confession

personal narratives

William Stringfellow.

Advocate

By Jeremy Kessler | October 17, 2011

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

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Family Tree

By Eric Scott | September 12, 2011

All in the Coven

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Born Again Rural

By Meera Subramanian | August 29, 2011

How to get found in the woods.

P120012 by peggydavis66 via Flickr

Officer, I Can Explain

By Mary Valle | August 2, 2011

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

Animal Altars: All dressed up in the flesh of the dead. By Beatrice Marovich with Krista Dragomer.

Animal Altars

By Beatrice Marovich and Krista Dragomer | May 2, 2011

All dressed up in the flesh of the living dead.

"Our Lady of Lebanon" by Rebecca Wilson via Flickr.

Missing Communion

By Anonymous Writer | March 15, 2011

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

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Lent: Season of Our Hypocrisy

By Ashley Makar | March 10, 2011

From to-do lists to angels in the wilderness.

"imperial surgical" by D'Arcy Norman, via Flickr.

Faith Healed

By Marianne Do | February 7, 2011

Surviving the unwelcome prayers of strangers.

Photo by Rachel Signer.

Failing to Fast

By Rachel Signer | January 3, 2011

Eating my way through Ramadan in Senegal.

From Scott Clark, via Flickr.

I Laughed When I Saw Him, in Spite of Myself

By Laurel Snyder | December 20, 2010

Learning to lie to your kids.

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The Afterlife, The Aftermath

By Sharanya Manivannan | November 22, 2010

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

Mike Warnke's "Coming Home"

Wicked Funny

By Erik Hanson | November 15, 2010

The pseudo-ex-Satanist Mike Warnke and me.

Note to cancer by author.

That’s Cancertainment!

By Mary Valle | October 18, 2010

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

Blessed John Henry Newman.

Blessed John Henry’s Religious Opinions

By Nathan Schneider | October 14, 2010

Saints are not literary men.

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The Reconciliation of Unbelief

By Alane Mason | September 6, 2010

A story within the AIDS story.

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Is He Dead?

By Alison Stein Wellner | August 30, 2010

An estranged stepfather’s suicide begs the question.

"people-watching" by left-hand via flickr.

Transparent on High

By Jhos Singer | August 23, 2010

A maggid’s psychic powers.

Cutting out the middleman.

The Cock Crows

By Mary Valle | August 19, 2010

Anne Rice has denied Catholicism, but will it deny her?