Over the next three weeks, my columns in the Citizen-Times (USA Today network) are unapologetically challenging Christian Apologetics. In my […]


Over the next three weeks, my columns in the Citizen-Times (USA Today network) are unapologetically challenging Christian Apologetics. In my […]

A sneak peek preview of this coming weekend’s column where I present seven characteristics of cult leadership. The Culture of […]

Reading my column, “Isn’t Every Child Born an Atheist?”

Originally published as a newspaper column and then in my book, Rambling Reflections for Irreverent Rebels (2023), this brief essay […]

This chapter from A Freethinker’s Gospel (2018) begins and ends with a lesson from some wild and woolly neighbors. “Startling […]

This is a video recording of my presentation to the Central Ohio chapter of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, March 12, […]

Since leaving the ministry, the church, and faith some years ago, I have spoken with a number of clergy and […]

This week’s “Highland Views” column (published in selected local newspapers in the USA Today network this weekend) digs a little […]

Those of us who left faith behind frequently hear the “loving” accusation that we were never Christians in the first […]

Humanist Meditations is now available through the PEN America Bookshop! Each purchase supports writers across America, free speech, and the […]

My delightful conversation with Amber White on her “Now I See” podcast is now available for a listen.

Thinking for ourselves, choosing what to believe or not believe, is both a basic right and an essential element of […]