Practical Wisdom for Everyday Life
A banner reading ‘Nothing Prevails Like Prayer’ is now displayed on Public Square in Wilkes-Barre. 6/30/14 update: I contacted a treasurer involved with the group responsible for the banner. We had a phone conversation in which she told me a person from her group contacted the city. The city said there was a mistake and would […]
A recently published letter to the editor rebukes The Times Leader for front-page coverage of my secular invocation plans. I respond. On June 9, 2014, a local newspaper — The Times Leader — featured a front-page article in which I was interviewed concerning church/state separation and my plans to provide a secular invocation at a […]
My right-to-know requests following the unprominent placement of the ‘Nothing Fails Like Prayer’ banner I hung have been answered. Last month, I, with the help of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, paid for hanging of a banner reading ‘Nothing Fails Like Prayer’ on Public Square in Wilkes-Barre. The banner was a response to a National […]
I provided a secular invocation on behalf of the NEPA Freethought Society at the June 12, 2014 Wilkes-Barre City Council meeting. Following several objections to the government-led Judeo-Christian prayers at Wilkes-Barre City Council meetings [see my July 2013 speech and June 2013 speech], a letter to the editor published in a local newspaper, an appearance on […]
I was interviewed for a front page feature length Times Leader newspaper article concerning my upcoming secular invocation and church/state separation. Last week — following my comments at a May 29, 2014 Wilkes-Barre City Council meeting and a press release announcing my intentions to provide a secular invocation at a June 12, 2014 council meeting […]
