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 archive begins with the most recent writing. Use the numbered pages below to move backward through time.
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The Christian nationalism is coming from inside the House
Here’s the link to this article. by ADAM LEE NOV 02, 2023 Overview: Mike Johnson, the new Speaker of the House, is a radical Christian nationalist who opposes democracy—and…
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Waking Up 11/09/23
Daily Meditation Don’t Meditate Because It’s Good for You Learn why meditation is about much more than simply feeling good in the moment. *** For more information, click…
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The Boaz Scorekeeper–Chapter 25
The Boaz Scorekeeper, written in 2017, is my second novel. I’ll post it, a chapter a day, over the next few weeks. I shouldn’t have been surprised that…
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11/08/23 Biking & Listening
Here’s today’s bike ride. Why I ride Biking is something I both love and hate. The conflicting emotions arise from the undeniable physical effort it demands. However, this…
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To Be a Person: Jane Hirshfield’s Playful and Poignant Poem About Bearing Our Human Condition
Here’s the link to this article. BY MARIA POPOVA A human being is a living constellation of contradictions, mostly opaque to itself. “Inward secret creatures,” Iris Murdoch called…
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Pizza 11/07/23
Awesome pizza from homemade pizza oven (stacked brick, no mortar). Homemade pizza oven door, not shown. Brick temperature in front of fire: 610 degrees. Cooked three pizzas–two in…
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Christianity’s Addiction to Magical Thinking
Here’s the link to this article. By David Madison at 11/03/2023 Churchgoers don’t even notice or care A thousand years from now, will there be people—with as little grasp of history…
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Waking Up 11/08/23
Daily Meditation What Is Mindfulness? Clarify your understanding of mindfulness and explore how it develops in stages. *** For more information, click here.
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The Boaz Scorekeeper–Chapter 24
The Boaz Scorekeeper, written in 2017, is my second novel. I’ll post it, a chapter a day, over the next few weeks. Almost immediately, Matt and I started…
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11/07/23 Biking & Listening
Here’s today’s bike ride. Why I ride Biking is something I both love and hate. The conflicting emotions arise from the undeniable physical effort it demands. However, this…
Richard L. Fricks 