Steveawiggins

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• In the Inn

  

  One of those things that really bothers me is the concept of being forced out of a home. It’s never happened to me personally, but that doesn’t mean I can’t fea... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Which Shaman?

  

  It’s a strange kind of vindication when you see someone argue your ideas independently. Even if they understand those ideas in a different way. Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Punch Bug

  

  There’s no other reason for buying a Volkswagen Beetle than making a statement. We bought ours in 2003, before they got squashed. Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Science of Compassion

  

  It has been several years now since I’ve been directly (or indirectly) involved in robotics. During my daughter’s high school years I was active in the FIRST... Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Receiver

  

  Being a writer (I can’t claim to be an author since I don’t make a living at it) is like being a radio receiver. You pick up signals, or so it seems, and it’s... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Croce’s Lament

  

  So how much time is there? I mean all together. I suppose there’s no way to know that because we have no idea what came before the Big Bang. Those who invent... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Bookmark This

  

  I haven’t forgotten about horror. In fact, this past late winter my list of must see movies has continued to grow. I don’t subject you, my kind readers, to... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Winter Travels

  

  Every now and again you read a book that drops you into a world of wonder. That’s how I’d describe Italo Calvino’s If on a Winter’s Night a Traveller. What’s... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Double the Magic

  

  Since The Prestige came out over a decade ago I’m not going to worry too much about spoilers below. This post also comes with another caveat: if you watch this... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Youth Evolving

  

  Picture a picture. A photograph. I’ve got a specific one in mind, but it’s likely one you’ve not seen. Any photograph will work for this lesson, but if it’s... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Chilly Fluids

  

  I’m not sure why I did it. Read In Cold Blood. I’d known of Truman Capote’s main claim to fame for years, but an accidental recent mention, a cheap copy in a... Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Patchwork

  

  I don’t wear clothing with advertisements. Perhaps it’s my Quaker-like sensibilities, or maybe it’s just that I hate being a shill. What has any corporation don... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• The Root of All

  

  The other day I was in one of those stores where everything is sold really cheaply. I figure it helps balance out all those times when I’ve been overcharged... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Eastern Canon

  

  It’s complicated. The Bible, that is. Tracing its origins as a book can easily occupy a lifetime, but the issue that keeps coming up with Scripture is how,... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Mission Impossible

  

  You can always tell Jehovah’s Witnesses by their tracts. When I heard a tap, tap, tap on my front door the other day I was handed a flier and a cheery invitatio... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Chapter and Verse

  

  Maybe like me you’ve read some arguments based on chapter and verse. I should mention that I mean chapter and verse in the Bible. The typical scenario will go... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• The Reboot

  

  It lied to me. My computer. Don’t get me wrong; I know all about trying to save face. I also know my laptop pretty well by now. It was running slow, taking... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Spoken Against

  

  “Antilegomena” is a word that appears more often in New Testament studies than it does in those of the Hebrew Bible. Still, it’s an important part of the... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• You Call That Working?

  

  A recent post of mine on the United Methodist Church got a lot of response (for me, anyway) on other social media. As I pondered this—I’ve written about the... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Devil Or Con?

  

  You can’t believe everything you read. That’s one of the first tenets of critical thinking. This whole process is about how to get to the truth, and in a... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY