Steveawiggins

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• Indexing Life

  

  I’m thinking about indexing my life. It might help to keep things organized, don’t you think? One of those odd disconnects that a biblical studies editor faces... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Temple Mysteries

  

  Maybe you’ve noticed it too. If you read the Bible, rather than just pose with it, you’ll wonder what went on in the temple when you’re done. Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Learning To Shift

  

  Beliefs have a way of shifting with time and learning. A regular part of my job is to spend time on college, university, and seminary websites. Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Under Pressure

  

  Cars don’t get driven as much these days. Working from home does save quite a bit on the cost of filling up a couple times a week. Cars that sit, however,... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Biblical Museum

  

  The Museum of the Bible has never successfully steered itself away from controversy. Just a couple weeks back a story on NPR reported that federal authorities... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Teutonic Ennui

  

  I don’t remember its title or its author. I do recall that there was a character, or perhaps there were characters, who kept saying “etwas muss getan... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Sinning

  

  The other day I was searching through the CDs we have and came across the Pet Shop Boys’ album, Actually. Curious, I googled them and was surprised to learn tha... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Weathering Frights

  

  It reminded me of a nightmare. The box, containing a book, was soaked through. A sudden thunderstorm had come before we knew the box was even there on the... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Ahab’s Garden

  

  One of my motivations, I have to admit, for re-reading Moby Dick this year was my wife’s gift of Ahab’s Rolling Sea: A Natural History of Moby-Dick, by Richard... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Wandering

  

  Sarah Perry seems to be a writer who refuses to be pinned down. Some of us are careful in our fiction to make sure things progress logically, almost factually.... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• George Floyd

  

  Perhaps for the first time in four years, 45 is beginning to see people are unhappy. Very unhappy. The pontiff—excuse me—president wanted a photo-op with the... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Wondering About Fall

  

  I’m not a professor, but I play one on—no, wait—wrong commercial. I’m not a professor, but I used to be. Now as the spring semester, which ended remotely, is... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Eternal Returns

  

  Nightmares with the Bible has been submitted. Those of you who read this blog regularly know that it is my fourth book and that it is a kind of sequel to Holy... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Mail In

  

  As the Republican war on democracy continues, I’m wondering about mail-in ballots. The good news is that I live in a state where such a thing is possible—there... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Serenity

  

  A few weeks back I posted about a dove that had built a nest on an unused planter on our front porch. I’d read that mourning doves choosing your house was a sig... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Too Close?

  

  What with the US Navy admitting that UFOs are real and all, it seemed like a good idea to watch Close Encounters of the Third Kind over the holiday weekend. Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Somebody Elsism

  

  It’s 5:30 a.m. the day after Memorial Day and I’m out jogging. I go out at this time because there’s not much likelihood of encountering many other people. Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Remembering Cautiously

  

  Memorial Day has a special poignancy when thousands of people are needlessly dying from a disease. As the unofficial kick-off to summer, the holiday also marks... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Nothing To Eat

  

  Some stories are unsettling to the point of spirituality. That’s my impression of Han Kang’s The Vegetarian. My wife wanted my opinion of it and when she used... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Ancient Technology

  

  The pandemic, like any news event these days, has generated a whole new vocabulary. I had to look up PPE on Google (Personal Protective Equipment, if you live i... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY