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Frontier Road (Short Stories, Poems, Abridged Classics, and Questions of Belief)

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Frontier Road podcast includes short stories, poems, and excerpts and or abridgments of classical literature, often deriving themes of questioning God, liberation of unbelief, ambiguity and the absurdity of life. We often introduce themes of mid-life crisis, sometimes from a male perspective. Issues of marriage, raising children, mental struggle and melancholy are all major themes within the selected literature. *Frontier Road can often times be satirical and/or irreverent and/or sincere. Viewer discretion advised.

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June 2, 2026

The Beardless Jesus Postscript: The Face in Iznik

An archaeological team in Turkey had recently uncovered an ancient image beneath layers of plaster inside a church near Iznik. This image of Christ, portrayed as the Good Shepherd, was among the five oldest surviving depictions of Jesus as an adult ever found anywhere in the world. It dated from the early-to-mid third century AD and was the best-preserved early image of Jesus ever discovered.Because it had been sealed inside an exceptionally well-preserved, oxygen-depleted underground chamber, the fresco’s pigments remained almost exactly as they had been painted some eighteen hundred years earlier. The image was so complete that Christ’s facial features, the individual folds of his tunic, his hands, and the distinct outline of the ram across his shoulders remained clearly visible and sharp.The newly discovered painting gave historians a remarkably detailed glimpse into how some early Christians perceived Jesus.Short-cropped hair.Middle-class Roman clothing.And beardless.Professor Buck zoomed in on the fresco, this work that seemed to solidify a lifelong thesis.He smiled to himself.And that felt like enough.

April 24, 2026

Writing a Book in My Spare Time (a short story)

Excerpt: "My dreams however, kept me awake—Claire, William, the breakfast at the Caffè Florian. The conflict. She was nervous, but not refined, and not always on edge, just this morning. The man, the nameless man, or William now, but that doesn’t fit. That’s ok, we will use it anyway. William and Claire at the Caffe.And there was a child, there were children, but this child, their last to leave them, and now they were alone on this trip, alone on a trip for the first time in their lives, really. They had taken trips, vacations, second honeymoons, but there were always children at home, demands to come back to and to worry about.But is that a plot? Who are the characters? Dream on, brain and soul, find me answers, give me questions to ask. I know the story, it’s the details that I don’t know. The story is already in me.But can the story survive one setting? There is another man. He enters the picture soon, as the reader will see. A tall man, slender with a beer belly. A man in his 20s, the reader may presume, or pushing 30. A gentle man, but boy can he drink. And boy can he eat. He joins William and Claire for breakfast and orders immediately. A large bowl of clam chowder, an extra roll or two for the dipping, and a glass of Aperol spritz.That is all for the night."

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On Being a Collector of Books (a short story)

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What is Frontier Road (Short Stories, Poems, Abridged Classics, and Questions of Belief)?: Frontier Road podcast includes short stories, poems, and excerpts and or abridgments of classical literature, often deriving themes of questioning God, liberation of unbelief, ambiguity and the absurdity of life.

We often introduce themes of mid-life crisis, sometimes from a male perspective. Issues of marriage, raising children, mental struggle and melancholy are all major themes within the selected literature.

*Frontier Road can often times be satirical and/or irreverent and/or sincere. Viewer discretion advised.
How often does this podcast release new episodes?: This podcast updates weekly.
Where can I listen to this podcast?: This podcast is available on 6 platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more. You can also use the RSS feed directly.
Does this podcast accept guests?: Yes, this podcast regularly features guests.

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