Steveawiggins

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• A Star in the East

  

  The times they are a, well, you know—nobody wants to violate copyright. In any case, nothing stays the same for long. New York, for example, is a city in a... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Truth Under Fire

  

  As Evangelicals continue their unflinching support for Trump, Rudy Giuliani has at last said something that rings true with these “Christians.” According to a... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Financial Ethics

  

  In a conversation with a professional colleague recently, I was discussing what might happen to ethics when sex with machines becomes common. Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Away and a Stranger

  

  “And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem. Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Horse Senses

  

  If a horse can be made a senator, surely an ass can be made a president. History can be unkind to those who think too highly of themselves. It’s a horse of a... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• The Distortion of Absence

  

  I’m sure it’s happened to you, too. After some time away, you return to somewhere familiar. For some reason this doesn’t seem to apply to places you spend only ... Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Homework

  

  I’m trying to organize a home office. Gone are the days that this meant a stapler and mug full of pencils. The office is essentially a laptop since work is... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Enoch Enough

  

  For a person referenced so little in the Bible, Enoch captured popular imagination in a way difficult to comprehend. Even in ancient times speculation about... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• 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