Author Archives: Maryann Spikes

Positive Modesto News

Posted on July 10, 2014 by Maryann Spikes

Check out the new Facebook page just created to shed light on all the good stuff going on all around us in this city we love. It’s called Positive Modesto News, and it will feature relevant articles I publish on Examiner.com, … Continue reading →

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Since January, I’ve been…

Posted on June 30, 2014 by Maryann Spikes

…Working at Athanatos Christian Ministries and Bard and Book, but currently taking a hiatus. Obtaining an Associate of Arts degree in Humanities, finally achieved this past spring semester at Modesto Junior College. I was privileged enough to be able to take … Continue reading →

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Leibnizian Moral Argument?

Posted on June 29, 2014 by Maryann Spikes

I think my moral argument for God’s existence is similar to Leibniz’ cosmological argument (except it has to do with the explanation of the Good, a.k.a. the Golden Rule). If you’d rather not say “the Golden Rule,” then say what everyone … Continue reading →

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The Problem of Evil (guest post)

Posted on June 4, 2014 by Maryann Spikes

This post was put together from the power point slides of a presentation given by my soon-to-be sixteen-year-old, Ethan Spikes. He delivered this presentation in front of 19 fellow students and a teacher. The Problem of Evil What is it? … Continue reading →

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Stanislaus Quatrain

Posted on January 21, 2014 by Maryann Spikes

Linger down good ol’ Briggsmore or McHenry; sun-bathed tulip trees and queen palms line these rarely wet streets plastered with autumns’ leaves. Murmurations of starlings eclipse Scenic’s foothills. *** Submitted to MoSt for inclusion in the Stanislaus Poem. More Poetry … Continue reading →

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The Seven Acts of the Universe, in Reverse

Posted on January 21, 2014 by Maryann Spikes

Final Act- Everywhere it is cold and still. The final frontier is the only thing, but there is only darkness to explore. Act 6- Things could not be moving faster and further away from eachother, drawn away by oblivion. Act … Continue reading →

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With Dad On A Windy Day

Posted on January 21, 2014 by Maryann Spikes

Fox tails move violently past our feet. I brace myself against the hair whipping my face, wind pushing so hard against me, I stumble. “Woah! That wind’s going to take you away!” Dad shouts. He doesn’t know I take everything … Continue reading →

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Growing Up

Posted on January 21, 2014 by Maryann Spikes

On my way to my desk in my office, I open the window to the spring-autumn scent and birdsong. Below it, under the drum stool, sits an old Marvin the Martian toy. Which of my sons left it there?—probably the … Continue reading →

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Who needs answers when nobody’s askin’?

Posted on January 12, 2014 by Maryann Spikes

This is written to those of you who consider yourselves Christians but think you don’t need answers to tough questions because you don’t ask them and nobody asks them of you. I am thinking a lot about this and I’d … Continue reading →

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Ichthus77 2013 in retrospect

Posted on January 9, 2014 by Maryann Spikes

I didn’t get a lot of blogging done after the summer in 2013 because when I wasn’t helping my dad digitize his records or freelancing (those typos in the footers aren’t mine, but who’s looking, right?), I was busy helping The … Continue reading →