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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09/12/23 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…
Freedom requires education: There’s no choice without knowledge
Here’s the link to this article. by ADAM LEE SEP 07, 2023 Overview: If you want to be free, you have to have an understanding of the choices. Conservatives…
The Gateway to Doubting the Gospel Narratives Is The Virgin Birth Myth
Here’s the link to this article. By John W. Loftus at 6/13/2020 There is an often repeated argument that marijuana is the gateway drug leading to dangerous drugs. [I think it’s…
I turned left and pulled my iPhone from the windbreaker I’d grabbed from Lillian’s back porch. I didn’t relish this call, but Kyla was expecting me, even though…
Here’s the link to this article. By David Madison at 9/08/2023 The imagined, invented Jesus of the New Testament The huge faith bureaucracy—aka the church—is guilty of many sins, but one…
I almost turned left at the McVille Road intersection. I wouldn’t have many more opportunities to spend with Kyla before I returned to New Haven. Instead, I continued…
Richard L. Fricks 