This latest review (on Amazon), of my Broken Bridges book, is a refreshing reminder of why I write, and why […]


This latest review (on Amazon), of my Broken Bridges book, is a refreshing reminder of why I write, and why […]

Some people wonder how those with faith and those without faith can live, work and even have friendly relationships with […]

The following story is true. This incident really happened. When hiking far out into the forests along the Blue Ridge […]

It was a real pleasure to speak with David Ames on his Graceful Atheist podcast. In some sense I think […]

Here’s a sneak peek at this weekend’s “Highland Views” column: “When to Act as if There Were No God” Stories […]

Today’s column borrows a story from the ancient scripture, The Bhagavad Gita, to address a serious contemporary problem. Can We […]

The Center for Inquiry produced an excellent series on American Freethought. With the dangerous rise of Christian Nationalism, this is […]

I just finished reading Timothy Egan’s book, A Pilgrimage to Eternity: From Canterbury to Rome In Search of a Faith. […]

Maximum In-Security/Inside Out: A Jail Chaplain’s Story After serving ten years in maximum security, I had to get out. I […]

Today’s column relates a rather strange story from my years as a jail chaplain … The Man Who Changed His […]

I mostly identify as a Freethinker. That seems the most positive way of expressing my non-theistic, non-supernaturalist views. Yes, I […]

As an EXvangelical myself, I find these comments on NPR from Ed Stetzer of the Billy Graham Center at Wheaton […]