Killing the Buddha

god with a grain of salt

 
 

confession

Personal narratives

Para Purgatorio

Para Purgatorio

by Kayla Placencio

Stuck in the middle with you.

A Fresh End

A Fresh End

by Zachary Redfearne

He was supposed to go up and never come down.

Heathen Color

Heathen Color

by Ellen Black

Lipstick as a means of escape.

The Rosary

The Rosary

by Kayla Placencio

Bringing it down to earth.

Barbershop Dharma

Barbershop Dharma

by Jeff Wilson

God-breathed, with a little off the side. A new excerpt from the KtB anthology, Believer, Beware.

There Is No Such Thing as Half

There Is No Such Thing as Half

by Joanna Brooks

What comes out when a Mormon and a Jew raise a kid?

Why I Don’t Pray

Why I Don’t Pray

by Arthur Goldwag

God just might not be that kind of God.

Breakin’ It Down

Breakin’ It Down

by Carol Scott

A meditation on ass-shaking.

Exoneration Blues

Exoneration Blues

by Laurel Snyder

A call from Crappy Ex-boyfriend spurs a crisis of faith.

Cowboy for Christ

Cowboy for Christ

by Quince Mountain

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

Stop Looking at Me Like That

Stop Looking at Me Like That

by Aisha Gawad

In search of the new Muslim woman.

Hunger Is God’s Food

Hunger Is God’s Food

by Jesse Maceo Vega-Frey

Praise the Lord and pass the leftovers—but not before the end of Ramadan.

Bedtime Stumblings

Bedtime Stumblings

by Peter Bebergal

Somewhere between Jedi and G.I. Joe, there must be an explanation.

The Snake Hunters

The Snake Hunters

by Daniel Silliman

You can only fight what you can see.

Christian Dojo

Christian Dojo

by Dylan Peterson

A high kick to the anti-Christian tendencies of an aspiring Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle.

Awakening

Awakening

by Gabrielle Selz

A ferry ride into the fog of Alzheimer’s.

Totally Evangelical

Totally Evangelical

by Amy Bohler

First Jesus, then Sylvia Plath, then pot. And so on.

Second Man on the Moon

Second Man on the Moon

by Paul Zakrzewski

Forty years after the moonwalk, a reflection on a childhood obsession for fame, a friendship and one more autograph.