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• Discovering Ordinary

  

  I wasn’t quite sure what sense of ordinariness to expect from Robert J. Wicks’ The Tao of Ordinariness. I would say as a whole it is about becoming ordinary you. Read more

  The 22 June 2024 by   Steveawiggins
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• Invisible Again

  

  Sequels are a fact of life. Movies, although some of us look to them for profundity, are made for selling. (I guess my writing for so long with no profit from i... Read more

  The 23 June 2024 by   Steveawiggins
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• The Presence and Absence of Jesus. A Talk at the End of the Community of St...

  

  Mark 4.35-41 There is the story told of a millionaire who threw a party. He takes his guests outside and shows them his swimming pool. Read more

  The 24 June 2024 by   Malcolmdrogers
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• Passing Words

  

  I’ve never counted, but it must be dozens.  Maybe a hundred.  And they have very high memory requirements.  Especially for a guy who can’t recall why he walked... Read more

  The 24 June 2024 by   Steveawiggins
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• Not Poor

  

  It’s an amazing era for cinema. A number of genre-defying films have emerged and some of them are quite striking. Some months ago I saw Everything Everywhere Al... Read more

  The 25 June 2024 by   Steveawiggins
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• Cryptid Caper

  

  I don’t recall how it got on my fiction reading list—I probably saw it on Goodreads—but I picked it up because it was short. And surprisingly, multiple copies... Read more

  The 26 June 2024 by   Steveawiggins
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• Mustard Monster

  

  Speaking of mustard seeds, as a child something troubled my literalist brain. Mark 4.31, “It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the... Read more

  The 27 June 2024 by   Steveawiggins
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• Praying for Mantis

  

  Now this is a Cold War movie. And I mean “cold.” The Deadly Mantis is one of those movies that hovers between “so bad it’s good” and just plain “so bad.” I was... Read more

  The 28 June 2024 by   Steveawiggins
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• Following Irving

  

  I’m growing fond of staycations.  Maybe it’s because I’ve become such a creature of habit that major disruptions seem daunting, but I still like a change of... Read more

  The 29 June 2024 by   Steveawiggins
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