Steveawiggins

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• Church of Advent

  

  It’s a common name. You might know one yourself: William Miller. Indeed, for many years of my own life I borrowed that surname from my stepfather before... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Overlooked Scripture

  

  In this great Trump Tower of capitalism in which we all live, I often wonder about the overlooked Bible. Fundamentalist Trump supporters certainly know how to... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• First Look

  

  Youth might be described in a number of ways. One, of course, is in biological years. Another may be in exposure to experiences which change your life. Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Ned Ludd and Company

  

  I’m sure you’ve seen them too. Maybe in the movies, or on a newsreel, or maybe on a filmstrip in school. I’m referring to those scenes, usually in some foreign... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• By Numbers

  

  Numbers 12.3 always struck me as one of the oddest verses of the Pentateuch. This was back in the days when I’d been taught that Moses wrote Genesis through... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Oil Heritage

  

  I love optical illusions. Apart from the sheer fun of ambiguity, such illusions are really all about perspective. Shifting perspective can be one of the most... Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Night of the Museum

  

  I admit to being a relative stranger to contemporary commercial television. We don’t have “triple play” at home, and since the internet provides more informatio... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Hurricane Warming

  

  Image credit: NOAA, public domain via Wikimedia CommonsMy heart goes out to those suffering from Hurricane Harvey in Texas and Louisiana. Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Planet A

  

  Two of the classics of ecology, A Sand County Almanac, by Aldo Leopold, and The Sea Around Us, by Rachel Carson, were published by Oxford University Press. Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Birth of a Notion

  

  Childhood is an impressionable time. Our phobias begin then. Children are vulnerable. (Of course our current government is intent on making us all afraid of... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Noah’s Parable

  

  I write a lot about Noah. For those who didn’t know me before this blog, I was once invited to write a book on Noah for a series ironically published by Oxford... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Fighting Nightmares

  

  Some things are so personal, and inexplicable, that they’re difficult to put into words. Not only that, but they often involve other people and I try not to... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• American Caligula

  

  In the days before the American Caligula, the Trump family disgusted average Americans. I mean specifically one of those whose songs are considered essential... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Zounds Like

  

  Liberation from the confines of academia allows for the occasional indulgence in taboo subjects. I can’t remember when I first heard of stigmata. Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Power in the Blood

  

  Converts, they say, are often the worst. It matters less what the conversion is to or from, since the zeal of the newly enlightened is impossible to match. Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Surface Tension

  

  Montclair, New Jersey, is distinguished by having two bookstores. On Saturdays when my wife has to work there, I sometimes come along. Apart from the pleasant... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Eclipse 2017

  

  It’s the day after the eclipse. Perhaps it’s because of the internet, but the excitement about this somewhat common event reached a fever pitch. Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Celestial Happenings

  

  Science fiction used to be the mainstay of my reading. Unlike a true fan, I was never exclusively devoted to it—my tastes are far too eclectic to be contained b... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Miracle on 34th Street

  

  It smelled like Christmas. I was out of the office for a rare lunchtime errand, and I had just turned the corner from Madison Avenue onto 34th Street. It hit... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Creative Religion

  

  If you ignore common sense and read this blog, you know that I try to be creative in my approach to the world. It’s bold, in my way of thinking, to claim the... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY