Atheism & Religion

Mar 20, 20196 min read

Worship

I became an atheist in 2011 while writing my first novel, Alex. I went through the “angry atheist” phase, wherein I realized precisely...

Feb 18, 20192 min read

Thunder

Excuse me while I nerd out hard for a second. So it’s a couple years old, but there is a ridiculous video making the rounds today of a...

Dec 21, 20182 min read

You Can Breathe Here

My daughter told me existence was too big for her. She is ten years old and is overwhelmed by the inevitability of death, the seeming...

May 6, 20182 min read

The River

I think when you create a work of art, it belongs to the human race. I don’t mean from a legal perspective – I’m not talking about...

Mar 22, 20182 min read

All Good Things

A friend of mine announced today that he has pancreatic cancer and is in hospice. And in that bombshell of a sentence, the word I debated...

Jul 21, 20172 min read

The Wrong Question

“How did the universe begin?” That’s the question, right? Science tries to answer it. Religion tries to answer it. Where did we come...

May 23, 20172 min read

To Blame or Not To Blame

Is religion to blame for the violent acts of its practitioners? Does Islam deserve to be held to account when terrorists act on its most...

Mar 14, 20173 min read

One Last Song

We’ve all heard near-death experience stories. A very common experience seems to be “heading toward the light.” I don’t believe in an...

Dec 7, 20166 min read

The Tsunami

I read an article in the National Journal this morning (thank you C. Bates, an intelligent person from a different political and...

Jul 25, 20162 min read

As An Atheist, I’m Thrilled About the Leaked DNC Emails

So you may have heard about these emails that Russian hackers got ahold of and released to Wikileaks. I see some Sanders supporters...

Sep 3, 20157 min read

This Is What Happens When God Shows Up

There is a new movie coming out this year called Woodlawn. Here’s the preview I saw for it this morning (it’s only two minutes long)....

Nov 11, 20146 min read

An Open Letter To Kirk Cameron About The War On Christmas

Hey Kirk. I just watched the preview for your new movie Saving Christmas, coming this weekend to select theaters nationwide. I’m not...

Jun 6, 20143 min read

A Time to Mourn, and a Time to Dance

My daughter graduates preschool today. She’s excited for Kindergarten and thrilled to be a big girl. But she’s also sad that she won’t...

Dec 20, 20133 min read

Funerals

They come out of nowhere; even when you expect them, they’re unexpected. Every now and again, our regular lives are disrupted, and we’re...

Jan 23, 20124 min read

Can atheists be spiritual?

When I was in my teens, I took a church class with my grandmother where the teacher, one Greg Boyd, explained how he had spent several...