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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Living color: The value of atheism, diversity, and all hands on deck
Here’s the link to this article. It’s hard to think of yourself as the default when you know so many other counterexamples. by CAPTAIN CASSIDY OCT 19, 2023 Overview:…
It’s Worse Than You Think, by Oilver Burkeman It isn’t difficult to accomplish everything you want to. It’s impossible. *** You Are Here Find greater enjoyment and meaning…
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…
America doesn’t need more God. It needs more atheists.
Here’s the link to this article. By Kate Cohen Contributing columnist I like to say that my kids made me an atheist. But really what they did was make…
The Habit of Force, by Oilver Burkeman We can endure life’s tasks with discipline—or welcome them with enjoyment. *** You Are Here Find greater enjoyment and meaning in…
The Boaz Scorekeeper, written in 2017, is my second novel. I’ll post it, a chapter a day, over the next few weeks. Things were much different during my…
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…
The Reality of Senseless Suffering, by Franz Kiekeben
Here’s the link to this article. By Franz Kiekeben at 10/19/2023 The traditional argument from evil claimed that God was incompatible with any amount of suffering, for God could, and would…
Richard L. Fricks 