Lessons in human kindness from the Sikh religion and a class on Humanism … A preview of this weekend’s column: […]
Tag Archive for ‘Secular’
Passing Seasons
Today’s “Highland Views” column in our local paper. A touch of poetry, nature, death and the tree of life. Passing […]
Professor Jesus
I was pleased, and a little surprised, to see my book, Was Jesus a Humanist? linked in the Alumni News […]
Freethinking for Freethinkers
Students are delighted to discover they have options for what to call themselves beyond faith. “Humanist” or “Freethinker” can be […]
Seeing the Unseen
In religious traditions, seeing the Unseen is left to mystics and prophets. In secular tradition, it’s natural to search for […]
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 […]
Prayers for. . .
If you pray, help me out here. Seriously, I’m trying to understand what it really means when someone posts: “Pray […]
Secular Parable
Or simply an analogy of my life-story? Journey to the Forest of Freethought (a secular parable for the trail to […]
Friendly Freethinker 