confession

personal narratives

CelebrateTheDeath

Celebrate the Death

By Ashley Makar | February 14, 2018

Dust to dust, the stuff of us, before and after life.

evangelicalanxiety

Evangelical Anxiety

By Charles Marsh | September 28, 2017

We did not do therapy. “Psychoheresy,” some called it.

Grace Period

Losing Our Selves, But Never Getting Lost

By Kelly J. Baker | July 14, 2017

An excerpt from KtB e-book Grace Period: A Memoir In Pieces.

redemption_gates

On Redeeming Other People

By Kelly J. Baker | June 8, 2016

…whether they want you to or not.

project_endurance

A Project of Patient Endurance

By Michael Centore | May 26, 2016

Running and the spiritual life.

Photo by Nathan Schneider.

Narrative of a Moneyless elf

By elf Pavlik | August 9, 2015

Recounting the challenges and benefits of life in the commons, without currency or government documents.

serra

A Murderer and a Saint

By Laura Turner | August 3, 2015

Father Junipero Serra, the missions, and me.

Photo by John St John via Flickr

Out For Coffee

By Kelly J. Baker | July 28, 2015

The sociable beverage becomes a grief ritual.

dead_baptism

Baptisms for the Dead

By Hillary White | June 23, 2015

When is a choice not a choice?

fine_homebuilding

Fine Homebuilding

By Briallen Hopper | June 16, 2015

On fatherhood and belated grace.

faithenough

Faith Enough

By Erin White | June 9, 2015

Visions come at the worst possible time.

mothers_nc

Mother’s Day in North Carolina

By Faulkner Fox | May 1, 2015

An encounter between very different Baptists.

windyroad[Editor's note: you can read about Ashley's experience with biking as a "survivor" in the 2014 Closer to Free ride here. She has written more about cancer and her work with refugees here and in her KtB e-book <em>You Were Strangers: Dispatches From Exile</em>.]

Easter, A Bright Sadness

By Ashley Makar | April 5, 2015

Death is a kind of light.

buddha_boundaries

The Buddha Loves Boundaries

By Daisy Hernandez | February 26, 2015

Being in the moment doesn’t mean they can punch you in the face.

confessioncarnival

The Carnival of Confession

By Kyle Gautreau | January 12, 2015

An ex-Jesuit asks: can this sacrament be liberated?

noperfectchurch

No Perfect Church

By Lyz Lenz | December 18, 2014

Loving our bitter failure.

Mabanckou_Alain

On Black Anti-Semitism

By Alain Mabanckou | December 5, 2014

From the new memoir Letter To Jimmy (Soft Skull Press), translated from the French by Sara Meli Ansari.

boyfight_little

Boyfight

By Darcey Steinke | October 15, 2014

By the author of Sister Golden Hair: A Novel, published this week by Tin House.