Killing the Buddha

deadline theology

confession

Personal narratives

A Message from Prison

A Message from Prison

by Greg Bottoms

When somebody just needs to disappear.

Getting the Christ Out of Christmas

Getting the Christ Out of Christmas

by Ashley Makar

What would Jesus do with leftovers?

Fuck Your Prayer, Show Me Solidarity

Fuck Your Prayer, Show Me Solidarity

by Kristin Rawls

A coming-out story in an age of predatory credit.

Saint February

Saint February

by Julie Byrne

From Frequencies: a walk through Brooklyn turns into a credo.

Advocate

Advocate

by Jeremy Kessler

New from Frequencies: William Stringfellow and the God of law school.

Family Tree

Family Tree

by Eric Scott

One of the inaugural entries of Frequencies, a new “collaborative genealogy of spirituality.”

Born Again Rural

Born Again Rural

by Meera Subramanian

How to get found in the woods.

Officer, I Can Explain

Officer, I Can Explain

by Mary Valle

Even the law is telling me not to fuck things up.

Animal Altars

Animal Altars

by Beatrice Marovich and Krista Dragomer

All dressed up in the flesh of the living dead.

Missing Communion

Missing Communion

by M.J. Corey

“God liked people who could admit to their total raw fear.”

Lent: Season of Our Hypocrisy

Lent: Season of Our Hypocrisy

by Ashley Makar

From to-do lists to angels in the wilderness.

Faith Healed

Faith Healed

by Marianne Do

Surviving the unwelcome prayers of strangers.

Failing to Fast

Failing to Fast

by Rachel Signer

Eating my way through Ramadan in Senegal.

I Laughed When I Saw Him, in Spite of Myself

I Laughed When I Saw Him, in Spite of Myself

by Laurel Snyder

Learning to lie to your kids.

The Afterlife, The Aftermath

The Afterlife, The Aftermath

by Sharanya Manivannan

When a grandmother’s ghost says go, you go.

Wicked Funny

Wicked Funny

by Erik Hanson

The pseudo-ex-Satanist Mike Warnke and me.

That’s Cancertainment!

That’s Cancertainment!

by Mary Valle

Sexy corpses and smug survivors: cancer gets its own TV show.

Blessed John Henry’s Religious Opinions

Blessed John Henry’s Religious Opinions

by Nathan Schneider

Saints are not literary men.