Steveawiggins

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• Patina

  

  When reading three books by the same author, most of the time, it seems, it’s good to spread them out. For the past few years my wife and I would visit an... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• During the Upgrade

  

  Maybe it’s happened to you. You log onto your computer to find it sluggish, like a reptile before the sun comes up. Thoughts are racing in your head and you wan... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Peaceful Resolutions

  

  It came as a shock. Raised as I was in a nation enamored of weaponry, I did not realize that many countries in the world do not have armies. In some places, suc... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Symmetry Synergy

  

  Symmetry. It’s pleasing to the eye. And significant dates are often the basis for holidays. Today is one of those extremely rare palindrome days. Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Religion, He Wrote

  

  A friend recently sent me the New York Times obituary for Carol Serling, the wife of one of my heroes, Rod Serling. Perhaps it’s a personal weakness, but I ofte... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Remember This

  

  Have you ever had one of those days? You know the kind I mean—a day when you feel like you’re forgetting something. Wednesday was like that for me. Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Memories of Scotland

  

  I admire those who follow their dreams. I have been writing fiction for over forty years now, and although I’ve had some success placing short pieces my novels... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• The Reading Bug

  

  With the sunshine coming in my office can feel pleasantly warm in winter. I chose this location not because of its southern exposure, but because it is a small... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• How To Study

  As much as I critique Calvinism, I participate in its hardness sometimes. For instance, when I was employed in higher education I would’ve considered reception... Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Fueling Fires

  Paying attention to world affairs can take all your time. In fact, for those who study foreign affairs, it practically does. I’ve been struggling with the fact... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Quiet Night

  

  Reading challenges are a good way to expose yourself to books you might not otherwise find. This is my fifth time through the Modern Mrs. Darcy’s annual... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Space Farce

  

  Okay, so “Space Force” sounds like a gimmick that you’d see in a 1950’s ad geared to dungaree-wearing boys. These boys, who’d be named “Dick” would show the... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Bodies and the Fall

  

  Less common than it once was, the term “Dark Ages” was formerly used to denote what in Europe was known as the Medieval Period. Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Integrity

  

  I’m not lying when I say untruth has been on my mind a lot. A few days ago I posted on freedom of speech and how it’s an ideal rather than an actuality. Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Now You Don’t

  

  Quite some time ago I realized I should read Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man. What put me off, as usual, was length. Long books take a real time commitment, but... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Truth, Justice, and

  

  Martin Luther King, Jr. attended Boston University School of Theology long before I did. We remember him today as a great leader, a man willing to die for what... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Poe’s Demons

  

  In Nightmares with the Bible I use an idea penned by Edgar Allan Poe as one of the threads holding the book together. One early reader complained that Poe didn’... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Protest Day

  

  Today should be known as Protest Day. Three years ago with over a million others I marched in Washington. The media still routinely underreports the numbers... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Morality, by Contract

  

  So, maybe it’s the crazy wind that was blowing around here all day yesterday, but I’m beginning to wonder about corporate sanity (if there is such a thing). Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Amendments

  

  Funny thing about freedom of speech. It doesn’t really exist in a capitalist system. Words, I suspect the powers that be know, are extremely potent. Any system... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY