confession

personal narratives

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Boyfight

By Darcey Steinke | October 15, 2014

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

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Bindrune

By Eric Scott | August 19, 2014

It is the most important spell I will ever cast.

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The Niagara River

By Scott Cheshire | July 8, 2014

An excerpt from the novel High As The Horses’ Bridles, published this week by Henry Holt.

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If A Jewish Girl Falls into the East River…

By Cameron Dezen Hammon | June 25, 2014

…does she make a sound?

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Seek

By Andrew Johnson | June 18, 2014

“Man’s best chance of finding God is to look in the place where he left him.” —Meister Eckhart

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Saint Anthony And Lost Things

By Justin Wadland | June 4, 2014

Learning the art of losing.

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Jesus the Guru

By Jerome Campbell | May 20, 2014

What happens when Christ collides with Krishna?

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Taking the Easy Way

By Brianna Sacks | May 14, 2014

American perfectionism, meet meditation.

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Leaves of Ash

By Ashley Makar | April 15, 2014

You forget and then remember: you’re dying.

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Waiting For Facts

By Kaya Oakes | March 26, 2014

The shakeup in Berkeley’s Catholic community.

Cancer Cannot.

Doggerel Fails Me

By Mary Valle | February 26, 2014

An excerpt from the new e-book Cancer Doesn’t Give a Shit About Your Stupid Attitude.

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My Mama Is a Demon

By Caralyn Davis | January 28, 2014

And I’m totally cool with that.

Killing the Buddha

Cowboy for Christ

By Quince Mountain | January 14, 2014

Gender-bending love at Bible camp. From Believer, Beware, now available as an e-book!

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The Golden Helmet of Jubilation

By Mary Valle | November 25, 2013

Loki is my new Beatles, prayer-wise.

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Torn Bread

By Kaya Oakes | November 18, 2013

Communion in a woman’s hands.

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Crapping My Sacred Underwear

By Ted Cox | November 12, 2013

The Lord literally covers the asses of his children.

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Your Belief Here

By Joelle Renstrom | October 22, 2013

The lack of God in Unitarianism was its saving grace for me.

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Acts of Faith

By Darcey Steinke | September 24, 2013

I’d think to myself, this time I’ll thank her for taking the leap of faith that led to my birth. But always within a minute of our meeting, she’d say my boots were clunky and I had a bad haircut.