Steveawiggins

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• November’s Vampires

  

  It may have been the year without a Halloween here in the northeast coastal region of the United States, but it looks like some of the spirit has persisted... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2012 RELIGION, SOCIETY

• True Myth

  

  A friend of mine, I am glad to see, has started a blog. I’ve mentioned K. Marvin Bruce (“Marvin”) before on my blog, but his situation is such that job and... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2012 RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Substance of Faith

  

  Every once in a very great while, faith is rewarded. I’m not talking about the faith that is bound up in black leather, inaccessible to realists who struggle... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2012 RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Vote!

  

  “Remember, remember the fifth of November.” Election day is upon us and my mind goes to V for Vendetta. The movie is about oppressive regimes and, more... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2012 RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Hard to Digest

  

  Sweeny Todd has never been one of my favorite shows, but the dark humor and gratuitous bloodshed made it seem somehow appropriate as a November movie after a... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2012 RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Lessons from Sandy

  

  While many are still without power and school is cancelled for an unprecedented sixth day in a row, the eastern Mid-Atlantic states are still recovering from... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2012 RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Big Top

  

  Being raised by a woman who staunchly kept her evangelical faith no matter what the world threw at her has undoubtedly left a deep impression on me. Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2012 RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Two Swords

  

  One of the more interesting situations to emerge from Hurricane Sandy’s aftermath was the celebration of Halloween. I know that I’ve already lost some readers... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2012 RELIGION, SOCIETY

• For Saints, All

  The year without a winter has also become the year without a Halloween. As the first surge of Sandy made herself felt, we were among the 5 million households... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2012 RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Puny Windstorm

  

  Nothing says wrath of God like a hurricane. Those of us along the Mid-Atlantic coast of the United States are hunkered down wondering what’s to become of daily... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2012 RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Silent Fright

  

  “[A] sight to be endured with one’s mind closed to thoughts of the sterile and hideous world we are letting our technicians make,” is how Rachel Carson describe... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2012 RELIGION, SOCIETY