By Chris Highland How does someone move from evangelical certainty to humanist freethinking? Chris Highland retraces his remarkable spiritual journey through Christianity, Judaism and Zen Buddhism, discovering that each tradition, in its own way, helped lead him beyond faith. Chris is a teacher, writer and humanist celebrant living in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. A Presbyterian minister; a Jewish rabbi; a Zen Buddhist priest; an Evangelical professor; a Catholic priest. In...

By Chris Highland What can a revolutionary thinker from the 18th century offer us today? Reflecting on the enduring power of Thomas Paine’s ideas, Chris Highland explores the importance of independent thought, expansive perspective and critical inquiry in responding to the political and religious tensions of our time. Chris is a teacher, writer and humanist celebrant living in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. Thomas Paine (1737–1809) was an English-born journalist and pamphleteer...

By Chris Highland Chris is a teacher, writer, and humanist celebrant living in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. In this...