Grown-up Christians and Atheists
This essay was just published on Patheos. Mature Christians and Grown-Up Atheists Your thoughts?
Tag: interfaith
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…
The Big Offering Plate
Precisely because I’m a secular American, I am a strong supporter of Religious Liberty/Freedom of Religion. So when there is abuse of that freedom, or denial of that liberty, to…
Religion and Politics
A volatile mix! Yet, maybe a natural, even necessary one? The draft of a short essay I’ve been writing. Sure, it’s a long post, but I’m guessing you may have…
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…
