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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09/27/23 Biking & Listening
Here’s a link to 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…
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Robert Sapolsky’s new book on determinism
Here’s the link to this article. Jerry A. Coyne, 9/25/23 Robert Sapolsky, a biological polymath who’s written several best-selling books, pointed out in earlier ones (like Behave) that he…
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God and Girl–Chapter 11
God and Girl is my first novel, written in 2015. I’ll post it, a chapter a day, over the next few weeks. It was Sunday afternoon on a…
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09/26/23 Biking & Listening
Here’s a link to 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…
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Former Southern Baptist leader: My sexual misconduct is “nobody else’s business”
Here’s the link to this article. Johnny Hunt, who condemned same-sex marriage, says his own infidelity is a private matter HEMANT MEHTA SEP 25, 2023 This newsletter is…
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God and Girl–Chapter 10
God and Girl is my first novel, written in 2015. I’ll post it, a chapter a day, over the next few weeks. The first week of school had…
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09/25/23 Biking & Listening
Here’s a link to 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…
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GUESSINGS ABOUT GOD: Robert Conner’s review of new book by David Madison, PhD Biblical Studies
Here’s the link to this article. By David Madison at 9/24/2023 Books that question the validity of Christian belief and the historicity of New Testament stories appear regularly these days and…
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God and Girl–Chapter 9
God and Girl is my first novel, written in 2015. I’ll post it, a chapter a day, over the next few weeks. Monday morning was a monsoon. Mom…
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09/24/23 Biking & Listening
Here’s a link to 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…
Richard L. Fricks 