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…
Tag: Religion
A Secular View of Sin
“Is there such a thing as sin?” Those of us who have a “history” with the Church know quite a bit about this thing called “sin.” We know that God…
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…
The Solution
To just about everything concerning leadership. . . is fairly simple, though very radical. I’m not the first to suggest an “answer” to much of the world’s problems and ills,…
Content with this World
Henry offers more rich thoughts to stir into the compost of our life here on the Home Planet. “I love Nature partly because she is not human, but a retreat…
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…
