Is He Dead?
confession

Is He Dead?

by Alison Stein Wellner

An estranged stepfather’s suicide begs the question.

psalm
The Arrival

The Arrival

by Miriam Bird Greenberg

“The reeds we used to make our first bed bent easily…”

confession
Transparent on High

Transparent on High

by Jhos Singer

A maggid’s psychic powers.

confession
The Cock Crows

The Cock Crows

by Mary Valle

Anne Rice has denied Catholicism, but will it deny her?

psalm
moving

moving

by Eileen Myles

“People were getting auctioned up on stage but I didn’t see anything I wanted nor did I think I should be for sale.”

exegesis
All Part of His Plan

All Part of His Plan

by Josh Garrett-Davis

A new book bears witness to Baptist sexual abuse.

witness
Happy Hour Gospel

Happy Hour Gospel

by Joseph Huff-Hannon

The Bakkers’ son has a church of his own—in the back of a Brooklyn bar.

dogma
Paradise for Pagans

Paradise for Pagans

by J. C. Hallman

Thomas More’s Utopia was a joke that nobody got—especially in the New World.

dispatch
“Jesus” for Sale

“Jesus” for Sale

by Becky Garrison

Cutting the Christian cheese at Book Expo America.

confession
Sure and Certain Hope

Sure and Certain Hope

by Andrew Marantz

Walking with grandma through an exhibit about death.

witness
Imagining Prisons

Imagining Prisons

by Ashley Makar

From a Protestant monastery to the prison-industrial complex.

witness
The Struggle for the (Possible) Soul of David Eagleman

The Struggle for the (Possible) Soul of David Eagleman

by Robert Jensen

A neuroscientist imagines life beyond the brain.

exegesis
Blessing the Childish

Blessing the Childish

by Scott Korb

Jesus as cockblock in Matt Marks’ post-Christian nihilist pop-opera.

confession
Farewell, Little Piece of Me!

Farewell, Little Piece of Me!

by Mary Valle

Skin-punch biopsies in remembrance of Christ.

crucifiction
Grünewald

Grünewald

by Lydia Conklin

Once again, a woman is tempted by a snake.

confession
Cowboy for Christ

Cowboy for Christ

by Quince Mountain

From Believer, Beware: Gender-bending love at Bible camp.

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