Steveawiggins

LATEST ARTICLES ( 4659 )

• My Bee’s Keeper

  

  I’m not proud of it. In fact, truth be told, I tear up a little bit when I think about it. It happened so long ago, but it was a casual act of violence that mad... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• A Concept

  

  Pardon me for being perplexed in public. You see, things aren’t as clear cut as they used to be. In the world in which I grew up Evangelicalism was good and... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Emulating Icarus

  

  According to a story by Sarah Kaplan in the Washington Post, NASA is preparing to send a probe closer to the sun than any human-made object has been before. Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Good News Shipping

  

  “And all the ships at sea,” was the closing of Walter Winchell’s radio broadcast introduction. The phrase has a certain poignancy about it—a cross between... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Heal and Farewell

  

  What could Aimee Semple McPherson have in common with the devious Russian monk Rasputin? Apart from being contemporaries for a couple decades, they were both... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Breakfast of Champions

  

  In my efforts to become vegan, I’m finding dairy to be the hardest element to replace. I’m reminded of this every morning since the day begins with cereal. Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Christian Sister

  

  Difficult to believe as it may be, some of the biggest superstars in America’s history have been clergy. The case has been firmly made that George Whitefield,... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Fool’s Paradise

  

  What with all the Bible-trumping going on these days among the desiccated religions right, I thought it might be helpful to turn back to the Good Book itself. Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Augustine’s Secret Sin

  

  I’m curious: what do you think of Augustine? Augustine of Hippo was an odd blend of saint and sinner. I don’t mean “saint” in the sense of being so designated b... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Noah’s Phone

  

  The world-wide flood is a great story. We find it in many cultures, so the idea obviously captured the attention of ancients as well as moderns. Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Devil of the Time

  

  There can be little doubt that evil prospers. We’ve suffered through a year of an evil administration and we’ve seen the government increase the suffering of it... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• March On

  

  The day after the government shutdown, Women’s Marches were held across the country. Unlike the shutdown, these marches had been planned and anticipated in... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Recognition

  

  I was reading the account of the Transfiguration the other day, the way that you do, when a thought occurred to me. How did Pete, Jim, and John know that Moses... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• The Maelstrom

  

  Some monsters can’t be destroyed. Today is Edgar Allan Poe’s birthday. Poe had his demons, for sure, but the twentieth century took personal fear and made it... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Peter and the Red Giant

  

  Now that my book has been sent off to the publisher, I’m working on the next project. This one has me delving back into the Greek of the New Testament. It may... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Playing Piano

  

  It must be very difficult to write books that make the future believable. With the speed of technological change, it’s getting more difficult all the time. Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Moon Base

  

  Late last year scientists announced that a tunnel they’d found on the moon (remotely, of course) would make an ideal location for a human colony. Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Kings and Fiends

  

  Martin Luther King Jr. was, and is, a symbol of hope. This day, as we’re encouraged to think of progress, we’re mired under leadership that less than a week... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Street Clearing

  

  Not driving to work definitely has its advantages. Although studies suggest commuting takes a great toll on hapless riders, the stress of driving in traffic—mor... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Plain Speaking

  

  When the president of the United States utters words too vulgar to print here, I think of the old They Might Be Giants’ song “Your Racist Friend.” The song is... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY