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Tag Archive for ‘prayer’
Preying or Praying?
Found this little visitor on our front porch: Mantis religiosa Mantises seem calm and peaceful, curious and almost contemplative … but […]
Navajo Chant
Hold on to your seats. This freethinking humanist has been asked by a local pastor to lead into the “prayers […]
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. […]
Thinking the Unthinkable
Before I emerged from a “spiritual” worldview, I couldn’t imagine there was no spiritual reality. I certainly would never think […]
Childlike Faith
How people face tragedy says so much about how they were raised and taught what faith means and how to […]
Prayer vs. Nature?
Hate to be a Secular Whistleblower, but are you aware Madness Reigns in the White House? (sure you are). The […]
My Column (Sneak Preview)
Coming this Saturday in the Citizen-Times … “A Non-Believer’s Open Letter to God” Why on earth (or anywhere else) would […]
Google Prayers?
So, now that the Impeached-in-Chief has magically allowed more magic in schools (students are now free to pray? What a […]
Thoreau’s Challenge
I’ll be teaching a course on Henry David Thoreau this spring. These thoughts were springing and sauntering off the pages […]
A Closer Look at the Lord’s Prayer
This week’s column takes a closer, rational, line-by-line look at the so-called Lord’s Prayer or “Our Father.” Many of us […]
While God Wasn’t Watching
Breaking (Broken) News Just In from “West Wing Reads” (official White House email): ‘You Had God Watching’ President Donald J. […]
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