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January 2026

January 01, 2026

What My Mom Taught Me About God, Self-Love, and Change

My Mom passed away on November 10. I hadn’t written anything about her...

November 2024

November 25, 2024

The Spiritual Leftist’s Post-Election Survival Guide

If you’re anything like me—a spiritual leftist who occasionally screams into pillows and meditates to...

July 2024

July 12, 2024

Why America Needs a Corrective Turn to the Left

The United States of America (Referred to as "America" for the purposes of this post),...

April 2024

April 23, 2024

Quantum Physics Better Explains Spirituality Than Religion

In the search for understanding life's deepest mysteries, humanity has often turned to both religion...

February 2024

February 15, 2024

The Importance of Love

In the bustling whirlwind of our daily lives, where the cacophony of deadlines, responsibilities, and...

February 06, 2024

Four Major People in Your Life

In the digital era, where everyone's voice can potentially echo across the globe, there's an...

February 01, 2024

My Journey: From Religion to Atheism to Antitheism

In this post, I'm sharing something personal and transformative. For years, my social media presence...

January 2024

January 25, 2024

Moving Forward: Navigating Life’s Challenges

Apologies for this late post, but I'm returning from a meaningful trip to Nashville, Tennessee,...

January 16, 2024

Soulmates: Real or Imagined?

The concept of soulmates has been fascinating and debated for centuries. For the longest time,...

January 10, 2024

Playing to Win: A 2024 Strategy for Success

As we usher in 2024, it's time to reflect on the past and strategize for...

January 02, 2024

2024: The Year of Empathy & Compassion with Logic & Reason

As we enter a new year, there's a growing recognition of the need to shift...

December 2023

December 26, 2023

Consciousness: The Sentient Energy That Shapes Our Reality

In the vast expanse of the universe, where the stars whisper secrets of cosmic symphonies,...

December 18, 2023

Love and Quantum Entanglement

In the intricate dance of the cosmos, where particles are entwined in a delicate ballet...

December 05, 2023

The Journey from Silent Suffering to Shared Healing

In the song "The Tears of a Clown," Smokey Robinson captures the essence of hiding...

November 2022

November 24, 2022

Thanksgiving…and Empathy

I have a love-hate relationship with Thanksgiving Day. On the one hand, it’s a great...

October 2022

October 24, 2022

EVs…and Faith

I have long supposed that if marketing companies would study my wife, they’d have all...

February 2022

February 02, 2022

Where Are the Miracles?

Back in my preaching days, I always looked forward to the miraculous. Whenever I saw...

May 2021

May 18, 2021

Agreement is not Essential to Unity

The human body is a marvel of design and engineering. A variety of elements come...

April 2021

April 20, 2021

The Superhero Narrative

Everyone loves a superhero story. The world is in imminent danger of either being destroyed...

April 02, 2021

Easter and the Big Lie

It’s Good Friday (observed). This means it’s time for religion to trot out “The Great...

March 2021

March 31, 2021

Exporting Belief

I haven’t written anything in awhile. To be perfectly honest, I haven’t been inspired. The...

January 2021

January 05, 2021

Self-Love — The Greatest Love of All!

The song, “The Greatest Love of All” actually had it right. When religion was the...

August 2020

August 26, 2020

Love vs. Like

“I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike...

August 14, 2020

A Gift to Humanity – Remembering my Father-in-Love

Last week was tough for me. My Dad was in the hospital and all the...

August 06, 2020

I’m Grateful!

I’m grateful! As I navigated the uncertain waters of my deconstruction from religion, I went...

August 03, 2020

Detoxing From Christian Churchianity

“Hi, I’m Derrick. I’m a recovering churchaholic.” “Hiiiiiiiii Derrrrrrick!” Once upon a time, I was...

June 2020

June 27, 2020

At the Intersection of Despair and Hope

I’m rarely geographically lost. When I was a child, my Mom used to take me...

May 2020

May 07, 2020

Don’t Be Black – A conversation I hope you never have to have with your kids

Once again, I am in the unenviable position of having to have “the talk” with...

May 06, 2020

Love|Defined – Empathy and Compassion

This week's installment is an excerpt from my upcoming book, "Love|Forward - Moving Forward at...

April 2020

April 22, 2020

Death…And Ignorance

Given a sufficiently long timeline, everyone experiences death. Death comes to family members and friends;...