Steveawiggins

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• Bible Practice

  

  In a strange kind of oneupmanship, the horrendous murders in Sutherland Springs overshadowed the story of Scott Ostrem’s multiple shooting at a Walmart in... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Clean Living

  

  One of the fun things about the Oxford Dictionaries blog is that you learn unexpected things about words. In fact, you can often find something profound in a... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Christian Story

  

  The problem with the Bible is anybody can “interpret” it. As a book of unrivaled status in the American imagination, it can be tapped for anything from... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Imagine Devils

  

  One of the more encouraging events of recent times took place on Tuesday. In elections across the country many public offices were won by women. Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Creating Annabelle

  

  You might go crazy trying to piece it all together. The buzz for The Conjuring had a spinoff prequel, Annabelle, in the making even as the movie hit theaters.... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Guns and Ghosts

  

  The irony of a nation that has gun laws made by those with body guards is especially cruel in the shadow of Sutherland Springs. Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Keystones

  

  It was one of the very few parties to which I’d been invited in Edinburgh. “When a Scotsman asks you where you’re from,” one of the guests said to me, “he... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Joshua Fit

  

  “Horrible things are going to happen!” shouts Grandpa Simpson. He ends his epiphany in church with the strange words “Epa, epa! Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Stranger Things

  

  Albert Camus preferred the label “absurdist” to “existentialist” to describe himself. The problem with labels is that we don’t always get to pick our own. Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2017 RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Digging Even Deeper

  

  What does it mean to exist for someone else? Isn’t this the very definition of slavery? Yes, we may voluntarily give ourselves to someone for the sake of love,... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Amityville Revisited

  

  Remakes, standard wisdom holds, are seldom as good as the originals. When the original wasn’t great to begin with, the bar should be lower. Should be. Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Turn the Other What?

  

  The man next to me on the bus is reading his Bible. At one point in my life that would’ve made me feel safe. I would’ve known that the person next to me was... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Spirits and Souls

  

  I first became aware of the work of Felicitas D. Goodman because of her classic text on spirit possession. Published by the reputable Indiana University Press,... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• All Hallows Eve

  

  I can tell that I’ve been far too busy when I don’t have time to prepare for Halloween. I don’t mean commercially—running out and buying decorations and the... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Contracting Something

  

  Book contracts make me happy. After slipping from higher education into the limbo of editing, it took a few years before realizing that not all books have to... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Kings of Israel

  

  Eating out is something that has become more of a habit than it should. Still, when we get together with friends it’s a cause for celebration, and a restaurant... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Justice for All

  

  One of the perks of working for a publisher is author talks. I’ve worked for three publishers now, and the last two have made great efforts to bring authors to... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Hiding Out

  

  It’s seen better days. The spine is coming unglued and the pages are brittle, fracturing into tan snowflakes as I turn the pages. Still, this unusual little boo... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Trained Witnesses

  

  The problem with lying is that it generally doesn’t hold up. Eventually people will figure out that a falsehood is exactly that and the liar will be scorned.... Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Infinite but Expanding

  

  What could be more humbling than living in an infinite but expanding universe? Since the days of Copernicus, Brahe, Kepler, Galileo, and Newton we’ve known... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2017 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY