My most recent book, A Freethinker’s Gospel is now available for the first time on Kindle! Enjoy the read! Many […]


My most recent book, A Freethinker’s Gospel is now available for the first time on Kindle! Enjoy the read! Many […]

This essay was published last year on Patheos. The Greatest Story Not Yet Told “Maybe we can resurrect the essentials […]

In these fearfully uncertain times, when “self-isolating” and “social distancing” send us into defensive self-protection, the wise and wild words […]

Poem of Early Spring Doors are open Winter left, apparently, by appearances Before a wedding I officiated the groom’s younger […]

Have to admit, I ate a lot of baloney sandwiches when I was growing up. Somehow I survived … and […]

The Secular Community of the Triad (SCOTT) is reading my book, A Freethinker’s Gospel, in February! I sent the group […]

I post this “invitation” now and then. I’m not paid for most of my teaching and writing, so I welcome […]

This Opinion piece was published in our local paper today: On True Religious Freedom At times I can’t resist responding […]

(short answer: Heck if I know, there are so many kinds!) Ignorance seems contagious, doesn’t it? Currently here in “God’s […]

My latest essay on John Muir was just published in The Humanist! See what you think. And may all readers […]

Ancient Chinese wisdom, the distraction of “religious activity” and a simple rule learned in jail … Today’s column in the […]

For most of my life, faith, church, God were formative, central, deeply influential … Then, over time, with much reflection, […]