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August 2018

August 04, 2018

Atheism in Colombia: Not as Different as You Might Think

I had the opportunity a few days ago to read a column on atheism in...

May 2018

May 26, 2018

A Humanist in Colombia: Lessons for a Hurting World

Colombians will rarely ask you your religion. Why would they, when “Catholic” is the default...

March 2018

March 15, 2018

Elected officials serve as enforcers of religious faith

How American Christianity Perpetuates: Reasons #3-5 Public shaming by elected officials. That sums up reasons...

February 2018

February 26, 2018

Was God necessary for creation? Science suggests no.

Contrary to what ancient Christian theologians hypothesized, the universe was not necessarily created from a...

February 20, 2018

Circumcision re-enters genital-mutilation debate

During the decades I lived in Saudi Arabia, I eventually stopped noticing the dense black...

July 2017

July 19, 2017

See Me

Inside Out, The People's Art Project: A Global Art Project Transforming Messages of Personal Identity...

October 2016

October 30, 2016

What our Fractured Civic Spaces Teach

How will you treat the hangover of this presidential election? What is it teaching us?...

May 2016

May 13, 2016

Confessions of a Former Nun Wannabe

I wanted to be a Bride of Christ. I thought everything about the Church was...

May 05, 2016

National Day of Prayer or Reason?

Isn't the National Day of Reason just pitting reason against faith once again? When does...

April 2016

April 12, 2016

Civil Conversations in Divisive Times

Interfaith literacy is an understanding of how different people live their beliefs and values and...

March 2016

March 27, 2016

My Last, Desperate Act of Satire

My students were angry to learn that their college was named for someone who probably...

March 21, 2016

When Saints Go Missing, Do They Make a Sound?

The details of the 4th century life of St. Catherine of Alexandria are painstakingly woven into...

February 2016

February 09, 2016

The Zika Humanitarian Challenge for the “People’s Pope”

My boyfriend Keith and I walk/hike through a different botanic garden or nature reserve every...

February 08, 2016

The Secular – Religious Dance

The understated humanist and atheist presence at the Parliament made the gathering poorer. It's time...

January 2016

January 25, 2016

The Chaplain’s Cat Logic

Most cats understand the word no, despite all appearances to the contrary. But to them...

January 19, 2016

Sustained Conversations Change Us

Slogans like "religion is evil," and "atheists are going to hell" still frame the discussion....

January 06, 2016

“God is Good,” But for What?

“Funny, profane and adamantly atheistic,” was the phrase the Washington Post used to describe me...

November 2015

November 19, 2015

The Compassion of Secular and Religious Voices

Guest post by Fr. Carl Chudy - I travel in and out of different...

November 17, 2015

“How Was Christ made? I’m going to tell you…”

"Do you know how Christ was made? I’m going to tell you: Christ was made...

November 17, 2015

Interrogation of Aude: “How is it possible that I cannot believe in our Lord!”

A 14th century French woman struggles with doubts in front of the Inquisitor.

November 16, 2015

A Doubter in the Inquisitor’s Chair

"The soul?" she said. "Personally, I don't see anything come out of men or women...

November 13, 2015

The Catholic Atheists of Québec

For more than 200 years, Québec was the most religious Canadian province. Now they are...

September 2015

September 24, 2015

Carl, Francis, and Elizabeth: A Church/State Test

Is the U.S. visit of the head of the Catholic Church one big church-state violation?...