Steveawiggins

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• Pretty as a Prayerbook

  

  Stolidity. Canons all across this deck are known for it. Visions of unchanging texts, however, tend to be false perceptions. Even the canon of the Bible differs... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Be It Resolved

  

  I’m not a believer in New Years Resolutions. A constant and critical self-monitor, when I notice a bad behavior I try to correct it right away. Sometimes I’m... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• August Mornings

  

  It’s August and I’m already starting to feel haunted. While science may declare it nonsense, there’s a feeling in the air—particularly in the early... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Temporary Id

  

  Who am I, really? I can’t help but ponder this whenever I apply for a new form of identification. While at the Department of Motor Vehicles I observed a room... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• A Few of My Favorite Monsters

  

  It was a guilty pleasure read. We’d just moved and I needed a new novel for bed-time reading. Most of our undamaged books were still boxed up and, well, enough... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Forever Jung

  

  A funny thing about aging is that you recollect your youth, but you find yourself less able to do the things that seemed so easy when you were more spry. Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Special Delivery

  

  Apotropaic is a word that can be translated as “turning away evil.” For all that, it’s a perfectly good English word, although seldom used outside realms such a... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Trending Horror

  

  It’s not often that I can claim to be ahead of the curve. A “late bloomer,” I was a timid child whose reaction to most of the world was a species of phobia. Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Tintinnabulation

  

  On a summer’s day when I can work with the windows open, I hear the bells of a local church. We haven’t been in our current location long enough to know for... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Animal Rains

  

  We may have been to the moon—if not personally, collectively—but we still don’t control the weather down here. It’s probably not news that the eastern part of... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Soggy Symbols

  

  House-buying is perhaps best left for the young. Flexibility is, unfortunately, something that effaces with age, and house-buying is a rough transition at best. Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Water Monsters

  

  Chaos is a monster. More than personal opinion, that’s a biblical view. If, like many modern people with theological training, you’ve been taught that Genesis... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Shepherding Lies

  

  They’re going to look pretty ridiculous when this is all over. Like sheep without a shepherd. Evangelicals, I mean. The fact is they’ve jettisoned everything... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Childhood’s End?

  

  Writers are agents against chaos. Those of you who read this blog frequently know that chaos has been one of my themes lately. Moving, which is a process that... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Chaoskampf

  

  It’s a poignant thing to hold a dying book in your hands. What was once, straight, flat, and dry, now dissolves into a pulpy mess that, if it ever recovers, wil... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• False Memory

  

  One of the reasons our recent loss of books hit me so hard is that each volume contains memories. Among the more disturbing developments of memory studies in... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Final Leg

  

  Travel is a form of education. You won’t get college credit for it (unless some administrative footwork is involved), but it is a means of learning. Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Hidden Origins

  

  This blog was born at the very lake I’m about to leave. Although it’s relaxing, there’s an element of chaos to a family vacation that stirs up creativity. Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Lions, Bears, and Caribou

  

  The place I’ve been spending this week is the habitat of grizzly bears, caribou, and mountain lions, none of which I’ve ever seen here. Two of these species vie... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Hearing Nature’s Voice

  

  Silence is a rare treat. I enjoy music and witty repartee just as much as the next guy, but silence is revelatory. At home and in hotels I sleep to the sound... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY