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• A Call to Persevere. Mark 13.5-13. St Mark's Day 2024

  

  Mark 13:5-13‘When you hear of wars and rumours of wars’It is rather an appropriate passage.Jesus is being asked when the temple will be destroyed. Read more

  The 01 May 2024 by   Malcolmdrogers
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• Happy Beltane!

  

  They creep up on you, these holidays with no official recognition.  I’ve been so busy that it didn’t even occur to me that today was Beltane—May Day—until my... Read more

  The 01 May 2024 by   Steveawiggins
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• Wonderful Impossibility

  

  I used to tell my students that a semester break without reading a book that challenged your assumptions was wasted. I tried to lead by example, but jobs are... Read more

  The 02 May 2024 by   Steveawiggins
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• Influential Horror

  

  Media has a tremendous effect on society. We all know that, and every four years elections prove it time and again. Like an infinite loop or Mobius strip. The... Read more

  The 03 May 2024 by   Steveawiggins
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• On Dragons.

  

  The dedication of the coronation gate, St Margaret's Church, Burnham Norton, 5 May 2024I’d like to speak for a few moments about the dragon on our new coronatio... Read more

  The 04 May 2024 by   Malcolmdrogers
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• Conference Voice

  

  “Conference voice” is a phenomenon that began with my career malfunction.  While teaching I attended the AAR/SBL annual meeting every year but one. Read more

  The 04 May 2024 by   Steveawiggins
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• Holy X

  

  It took several years, but we finally closed the X-Files. It was shortly after we bought the house, I believe, when we decided to watch the series the whole... Read more

  The 05 May 2024 by   Steveawiggins
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• Wachet Auf

  

  I have a proposition.  Some folks in town have a big “Anti-Woke” (aka, “asleep”) flag on their house, along with various Trump paraphernalia. Read more

  The 06 May 2024 by   Steveawiggins
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• Excess Ideas

  

  I sincerely hope that after I’m gone someone with more sense than me will look through my notebooks instead of just tossing them in the trash. Read more

  The 07 May 2024 by   Steveawiggins
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• Murphy’s Mansion

  

  2003 was quite a year for me. Nashotah House had experienced a fundamentalist takeover and, were I as good at reading writing on the wall as Daniel was, well,... Read more

  The 08 May 2024 by   Steveawiggins
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