Killing the Buddha

great awakening

 
 

psalm

Verse and song

Sermon Fire

Sermon Fire

by Adam Moorad

A cut-up/erasure of the Buddha’s Fire Sermon.

Prayers the Gods Demand

Prayers the Gods Demand

by Miriam Bird Greenberg

For the winter solstice, the gods go betting.

We Knew Nothing Then

We Knew Nothing Then

by Miriam Bird Greenberg
Devotion Commotion

Devotion Commotion

by Rebecca Katherine Hirsch

The ambivalent state of the acolyte.

Ash Wednesday Already

Ash Wednesday Already

by Ashley Makar

How’s a girl supposed to go about mourning in a world like this?

God Saved the World

God Saved the World

by Nathan Schneider

They’re not who you’d usually expect to meet at a monastery.

Let All Who Mourn Now Rise

Let All Who Mourn Now Rise

by Mark Dow

The art of making sounds one doesn’t understand.

Singing the Passion

Singing the Passion

by Sue Russell

A Jewish chorist tries to harmonize with the Gospel of John.

Grace

Grace

by Bia Lowe

A prayer before meals—those we eat, and those we are.

Sabbath Queen

Sabbath Queen

by Scott Korb

On Friday nights, God likes to watch.

Thou Celestial Agency

Thou Celestial Agency

by Rick Moody

A tempest-tossed excerpt from Killing the Buddha: A Heretic’s Bible.

Prayer for You

Prayer for You

by Rob Breznsy

How do you get God’s attention? Try sweet talking his girlfriend.

Hold the Fig Leaves

Hold the Fig Leaves

by Paula Elsloo

Of grumbling shepherds, forgotten fig leaves and God’s dirty veins.

The Unbearable Lightness of Seeking

The Unbearable Lightness of Seeking

by Cornel Bonca

In Allegra Goodman’s new novel, a hair-to-her-hips camp counselor gets religion, but never really gets it.