This new collection of columns and essays weaves a narrative from early college and seminary years, up to the present. […]


This new collection of columns and essays weaves a narrative from early college and seminary years, up to the present. […]

I’ve thought about this issue for a long time. My article on the question of teaching scriptures in schools was […]

I’ve been writing a weekly column for the Selma Sun most of this year. The Sun has now folded into […]

Standing with women and their right to free choice and privacy. . . For the full story, see my latest […]

From my Substack. . .

Two columns coming out this week encourage Deep Thinking on matters that may actually matter quite a lot. The first […]

I was so pleased to hear from the publisher of the Selma Sun in Alabama, inviting me to write columns […]

Friendly Freethinker (the Book) was published during the pandemic. A collection of 50 essays, drawn from my weekly newspaper columns, […]

I enjoyed a good hour and a half with the Humanists of Greater Portland. An enthusiastic group with lively questions […]

The word of the week is: Turbidity. This week’s column looks at the “disturbance” to our local water system due […]

This week’s column reflects on the way personal and community disasters bring us face to face with loss, while recalling […]

My latest collection of essays has been published as a paperback, ebook and audiobook. Published during the aftermath of our […]