A Chaplain’s Perspective on Trump: When America is the Patient
It has been just over a week since the country elected Donald Trump to serve as its next president. Many Americans are happy to have a change in leadership, and to them it represents the... Read More
The Necessary Chore of Talking to Trump Supporters
In the wake of the 2016 election results, pundits and analysts trying to understand Trump voters continue to center the pain and desires of white America, because power doesn’t like to be threatened. The White... Read More
Post-Election, Humanist Activism Kicks into Overdrive
It’s been a week since Donald Trump’s harrowing victory. I’m in a mental space where my dismay and fury over this precarious predicament remains inflamed. I can’t say I’m truly surprised by Trump’s rout of... Read More
Don’t Despair! Humanist Values Prevailed in Several State Ballot Initiatives
For months I’ve been anxious to see Loving, a new film featuring the true story of Mildred and Richard Loving, the plaintiffs in the groundbreaking Supreme Court case that overturned laws prohibiting interracial marriage. As... Read More
Empowering the Black Community through Science, One Church at a Time
It’s a cringe-worthy phrase many skeptics have heard: “I don’t believe in science.” Our faces drop. Our eyes roll. We let out a deep sigh. It’s an all too common sentiment in our majority Christian... Read More
Why Every Humanist Should Care about Criminal Justice Reform
People identify as humanists because they care about remediating societal ills and helping humanity to progress. Choosing to live as rationally and compassionately as we can while rejecting the supernatural as a form of truth... Read More
The 1926 World Series: A Humanist Miracle
One of the leading arguments for the existence of supernatural power is sometimes called the “argument from miracles.” There are many reports of phenomena not fully explained by scientific principles, or contrary to generally accepted... Read More