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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Survey: Belief in God, Heaven, Hell, angels, and the devil is lower than ever before
Here’s the link to this article. While a majority of Americans still believe in supernatural entities, Gallup found declines over the past two decades HEMANT MEHTA JUL 20,…
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07/27/23 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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The busiest abortionist
Here’s the link to this article. by DR. ABBY HAFER JUL 06, 2022 Reading Time: 5 MINUTES “They took it out in pieces,” she told me. My friend was discussing a…
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The Boaz Stranger–Chapter 9
Lillian was still in bed when her iPhone rang. She unburied herself from three layers of covers and reached toward the nightstand, knocking over a bottle of water.…
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What I’m reading
I encourage all my Southern Baptist friends (and others) to read this excellent book. Here’s a quote: Personal feelings about your relationship with any deity — no matter…
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07/26/23 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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A biologist explains why ‘heartbeat laws’ are nonsensical
Here’s the link to this article. by DR. ABBY HAFER MAY 06, 2022 Overview The proliferation of anti-abortion ‘heartbeat laws’ cynically conflate the spontaneous pulsing of cardiac cells with…
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The Boaz Stranger–Chapter 8
I slept horribly. Every time I’d close my eyes, the current edition of the American Bar Association’s law journal would appear. On its cover was a picture of…
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“Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds”
Here’s the link to this article. STEVE SCHMIDT JUL 23, 2023 “Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.” — J. Robert Oppenheimer ‘Oppenheimer’ is an extraordinary and stunning…
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07/25/23 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…
Richard L. Fricks 