Steveawiggins

LATEST ARTICLES ( 4661 )

• Running with Scissors

  

  I suspect that, like many, I’ve come to see the coronavirus as an indictment of political foolishness. Electing unqualified officials feels like all fun and... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Virtual Church

  

  All the way back in seminary my friends and I used to joke about virtual church. What made it so funny was that the idea seemed ridiculous. Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Travel Ban

  

  I’m not at home. I know in the current crisis that sounds like heresy, but I can honestly say that getting out of the usual routine where COVID-19 is all you... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Keystone

  

  I don’t carry many keys. Working at home has that distinct advantage, and combination/electronic locks of various kinds are becoming pretty standard. I do wonde... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Die Besuch

  

  It was both sweet and perhaps misguided. I’ve not written much about the coronavirus because I’ve really had nothing to say on the pandemic. Also I’m... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Coincidentally

  

  I hope I never become too sensible not to pay attention to coincidences. With the death of Max von Sydow falling the same week as the time change, the full moon... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Merch

  

  I recall the time I first heard the word “merch” used as a verb. I was with some wonderful ladies on the second annual Women’s March, in New York City. Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Data Driven

  

  People just aren’t good at thinking things through. Consider all the data on data. Everything is data-driven these days, as if there’s no such thing as human... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Half of Us

  

  Today is International Women’s Day. We need to pause a moment and think. We can’t change the past, but we can improve on it. I think it’s fair to say that... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• See Index Saw

  

  Too much of my life is taken up with indexes. If life with technology is a teeter-totter, then my generation stands just above the fulcrum. There are guys with... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• More Classics

  

  Western civilization, in as far as it still exists, has traditionally identified itself with a heritage that includes the classics and the Bible. Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Ash + Hera

  

  I’ve obviously been reading about the Greek gods. Apart from being borrowed and renamed by the Romans they’ve remained pretty much unchanged through the... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Classic Monsters

  

  Convergent evolution is a term that’s used for when two unrelated species, separated by some gulf, develop a smilier trait independently. Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Remarkably Green

  

  Fame is something most of us never experience. In a world of billions we imagine what it would be like to have others pay attention to us. Care what we think.... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Email Discover

  

  One of the interesting things that happens to religion editors (yes—there are occasionally such things!) is that we receive emails from well-meaning evangelical... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• The Wind and Trees

  

  Being invisible, the wind is easily forgotten. Until it begins to really blow. I don’t know about where you are, but this past week was a very windy one around... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Leaping Years

  

  Maybe it’s just me, but February seems long this year. Wait, it’s leap year! But that doesn’t explain it all. Today may be a gimme—another day in what has... Read more

  Posted on 29 February 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Without Peer

  

  Peer review makes the world go round. Well, at least the academic world. It’s based on a simple enough premise: if your academic work is passable other... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Cbd

  

  They found me. I used to call them CBD, but because of the popularity of a certain hemp-based product, Christian Book Distributors changed its name. Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Speaking of X

  

  The project that ultimately led to Holy Horror and Nightmares with the Bible was an article. Intrigued that the quasi-horror Fox series Sleepy Hollow was so... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY