This new collection of columns and essays weaves a narrative from early college and seminary years, up to the present. […]


This new collection of columns and essays weaves a narrative from early college and seminary years, up to the present. […]

This column was published in the Black Belt News Network in Alabama. A Nod to the Odd God of Garden […]

I’ve thought about this issue for a long time. My article on the question of teaching scriptures in schools was […]

I’ve been writing a weekly column for the Selma Sun most of this year. The Sun has now folded into […]

Many of my books are now available through Bookshop! Bookshop supports independent booksellers and authors.

I was so pleased to hear from the publisher of the Selma Sun in Alabama, inviting me to write columns […]

Friendly Freethinker (the Book) was published during the pandemic. A collection of 50 essays, drawn from my weekly newspaper columns, […]

The word of the week is: Turbidity. This week’s column looks at the “disturbance” to our local water system due […]

October blew in with a hurricane, possible tornado, bringing natural mess and human misery. Here in the Blue Ridge mountains […]

A sneak peek preview of this coming weekend’s column where I present seven characteristics of cult leadership. The Culture of […]

My essay on “Hyphen-Humanists” has been published in Humanistically Speaking, an online magazine in the U.K. Among the aims of […]

The only novel I’ve written is now available in audio format. Jesus and John Muir: A Wilderness Novel Actually a […]