Part 1: Life as an atheist. An atheist grieves / Shannon Drury -- Keeping the faith / Kori Hennessy -- Higher Purpose versus Higher Power / Anthony Faust -- Nice people, good doughnuts / Elizabeth Becker -- Rough sea / Bill Lehto -- Atheist in uniform / Rob Young -- Construction of a church wedding / M.A. Melby -- Clarion / Linda Davis -- Remembering the Pope of the Bad Lands / Peter N. Holste -- Part 2: Coming out as an atheist. A sin of omission / Paul Gramstad -- Unexpected consequences of coming out / Stephanie Zvan -- I was a dictionary atheist / Greg Laden -- Transitions / Robin Raianiemi -- Switching from automatic to manual / Jason Schoenack -- Amy, grant me the serenity / Ryan Bolin -- Coming out / Donald L. Boese -- You can go your own way / Elizabeth Stiras -- Part 3: Letting go of faith. Losing my head / James Zimmerman -- My road to atheism / August Berkshire -- Who ya gonna call? / Todd N. Torkelson -- Frontsliding / Kenneth Bellew -- Birth, rebirth / Jennifer Zimmerman -- Out of the woods / Justin M. Chase -- How McDonald's and Dawkins helped me become a godless parent / Eric Jayne -- It's the little things / PZ Myers -- Summer camp and God / Timothy Wick -- Making of a Catholic atheist / Mike Haubrich -- Part 4: Ethics and action. On being a queer atheist and interfaith activist / Chris Stedman -- Why I am not religious-- and what that has to do with being vegan / Kim Socha -- Eight-year-old voice / Jill Carlson -- Best thing I do all year / Norman Barrett Wiik -- Evolving ethics in an atheist world / Rohit Ravindran -- Friendship, field trips, and a few honest words / Michelle M. Huber -- Recycle yourself / Andrew Downs -- One self-reliant species / Ryan Benson.