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Ritual Observance

In all fairness, if you’re going to read Religion Explained, you might feel the need to read some other book–Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis, perhaps–that will tilt the balance the other direction.  I, for one, was ready to read Religion Explained.  It makes sense to me…and I’m ready to hear the hard truth, as uncomfortable […]

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Finding Purpose in Pain

I feel a little inept at commenting on poet Cairns’ book (The End of Suffering: Finding Purpose in Pain by Scott Cairns), simply because I’ve already dealt with the universal problem of suffering in Eve (for myself).  That statement sounds more grandiose than I intended.  “Dealt with suffering” is never as final as a door […]

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Hallways and Doors

Oh my.  I go away for a day, because my body has succumbed to all the terrors of stomach flu, and when I come back, I have a small garden of comments on Tuesday’s post. Let’s see.  Before I can explain what’s happened (indeed, I thought that the incident would quite pass without me having […]

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Eve: A Novel

I’ve been thinking about how people will receive Eve.  An artist always contemplates these things, I guess, before their art’s actual debut.  [In my case, it’s not until January.] Certainly, not everyone will like the novel, and that’s to be expected.  If you read yesterday’s post, you’ll remember how I explained that everyone has different […]

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