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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The Massive Damage Done by Sunday School and Catechism
Here’s the link to this article by David Madison 03/17/2023 Indoctrination is not education A careful reading of the New Testament reveals how much early Christians disagreed with…
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03/18/23 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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Life inside the Bible Bubble–The Bible is without error & historically accurate.
Watch this short clip: https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/c0eoDjV4xDd Now, let’s look under the hood. Remember, reading to death will likely change your mind on what you otherwise believe you know. Read…
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Why Writers Write: George Orwell on the Four Universal Motives for Creative Work
Here’s the link to this article. “All writers are vain, selfish, and lazy, and at the very bottom of their motives there lies a mystery.” BY MARIA POPOVA…
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Commentary on D. James Kennedy’s book Why I Believe–Conclusion
Here’s the link to this article. Conclusion I do not consider myself a Christian, or an atheist. If one were to pigeonhole my own personal philosophy with a…
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Writing Journal—Saturday writing prompt
Your protagonist is unloading groceries when a giant spider crawls out of the sack of oranges. What happens next? . One Stop for Writers Here’s five story…
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Random reading/listening–03/17/23
“Religion and education: Let’s be perfectly clear,” by Darren Sherkat. Here’s the link. “Answering Dan Barker’s Easter Challenge,” by Jonathan MS Pearce. Here’s the link. “‘What Happens to…
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The Lord Who Lies
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Christianity Made Me Talk Like an Idiot
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Vladimir Nabokov on Writing, Reading, and the Three Qualities a Great Storyteller Must Have
Here’s the link to this article. “Between the wolf in the tall grass and the wolf in the tall story there is a shimmering go-between. That go-between, that…
Richard L. Fricks 