I am *officially* “out”. My family has known for a long time that I don’t believe in God, but the only time the word “atheist” has been used is when my mom asked me once about some atheist articles she’d seen I had written. But in the car tonight, I said I was an atheist. [...]

I think I am going to change the title of my blog from “Redheaded Skeptic: Notes on the Journey from Minister’s Wife to Atheist” to “Redheaded Skeptic: Notes from an Adult Atheist Living with Christian Parents.” My parents live in a small town. This time, I am going to be a little smarter and not [...]

Sitting at a bar stool on Dickson Street with Steve and our friend and former classmate, Leah, I realized how many wrong assumptions I’d made about atheism. We were there to chat and gossip about our undergrad years, and I realized how much fun I was having. Not evil sinful fun–we weren’t getting sloshed, but [...]

Goshdarnit, I had another moment. I haven’t had one in awhile. I don’t even remember the last one. My own damn fault for getting carried away in some ministry blogs/Facebook notes. They make everything look okay. Like life turned out just fine for them, and it probably did. Are they honest? I couldn’t tell, but [...]

When I wrote an article for Jewcy back in November, I realized how very little I knew about modern Judaism. Deciding to remedy this situation, I jumped at the chance to take Julieanne to a children’s Hanukkah celebration at our town library. Cultural opportunity! I didn’t know what to expect at all. Would it be [...]

.  . . is apparently Thanksgiving. Yes, I am totally devastated. This moment is so much worse than anything I ever experienced in the church! (Sarcasm) In all seriousness, Robert Ingersoll said it far better than I ever could. How are you all celebrating today? I am loving the smell of pumpkin pie and turkey [...]

by JezuzFree Note by Laura: JezuzFree wrote this beautiful poem and I thought I’d share. His blog can be found here. A word about this poem by JezuzFree: I wrote this as my parting prayer, as it was the very last day that I considered myself a Christian, even though prior to that I had [...]

I sent Julieanne to my parents’ house this weekend, and met my mom and brother part of the way so they wouldn’t have to drive the entire trip. When we met, we stopped for lunch. That’s when a small break happened. I haven’t ever been able to discuss my atheism with my parents, and I [...]

by Steve Laura’s Note: I met Steve the same day I met my ex-husband, Bob. The two were roommates and ministry majors. Steve changed his major to history, though, and is currently a third year law student. This post explains why. Steve is technically my husband–we eloped back in May, 2009 for some legal reasons, [...]

Greg is a  friend of mine and the vice president of my school’s secular organization (Occam’s Razors)  is organizing a blog event to benefit St. Jude’s. Here is the video he made to advertise it: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wU-Rl7T5hUM] Who says atheists don’t do charity?