This weekend’s column weaves an image from colonial history with an interfaith musical event and an old ferryboat … Look […]
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Burroughs Essay (part two)
The second part of my essay on naturalist and freethinker John Burroughs has been published in the Freethought Society newsletter: […]
Thought for the Day
Baldwin dropped this line on my brain while reading a collection of his essays: “Not everything that is faced can […]
Art of the Wild
A sneak peek at this week’s “Highland Views” column. Look for it Saturday in the Asheville Citizen-Times. Elegant Incognito and […]
Good News, Bad News
News Sources and a New Reading of Religion There sure is a whole lot of bad news in the world, […]
MLK and Atheists
MLK for Atheists Rev. King was no saint, though probably more of a saint than many “saints.” No miracle-worker … […]
Horseshit Detection
Skepticism, Intuition and Horseshit Detection Intuition: “the ability to understand something immediately, without the need for conscious reasoning” (New Oxford […]
Symbols that Unite or Divide
At my ordination service a friend gave me a cross he had made from two nails. I wore that during […]
Peace of Paradise
Piece (if not Peace) of Paradise I saw that a former neighbor’s house is for sale. The asking price: $7m […]
Self-reliance
Self-reliance and the sacred/secular life In his still-reliable and still-relevant essay from 1839, “Self-Reliance,” Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) preaches the […]
To the Edge
To the Edge of Life and Death (this is a very personal reflection, and there are some painful images) Have […]
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