Ingersoll, the “Great Agnostic,” presented his wish list a few years before he died. I think I would like to […]


Ingersoll, the “Great Agnostic,” presented his wish list a few years before he died. I think I would like to […]

My column today, at the edge of Hanukkah, Solstice, Christmas Week. A Sun Sleeps, A Son Awakens Photo: our tiny […]

Whatever you celebrate at this time of year (or don’t celebrate), may you have a naturally peaceful season.

Unto us a Sun is given! An early “Shining Solstice” to readers of Friendly Freethinker! A BBC article amazes us with […]

I know, strange thing for a secular freethinker to say, but looks like there really is a “war on Christmas,” […]

I may do my best to encourage folks to be Freethinkers, choosing to face difficult questions and reflections about faith, […]

I was an “Interfaith” chaplain for many years. My wife was the director of an “Interfaith” council. Now, that word […]

We all know WHO was born on Christmas Day, don’t we? But … you know that HE wasn’t born on […]

Nature just keeps giving gifts in abundance.

Whether you’re exchanging gifts in honor of ancient stories, or not really “doing the holidays,” here are some unwrapped presents […]

I just received the annual Christmas (not “Holiday”) message from the President of the Evangelical Christian University where I earned […]

“No, Virginia, There is No Santa Claus” {An updated version of the famous letter and editorial from New York […]