My latest book is available now! The Affable, Amiable Apostate from the Introduction: As defined, the term “apostate” refers to […]


My latest book is available now! The Affable, Amiable Apostate from the Introduction: As defined, the term “apostate” refers to […]

I enjoyed this podcast interview with Brett Wilson on Mountain Zen Den He’s West in the Rockies, I’m East in […]

A reminder: My weekly columns from the Asheville Citizen-Times are posted each Saturday right here on Friendly Freethinker: Highland Views […]

It’s worth thinking about. Today’s column weaves the waterfalls of mystics, heretics and naturalists. Mystics, Heretics and Other “Souls on […]

When people of faith, any faith, are active in good things, serving others with compassion, I think seculars should notice […]

Showed this in my current class on Christian Nationalism. See if you can guess who said it, then click on […]

Happy to announce the publication of two more books this week: One Nature Indivisible: Explorations in Freethought Eye to Eye: […]

Ideas are a lot like bubbles. Beliefs too? How about human societies? I have an endless fascination with these flowing […]

A believing friend of mine shared this video about a river near where we lived in our youth. A dam […]

An excerpt from the “Highland Views” column coming this weekend. Physicists are seeking a “fifth force” in the universe. So […]

What we sing is a statement of who we are. The music we choose can be entertaining and, it can […]

Alright, freethinkers, don’t assume I’ve lost it, but I’ve got to say something about something that’s butted my brain and burned […]