Ebony Exodus

11/07/2021

New book draws outlines secular beliefs on how to cope with grief in a religious world.

10/05/2021

Author Candace Gorham joins the crew to talk about disbelief and mourning based on her own experienc

09/28/2021

Sometimes funny. Sometimes heart wrenching.

In this episode, Chris discusses the upcoming book "On Death, Dying, and Disbelief" with author Candace Gorham. It's a deeply personal interview that Chris needed more than he realized...

09/25/2021

The Freedom From Religion Foundation’s “Freethought Matters” TV show this Sunday offers some answers on how nonreligious people should deal with death.

Candace R.M. Gorham is a former Christian minister who is now an atheist activist and author. Gorham has worked as a licensed mental health counselor for more than 10 years, focusing on at-risk youth and family therapy. She is a member of the Black Humanist Alliance of the American Humanist Association, the Secular Therapist Project, the Clergy Project and the Secular Student Alliance’s speakers bureau. Gorham is the author of "Ebony Exodus Project: Why Some Black Women Are Walking Out on Religion — and Others Should Too" and now has a new book out called "On Death, Dying, and Disbelief."

“In 2019, my high school sweetheart died tragically in a car accident,” she tells “Freethought Matters” co-hosts Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor about the genesis of the book, which contains 10 tips for nonreligious folks on how to grieve. “We had reconnected later in life, and we were much more than just high school sweethearts. And so mourning his death, I felt like I needed some way to sort of process that and deal with that.”

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09/12/2021

Family Camping Trip! Hiking is my religion!

For this video, follow me to Arrowhead Campground on Badin Lake in Uwharrie National Forest! I took 15 of my family members for what was the 1st ever camping...

09/08/2021

Hiking is good for your mental health!

Follow along as I journey up Uncompahgre Peak in Uncompahgre Forest, Colorado! We put in more than 18 miles in 3 days! This trail is exhausting, exciting, an...

09/07/2021

In my 2nd book, On Death, Dying, and Disbelief, I discuss the value of spending time outdoors.

In this video, I share photos and pics from my recent hike in Jefferson National Forest, VA.

For this video, I take a trip to Cascade Falls Trail in Jefferson National Forest, Virginia. It is a heavily trafficked trail. We got there around 9:30 am on...

08/30/2021

Carefree Black Nerd Presents: “Carefree Conversations” *Use the hashtag when listening to this episode of Carefree Conversations. For the fifth installment of Carefree Conversations, Rhayne

08/19/2021

This week Zach and I have on Candace Gorham. We talk about her new book ‘On Death, Dying, and Disbelief’. We also talk about her journey to atheism, her work as a licensed mental health…