Human Supremacy
In classes I teach on Freethinkers like naturalist John Muir, I often saunter back to wise reminders of human hubris, especially pride that comes from too much piety. “The world,…
Tag: Writing
Holding the Opposition
Writer James Baldwin turned nineteen on the day of his father’s funeral (August 3, 1943). A “race riot” had broken out in Harlem that day, so the mourners “drove my…
Essays, Columns, Stories, Books
In case you aren’t aware, many of my essays and columns are collected in published books: Broken Bridges A Freethinker’s Gospel Nature is Enough In addition, short stories from my…
New Book is #1 in Two Categories!
My new book, Broken Bridges is now at the top of the charts on Amazon in these categories: #1 in Agnosticism (paperback) #1 in Religious Intolerance (ebook) Thanks to all…
New Book Coming This Week!
My new book is being published in paperback and ebook formats this week! Thank you to all my readers and supporters! Header image: Reading my first book, Meditations of John…
Wisdom for Writers
“It is not easy to write in a journal what interests us at any time, because to write it is not what interests us.” ~Henry David Thoreau, “A Week” (1849)…
A Clearer Path
My poet friend, Jim Gronvold, graciously shares this path of poetry: Clarity Struck by the grace of the simply seen. Colors and shapes of a walk in the wood— a…
The Solution
To just about everything concerning leadership. . . is fairly simple, though very radical. I’m not the first to suggest an “answer” to much of the world’s problems and ills,…
