Richard Wade

Dear Richard, I am a great admirer of the eloquent yet simple advice you give...

Note: To add another layer of anonymity for the letter writer, I have changed his...

Richard, I will try to make this succinct. I am 28 years old. In the...

Hi Richard, This is something that i've been wracking my brain about lately. I live...

Bill wrote a long letter that I have edited for space reasons. My paraphrasing is...

The various holidays that plague enliven the year have all gone through a complicated process...

Dear Richard, My girlfriend recently asked me to come to church with her. She's from...

Hello and thank you for your time. I grew up a christian and was raised...

Good morning Richard. In the past week both an employee of the company I work...

I received two letters from non-believers considering baptizing their kids. Both are wondering about the...

Dear Richard, I've been dating my girlfriend for a year and, even though she is...

Hi Richard, I have recently organized for my body to be donated to science when...

Dear Richard, I am a senior in high school and I am preparing to start...

Hi Richard, I'm on the state board of a high school student organization. As a...

Update: The letter writer has written a follow-up letter four years later. Dear Richard, I'm...

Dear Richard A while back I was waiting for a lecture to start with a...

Don wrote a very long and candid letter which I have edited here for space...

In a comment on my post, “Dealing With Evangelizers Who Seem Fragile,” Nomad asked a...

Hey Richard, First, I want to say that I'm really loving your advice column. I've...

Dear Richard, Over the last few years my beliefs have changed drastically from fundamentalist Christian...

Richard, We have a very close family friend that is like a second mother to...

Dear Richard, I'm in a polyamorous relationship. I've been married to my husband for almost...

These three letters share a common theme, the difficult choices of being open or secretive...

Dear Richard, I am an atheist who became an atheist after getting a job working...

Dear Richard, While I am fairly open about my atheism around my friends and my...

Richard Wade here. I’ve spent a long time on this blog trying to have and...

The Ask Richard postings seem to have struck a chord with a lot of you....

Hi Richard, Where does an atheist turn when she finds herself surrounded by people yet...

Dear Richard, Another book related question! Yay! I love books. I'm almost at the level...

Hey Richard, I have a question that deals more with a moral dilemma than an...