The Examined Life: William Lobdell’s Losing My Religion
One of the biggest surprises about William Lobdell’s book Losing My Religion: How I Lost My Faith Reporting on Religion—and Found Unexpected Peace is the respectful tone he maintains toward not only religious people in general, but Christians in particular. Given the book’s title—and considering some of my own experiences, I half-expected the author to [...]
Certainty
Things I Know: I. I prefer Coke to Pepsi. II. I dislike heat and humidity. In fact, my ideal temperature range is between 50 and 80 degrees Fahrenheit. I’ve only lived in one place that had this kind of climate, and I’m relatively certain that will never happen again. III. I don’t like country music. [...]
The Lure of the New Idea: When Can I Stop Pretending I’m Focused and Wallow in My Distraction?
When I got around to taking my first writing class, about (mumble, mumble) years ago, I had about forty unfinished short stories on my computer’s hard drive, and none of them were anywhere close to being finished. A couple of years later, I’d finished ten stories and a second draft of a novel. How did [...]
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Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward.
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