In this short “meditation” published in the North American Review, I highlight Robert Green Ingersoll’s sensible suggestions for The Church of […]
Tag Archive for ‘Spirituality’
Viral Churches?
Americans United issued this statement about churches being exempted from closing during the pandemic. Makes sense to me. Very balanced […]
Right to Life
I get so weary of yet another bunch of old white guys trying to restrict a woman’s right to make […]
The Greatest Story Not Yet Told
This essay was published last year on Patheos. The Greatest Story Not Yet Told “Maybe we can resurrect the essentials […]
Who’s a Better Parent than God?
Having raised a daughter and observed parents do all kinds of “interesting” parenting over the years, I have a few […]
In Fearful Times. . .
I wrote this for my weekly column, but decided to post it here for, perhaps, wider reading. Fear, Faith and Freethinking […]
Childlike Faith
How people face tragedy says so much about how they were raised and taught what faith means and how to […]
Silent Stones
On a walk in the rain today, after writing my column on Silence, I observed this small fall where the […]
Prayer vs. Nature?
Hate to be a Secular Whistleblower, but are you aware Madness Reigns in the White House? (sure you are). The […]
True Religious Freedom
This Opinion piece was published in our local paper today: On True Religious Freedom At times I can’t resist responding […]
I Believe that Believing Ruins Religion
Am I wrong about that? “What has occurred over and over through history? That person emerges from their “wild experience” […]
My Column (Sneak Preview)
Coming this Saturday in the Citizen-Times … “A Non-Believer’s Open Letter to God” Why on earth (or anywhere else) would […]
Friendly Freethinker 