Over the next three weeks, my columns in the Citizen-Times (USA Today network) are unapologetically challenging Christian Apologetics. In my […]
Tag Archive for ‘Secular’
Now on Substack
“This is a fantastic essay! You are such a great writer.” “I enjoy your essays and musings. Thanks for sharing […]
Natural Light
A sneak peek at this week’s column: The Brightness of Beauty in Natural Light When I make an effort to […]
Essay Published by The Freethought Society
My essay on the Roman Stoic Lucius Seneca has just been published by The Freethought Society in Pennsylvania. Seneca’s Secular […]
Seizing the Star
Some Wintertime thoughts I’ll share here instead of the newspaper. Seizing the Star: Seasons of Spiritual Superiority? Another Winter season […]
What I Want for Christmas
Ingersoll, the “Great Agnostic,” presented his wish list a few years before he died. I think I would like to […]
Reason to Stop Worrying
A student in my class on the Roman Philosopher Seneca shared this video with us. Maybe a perspective we need […]
Brain, Mind … Spirit?
This week’s column considers physicist Alan Lightman’s ideas in the book, “The Transcendent Brain: Spirituality in the Age of Science.” […]
Journeys
In this month of June, we’ll be journeying across the country to visit close family and friends who often seem […]
Another Reflection on Emergence
It’s popular in secular circles to share stories of “deconstruction.” I’ve written on this before, but when I heard the […]
New Book for Freethinkers
This collection of 33 essays and columns includes a sprinkling of poems written for the book. Humanist Meditations As I […]
What if Jesus said that?
This week’s column asks more questions. . .wondering what would have happened in history had Jesus of Nazareth been crystal […]
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