Today’s “Highland Views” column in our local paper. A touch of poetry, nature, death and the tree of life. Passing […]
Tag Archive for ‘Religion’
Professor Jesus
I was pleased, and a little surprised, to see my book, Was Jesus a Humanist? linked in the Alumni News […]
Leadership for Dummies
(*Update to this post: This article in the NYT speaks to the challenges rational people currently face: “Where Facts Were No […]
Enough! Confronting Pandering Preacher Politicians
Christian Nationalists, with their mission to make America a “Conservative Christian Nation,” are endangering democracy. What they want is essentially a […]
Fly My Flag!
As we all know, Jesus loves flags. Remember his famous call: “Take up your flag and follow me.” Geez, this […]
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 […]
Fear of Women
It seems to be a hallmark of “Bad Religion” to fear women. For reference see Afghanistan … Texas … (countless […]
Glass City Humanists Interview
In this interview with Douglas Berger of the Glass City Humanists in Toledo, Ohio, I talk about my past interfaith […]
Militant Masculinity
Sneak peek at the first column of September, coming this weekend: “When I became a teenage crusader for The Man […]
God was on Earth?
Recurring thoughts and questions about the Man-God: We’re told that God, the Creator of the Universe, once stepped on our […]
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