Religion Friendly Freethinker: Is The Greatest Command to Love, or Not? By Chris Highland Mar 10, 2026 Some conversations can quickly turn in a circle. Around and around, back and forth, no end in sight. Until, you end it, or the other ends it, …
Religion Friendly Freethinker: Anyone Can Join the Holy Book Club By Chris Highland Feb 10, 2026 When I was a jail chaplain one of the most satisfying parts of my work was bringing books inside to prisoners. These were mostly “spiritual” o…
Religion Friendly Freethinker: How Faith may Fail with Booming Bible Sales By Chris Highland Jan 19, 2026 A headline on the Religion News Service (RNS) announced: “Bible sales keep growing, even as many Americans lose their religion—about 18 millio…
Religion Friendly Freethinker: Come Home to Faith (or Else) Chris Highland Dec 2, 2025 A former Christian colleague posted his belief that the message of the Bible is an invitation to “come home.”
Religion Reflections: The Electric Church By Michael J. Brooks Nov 11, 2025 It was some ten years ago that we upgraded our sanctuary lighting to an LED system. I was bold enough to suggest we add a screen and projectio…
Religion Friendly Freethinker: A Nod to the Odd God of Garden Sod By Chris Highland Updated Nov 13, 2025 I’m not one to make fun of religious beliefs or sacred scriptures. I will call attention to strange, irrational or nonsensical aspects of reli…
Religion Religion: What Bible should we use on Sunday? By Michael J. Brooks Updated Jul 31, 2025 George W. Bush famously said, “When I was young and foolish, I was young and foolish.”
Religion Friendly Freethinker: The most questionable book in the Bible? By Chris Highland Jul 24, 2025 The world is full of scriptures.
News Religion: Why give names to the nameless? Nathan Prewett Jul 17, 2025 Through decades of wrestling with issues of faith, it sometimes felt as if I was actually wrestling with God.
Opinion Religion: And the greatest of these is … faith? By Chris Highland Updated Jan 28, 2025 In a reflective mood, I was having one of those uncomfortable conversations in my mind with a friend who takes the Bible very seriously.
