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December 2023

December 05, 2023
In the song "The Tears of a Clown," Smokey Robinson captures the essence of hiding...

September 2023

September 14, 2023
Self-awareness, the deep understanding of one's own thoughts, emotions, motivations, and values, is a cornerstone...

November 2022

November 24, 2022
I have a love-hate relationship with Thanksgiving Day. On the one hand, it’s a great...

October 2022

October 24, 2022
I have long supposed that if marketing companies would study my wife, they’d have all...

April 2022

April 25, 2022
One of my favorite songs from my younger days is “At Last, I Am Free”...

February 2022

February 04, 2022
What is your measure of success? No one or no thing is 100 percent reliable....
February 02, 2022
Back in my preaching days, I always looked forward to the miraculous. Whenever I saw...

January 2022

January 20, 2022
One of the most disgusting bible stories is when Jesus made mud out of spit...

October 2021

October 26, 2021
A wise man (who may have been either a fictional or composite character) once said,...
October 21, 2021
Mainstream — and even much of “off-the-beaten-path” — christianity is centered around the concept of...
October 19, 2021
Last week I wrote about how I believe god isn’t good. This week, I’ll double-down...
October 15, 2021
When I was a pastor, I loved the old call and response. You know, when...

May 2021

May 18, 2021
The human body is a marvel of design and engineering. A variety of elements come...

April 2021

April 20, 2021
Everyone loves a superhero story. The world is in imminent danger of either being destroyed...
April 02, 2021
It’s Good Friday (observed). This means it’s time for religion to trot out “The Great...

March 2021

March 31, 2021
I haven’t written anything in awhile. To be perfectly honest, I haven’t been inspired. The...

January 2021

January 05, 2021
The song, “The Greatest Love of All” actually had it right. When religion was the...

November 2020

November 18, 2020
When I was a kid growing up in Detroit, one of my greatest joys was...

August 2020

August 26, 2020
“I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike...
August 14, 2020
Last week was tough for me. My Dad was in the hospital and all the...
August 06, 2020
I’m grateful! As I navigated the uncertain waters of my deconstruction from religion, I went...
August 03, 2020
“Hi, I’m Derrick. I’m a recovering churchaholic.” “Hiiiiiiiii Derrrrrrick!” Once upon a time, I was...

July 2020

July 28, 2020
Salvation. What comes to mind when you hear this word. If you’re a christian, you...

June 2020

June 27, 2020
I’m rarely geographically lost. When I was a child, my Mom used to take me...

May 2020

May 07, 2020
Once again, I am in the unenviable position of having to have “the talk” with...
May 06, 2020
This week's installment is an excerpt from my upcoming book, "Love|Forward - Moving Forward at...

April 2020

April 30, 2020
I’ve been giving a lot of thought to belief, lately. Not so much what I...
April 22, 2020
Given a sufficiently long timeline, everyone experiences death. Death comes to family members and friends;...
April 14, 2020
In my last installment, I explained why I am no longer a bible/scripture literalist. In...
April 08, 2020
One of the great things about achieving escape velocity from the black hole of religion...
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