Happy Muir Year!
My latest essay on John Muir was just published in The Humanist! See what you think. And may all readers of this blog, my books, columns and essays discover ever…
Tag: Secular
Freebirds and Jailbirds
Writing my column for this coming weekend, reflecting on a holiday story from my days as a jail chaplain, my memory was “folded” back to the tale of the origami…
The Pledge vs. Christians
Or vice versa. As a secular person who was a Christian minister and chaplain for years, I’ve been writing a short commentary on the so-called “Sermon on the Mount.” The…
Sneak Preview
A preview of this week’s column … “A Definition of Religion even Seculars can Accept” Naturalist John Burroughs (1837-1921) wrote many Nature essays from his rustic cabin near the Hudson…
Thoreau’s Challenge
I’ll be teaching a course on Henry David Thoreau this spring. These thoughts were springing and sauntering off the pages as I read his journals again. Thoreau’s Challenge to Religion…
Nicking St. Nick
“No, Virginia, There is No Santa Claus” {An updated version of the famous letter and editorial from New York Sun, 1897. I first published this on the “Christmas Baby”…
Please Support My Work
I post this “invitation” now and then. I’m not paid for most of my teaching and writing, so I welcome anything to show you sit, stand or walk with me.…
