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On Gratitude
But there was love, love, love,
dripping from our hands.
We both gripped the sharp edge,
and it was painful

Poems for the Cruelest Month
All of the intensity and unpredictability of this season, the surges of hope and terror, the stirring of memory and desire—word images, symbols, and sounds arranged in rhythm, engaged in elegy and mystery may be our best bet for helping us hold it all.

The Pope and Selfishness: Contradictions and Fictions
It was a record-scratching, “hold up, wait a minute” moment a few days ago when Pope Francis, who had just a couple of weeks back told Catholics that they don’t…

Evidence of Your Journey
From our new e-book,Oh God Oh God Oh God: Essays on Sex and Religion, available now!

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

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

Paper Hearts
I resent that it is necessary to clarify my religious beliefs before I will be invited for coffee.

From Iran With Love
The live-action film adaptation of Marjane Satrapi’s graphic novel Chicken with Plums opens today in New York (showtimes here) and August 31st in LA. The film may be set in Tehran…