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Bedtime Stumblings

By Peter Bebergal | August 20, 2009

Somewhere between Jedi and G.I. Joe, there must be an explanation.

Raphael, Saint Michael and the Dragon, c. 1503 - 1505

The Snake Hunters

By Daniel Silliman | August 10, 2009

You can only fight what you can see.

by bamakodaker via flickr

Christian Dojo

By Dylan Peterson | August 8, 2009

A high kick to the anti-Christian tendencies of an aspiring Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle.

Gabriela Camerotti via Flickr

Awakening

By Gabrielle Selz | August 1, 2009

A ferry ride into the fog of Alzheimer’s.

Raphael's "St. Paul Preaching in Athens" (1515).

Totally Evangelical

By Amy Bohler | July 25, 2009

First Jesus, then Sylvia Plath, then pot. And so on.

"For a kid who struggled with a sense of shame, I’m amazed at how shamelessly I pursued some of these guys."

Second Man on the Moon

By Paul Zakrzewski | July 20, 2009

Forty years after the moonwalk, a reflection on a childhood obsession for fame, a friendship and one more autograph.

MinusIroner via Flickr

Religious Education

By Eileen Markey | July 18, 2009

A Catholic mother’s faith made genuine by doubt.

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Jesus Is Just Alright

By Mark Dery | July 9, 2009

A crack in Kevlar cynicism reveals a time of tripped out mysterium tremendum in Southern California. A new excerpt from the new KtB collection, Believer, Beware.

A Pre-Pubescent Messiah

I Was A Pre-Pubescent Messiah

By Irina Reyn | July 3, 2009

On my days of divine immortality in Queens.

Not so fast.

Birth Is Suffering

By Jeff Wilson | June 11, 2009

The Buddha named his son “Fetter” for a reason.

St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Austin

The Inquisition

By Robert Jensen | June 5, 2009

Being voted off the Presbyterian island is no fun, even if it’s only temporary.

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Ways I Have Been a Bad Meditator

By Ted Weinstein | May 21, 2009

Itch. Sex. Shush!

By roboppy via Flickr

My Big Fat Jewish Pregnancy

By Elizabeth Wildman | May 8, 2009

One woman’s navel-gazing over the meaning of Jewish life.

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All I Ever Wanted

By Matthew Fishbane | May 5, 2009

A skeptical vacationer laments the lack of cock fighting at Club Med.

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Cartwheels in a Sari

By Jayanti Tamm | April 24, 2009

When you grow up cult, you learn to keep your mouth shut.

Images courtesy of the author

Bedlam Backwards: My Haggadah

By Matthew Fishbane | April 8, 2009

A family Seder where “Next year in Jerusalem” really means next year in Jersey.

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A Hundred Unspoken Rules

By Meera Subramanian | March 23, 2009

Bloodlines bridge the divide between belief and disbelief.

By ashley.adcox via Flickr

Silver Trumpets

By Jeremy B. Jones | February 17, 2009

The rise and fall of a cussin’ campus Christian rock star.