An honest question has been migrating around my mind. I’m not joking when I ask it, and I’m not sure […]
Tag Archive for ‘Religion’
Atheist Kids?
Reading my column, “Isn’t Every Child Born an Atheist?”
Distractions & Attractions
Originally published as a newspaper column and then in my book, Rambling Reflections for Irreverent Rebels (2023), this brief essay […]
Essay Published in the U.K.
My essay on “Hyphen-Humanists” has been published in Humanistically Speaking, an online magazine in the U.K. Among the aims of […]
James Baldwin’s 100th
This week’s column celebrates the 100th anniversary of writer James Baldwin’s birth on August 2, 1924. Baldwin was a freethinker […]
Critical Thinking is Critically Important
It seems, especially now, an active practice of critical thinking is essential. Thinking alone won’t solve our most pressing and […]
Flamy!
We met and heard this incredible artist last evening at a local church. What a voice, and message! Flamy Grant […]
A Freethinker’s Gospel
This chapter from A Freethinker’s Gospel (2018) begins and ends with a lesson from some wild and woolly neighbors. “Startling […]
Who Follows the Teachings of Jesus?
This has bothered me for a long time. So many people say they are followers of Jesus, but how do […]
Creative Designers
This week’s newspaper column looks for an intersection between famous inventors who traveled together in the early 20th C, and […]
Open Letter to God
from the book, Friendly Freethinker (2021) *available in paperback, kindle and audio versions* A Non-Believer’s Open Letter to God Why […]
Tom Paine: Freethought Hero?
Teaching another course on Thomas Paine, I was struck by an intriguing thought: Here was a man of deep, sincere, […]
Friendly Freethinker 