For many years I wrote about fiction, story, belief, ordinary life, and the questions that shaped my work. More than two thousand essays remain here—not because every one represents my current thinking, but because together they tell the story of a writer learning over time.
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Relax, everyone! Russell Moore knows exactly how to reverse evangelicals’ decline
Here’s the link to this article. You won’t believe this one weird trick by CAPTAIN CASSIDY JUL 29, 2023 Overview: A recent post by Russell Moore in ‘The Atlantic’…
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The Boaz Stranger–Chapter 19
At 5:00 AM, Ray finally threw the covers back. “Shit, I might as well get up.” He had barely slept. Judge Broadside’s ruling had crawled around Ray’s head…
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Note from Joyce: Alabama’s Attorney General Wants to Control Your Access to Reproductive Medical Care
Here’s the link to this article. By JOYCE VANCE LISTEN Dear Reader, On Monday, the ACLU sued Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall on behalf of the West Alabama Women’s Center and…
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08/05/23 Biking & Listening
Biking is something else I both love and hate. It takes a lot of effort but does provide good exercise and most days over an hour to listen…
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Battling Demons of the Mind
Here’s the link to this article. James A. Haught | January 1, 1997 | Modern Library (1997) [This article was originally published in the Spring 1997 issue of Free Inquiry.] Sincere seekers of…
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The Boaz Stranger–Chapter 18
Four hours of preparation down the drain. That’s the time I’d spent yesterday afternoon and evening pouring through case law while anticipating being on the hot seat presenting…
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08/04/23 Biking & Listening
Biking is something else I both love and hate. It takes a lot of effort but does provide good exercise and most days over an hour to listen…
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Whitmire: Tommy Tuberville leaves Alabama lost in space
Here’s the link to this article. By Sign up for Alabamafication: Kyle Whitmire’s newsletter, “Alabamafication” examines the outsized influence of this very strange state, taking aim at corruption, cruelty,…
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Must watch–Trump’s own lawyer just quoted Trump committing a crime
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Three little words: I don’t know
Here’s the link to this article. James A. Haught | February 11, 1997 | Modern Library [This speech was delivered to the Marshall University chapter, Campus Freethought Alliance, Feb. 11, 1997.] When…
Richard L. Fricks 