Worth watching, listening and learning. . .that means […]
The Big Offering Plate
Precisely because I’m a secular American, I am a strong supporter of Religious Liberty/Freedom of Religion. So when there is […]
What a ‘Christian Country’ Might Look Like
Next time you hear someone, anyone, assert that America is or should be a “Christian Nation,” I offer these thoughts […]
The Pledge vs. Christians
Or vice versa. As a secular person who was a Christian minister and chaplain for years, I’ve been writing a […]
Am I a Socialist?
Lots of fear-flaunting these days. In the 50’s, the scare word was “Communist.” Now, “Socialist.” Having never seriously studied political […]
“My Faith Won’t Let Me Help You”
It’s not easy to read the latest issue of “Church and State” (published by Americans United). We’ve all heard about […]
Religious Knowledge Quiz
Take the Quiz and find out: U.S. Religious Knowledge Quiz (Pew Research) Interesting how people scored. Those Jews and Atheists […]
When a Pastor Bites their Tongue
I used to be a Presbyterian minister, so I paid closer attention to this story from Raleigh, NC. The pastor […]
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