Grown-up Christians and Atheists
This essay was just published on Patheos. Mature Christians and Grown-Up Atheists Your thoughts?
Tag: humanist
Navajo Chant
Hold on to your seats. This freethinking humanist has been asked by a local pastor to lead into the “prayers of the people” for the congregation this Sunday (online). I…
An Atheist at a Prayer Breakfast?
Why on earth, or any other planet, would a secular, humanist, freethinking, non-religious atheist attend a prayer breakfast? Good question. Deserves a good answer. Well, that attendee was me. And…
Freethinkers’ Wedding
Eleven years ago, my wife Carol and I were married in a zendo at a Buddhist retreat center in California by four women: a Christian minister, Buddhist priest, Jewish rabbi…
Earth Day, Bat Day
Good story on new discoveries of bats. The more we destroy their habitat the more we can “enjoy” the consequences–like Pandemics! Maybe we should learn something? Bruce Patterson, curator of…
What is God Afraid of?
The Fear of God, or God’s Fear? Walking through the forest I saw something in the path ahead. Was it a snake? Turned out to be a knarled root. A…
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 the time I worked as a county jail chaplain in…
Virus of Irrationality
The Lighthouse of Reason has to cut through the thick fog, now more than ever! While one pandemic is actively spreading, we can’t ignore what else is being carried and…
