Steveawiggins

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• Book and Bell

  

  The Bell Witch: An American Haunting, by Brent Monahan, is a book I’ve read before. The subtitle was used for a cinematic version. Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Scrolls Not Living

  

  Of the many ancient finds in Western Asia, none captured the imagination like the Dead Sea Scrolls. The timing and romance of the find itself, the scandals... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Not So Hollow

  

  It is difficult to say how an idea might grab you. I really have no idea why Washington Irving’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” took my childhood imagination... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Write Brothers

  

  Work interferes with my concentration. I suspect I’m not alone among writers in this regard. Just last week I had two fiction pieces accepted for publication... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Permanent Change

  

  Maybe you’ve experienced it too. The sense of change in a large city like New York is palpable. Although I don’t commute in much any more, I noticed it when I... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• The New Purple

  

  Those of us who grew up Evangelical hold an unusual place among our liberal peers. We’re often able to peer around, over, and under that wall that has been buil... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Upstate Reading

  

  In terms of cash flow I don’t fall into the wealthy bracket. My assets are largely in pre-printed paper form, and when I visit the local Little Free Library it’... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Pointing to the Moon

  

  The failure of India’s Chandrayaan 2 to maintain contact, intended to make India the fourth nation to successfully conduct a lunar landing, sent me reading abou... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Horseman Horror

  

  Yesterday was distinctly autumnal around here. Cloudy and cool, the overcast was definitely moody although the equinox is still a couple weeks away. Still, the... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Plumbing Depths

  

  This past week we had a plumber here for a day. Our house has been owned by a succession of DIY weekend warriors who had more confidence than ability when it... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Correct Auto

  

  I’ve tried turning it off, but it sometimes doesn’t work. Every time there’s a system update (about every other hour, now) the new system reloads autocorrect. Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Power of Parables

  

  Parables come in all sizes and shapes, horror movie-shaped, some of them. In my perpetual struggle to catch up, I finally got to see Get Out. Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Burger Impossible

  

  On the way home from Ithaca, we’ve learned the hard way to avoid I-80 through the Poconos on a holiday weekend. Past experience indicates that about 80 percent... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Masked Reality

  

  Before I make my confession you need to consider that I spent much of my professional life as a seminary professor. Never ordained, I nevertheless donned the... Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Significant Places

  

  Upstate New York may not get the attention that the state’s largest city does, but it is a place of wonder. One of those sources of significance is the unique... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Gods, Monsters, and Publication

  

  One of life’s great ironies is that those of us not born to wealth have to spend the years we’re young enough to enjoy ourselves stabilizing our situation... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Better Places

  

  I have to confess that I’d never heard of Ottessa Moshfegh before. Shame on me, I know. As a wannabe writer, I feel compelled to know other writers’ names.... Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• The Holy

  

  It’s perfectly natural. Trying to make sense of things, I mean. It’s been a little difficult in America for the past three years or so, given that nothing... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Linking

  

  So I’m active on LinkedIn. I try to keep social media down to the essentials, but you never know when opportunity might rap its knuckles next to your shingle. Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Reading Railroad

  

  Rereading books takes time. When I was a professor my reading time was largely limited to the summer and winter breaks. Those who haven’t experienced the... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY