Steveawiggins

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• Growing Green

  

  It was bound to happen sooner or later. I married into a family of singers, and when we gather at a cabin in the woods, singing breaks out. Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2015 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• The Reign of Rain

  

  I’m on vacation for a week. My job is such that taking vacation is becoming a rare commodity, what with precious few allotted days and move-in, move-out... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2015 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• When You’re Alone

  

  The story is told of how evangelist George Whitefield, on one of his several Atlantic crossings, traded some commodity for a deck of playing cards that he... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2015 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Ancient Tech

  

  I feel like scraping Roman numerals on the wall of my cave with a sharp rock. One for each day I have to spend without my laptop. I’ve been working on this blog... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2015 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Death, Technically

  

  Those of you who punish yourselves by reading my posts regularly may wonder at how different my last couple of posts have been. Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2015 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Musical Magic

  

  In-flight magazines aren’t a place I turn for inspiration. Having been raised in poverty, I’ve never found the jet-set interests to be at all engaging. I can’t... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2015 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Skewed Perspective

  

  Mysterium tremendum is the term often applied to numinous experiences. The sense of being in the presence of something both terrifying and compelling. Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2015 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Monster Impulse

  

  Some people are impulse buyers. In fact, retailers count on it. All those last-minute items next to the cash register while you wait your turn to consume—they... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2015 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Preacher’s Best Friend

  

  Perhaps it’s because I was born in Franklin, Pennsylvania, or perhaps it’s because everything I’ve ever read about him suggests he was delightfully unorthodox,... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2015 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Social Media and Persia

  

  A story appeared on the BBC recently about “sin free Facebook.” The website, which started in Brazil, is based on the idea that users don’t like having swear... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2015 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• All Relative

  

  Among the most compelling questions raised by consciousness is “where am I from?” Humans are a species of widely traveled individuals and despite the fiction... Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2015 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• One Flew Over Cthulhu’s Nest

  

  Pluto is a metaphor for the ultimate of outer limits. Just one of many largish objects in the Kuiper Belt, Pluto for a while held the status of the final... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2015 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• God’s Wormhole

  

  Can God and science mix? I suppose that the third season of Through the Wormhole would be the place to look. The entire season has a distinctly metaphysical fee... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2015 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• For the Sake of Fighting

  

  Different opinions can be used for discussion or destruction. In the formal context of government, the declaration of war is—or should be—an option of last... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2015 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Night Terrors

  

  Nightmares are the stuff dreams are made of. Or maybe I’ve got that the wrong way around. Having grown up subject to frequent nightmares, I still occasionally... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2015 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Detoxing God

  

  There’s some pretty weird stuff in the Bible. Those who are only familiar with all the “thou shalt not”s are missing a great deal. Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2015 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• The Last First

  

  Pluto used to be a planet. Humans, in our unfaltering confidence, have downgraded it to a sub-planet, a dwarf planet, as if we know how big a planet ought to be. Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2015 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Tales of Wonder

  

  I knew of fairy tales as a child, but I recall them mostly being mediated through the Wonderful World of Disney on Sunday nights, just before bath time. Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2015 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Ever on a Monday

  

  No matter how early you go to bed on Sunday night, Monday morning comes too early.  The only thing that makes my long, penitential commute survivable is the boo... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2015 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Headliners

  

  I sometimes wish I was a journalist. Just this past week a couple of people questioned my journalistic skills for an opinion piece I wrote for Religion... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2015 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY