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Entrance to the Rubin Museum of Art in New York City.

Sure and Certain Hope

By Andrew Marantz | July 28, 2010

Walking with grandma through an exhibit about death.

Illustration by the author.

Farewell, Little Piece of Me!

By Mary Valle | July 15, 2010

Skin-punch biopsies in remembrance of Christ.

"Stone Circle" by clspeace via Flickr.

Lughnasadh

By Eric Scott | June 17, 2010

A new generation, an ancient festival, a spot in the park.

Photo by B Tal via Flickr

Anywhere but Here

By Brenda Peterson | April 22, 2010

Transmigration in the heart of Dixie.

Photo by the author.

Why I Am Not a Mystic

By Stephen Prothero | April 12, 2010

When the love of God isn’t the right kind of love.

"48/365: Ashes To Ashes" by The Cleveland Kid, via Flickr.

For Godforsakenness’ Sake

By Christopher Cocca | April 2, 2010

Another Lenten season. Still not quite believing.

Purgatory, page 1

Para Purgatorio

By Kayla Placencio | February 13, 2010

Stuck in the middle with you.

"Mountains By Night" by Timitrius via Flickr

A Fresh End

By Zachary Redfearne | January 18, 2010

He was supposed to go up and never come down.

AWOL Lipstick by pawpaw67 via Flickr

Heathen Color

By Ellen Black | December 31, 2009

Lipstick as a means of escape.

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The Rosary

By Kayla Placencio | October 26, 2009

Bringing it down to earth.

Original art by Susan Morningstar

Barbershop Dharma

By Jeff Wilson | October 19, 2009

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

By JOE M500 via Flickr

There Is No Such Thing as Half

By Joanna Brooks | October 15, 2009

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

'infinite lights' by LiveFromAmsterdam via Flickr

Why I Don’t Pray

By Arthur Goldwag | October 9, 2009

God just might not be that kind of God.

Small buddha statues at the Oeosa temple, Pohang, South Korea.

Breakin’ It Down

By Carol Scott | September 30, 2009

A meditation on ass-shaking.

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Exoneration Blues

By Laurel Snyder | September 20, 2009

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

Believer Beware

Cowboy for Christ

By Quince Mountain | September 2, 2009

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

By kian Elyassi Bakhtiari, via Wikimedia

Stop Looking at Me Like That

By Aisha Gawad | August 24, 2009

In search of the new Muslim woman.

"I realized I could follow the progress of my fast by keeping an eye on the moon every night..."

Hunger Is God’s Food

By Jesse Maceo Vega-Frey | August 23, 2009

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