As we all know, Jesus loves flags. Remember his famous call: “Take up your flag and follow me.” Geez, this […]
Tag Archive for ‘humanist’
Gods of the Pigeon-holes
Writer Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960) presents the challenge for freethinkers of any age who question tradition … the “pigeon-hole way of […]
Simple Revolutions
In some ways, most of my “vocation” has been about the simplest acts, moments and words. Both of these videos […]
Digging for Wisdom
If you’re allergic to anything biblical you might skip this post. Earlier this year I published a short commentary on […]
Glass City Humanists Interview
In this interview with Douglas Berger of the Glass City Humanists in Toledo, Ohio, I talk about my past interfaith […]
Prayers for. . .
If you pray, help me out here. Seriously, I’m trying to understand what it really means when someone posts: “Pray […]
Secular Parable
Or simply an analogy of my life-story? Journey to the Forest of Freethought (a secular parable for the trail to […]
Bridges
This latest review (on Amazon), of my Broken Bridges book, is a refreshing reminder of why I write, and why […]
Devil’s in the Details
When I was an evangelical Christian (many blood-red moons ago) I would damn someone like me for saying this, but […]
True Owl Story
A conversation with an old friend who lives near the island I once lived on in Washington State, brought back […]
Readers’ Reminder
Hey, Chris here. A quick reminder of a few important things you may or may not know: My weekly columns […]
Warning from Ken Burns
In a Washington Post interview today, Burns identifies his primary worry about our democracy, in historical context: “I think this […]