Pentecostalism

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Speaking in Tongues of Fire

By Ed Simon | June 2, 2017

Glossolalia–not just for Pentecost anymore.

Kids in front of gas flare in Niger Delta, 2007 (© Elaine Gilligan)

A Series of Small Leaps

By Jessica Wilbanks | February 11, 2014

Writing about witchcraft, children, and desperation in the Niger Delta.

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At the Judgment Seat

By Michelle Syba | September 3, 2013

Now that I’m damned I’ve discovered a new capacity for wonder.

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Pentecost in Mexico

By Michelle Syba | May 27, 2012

The Jesus freak has a certain power to clear a room.

Clap Your Hands!

Catholic Boy Meets Jesus

By Mary Valle | February 19, 2010

Clap Your Hands! by Larry Tomsczak (Logos International, 1973). Clap Your Hands! is the autobiography of 23-year-old Larry Tomsczak, who, at the time of the book’s publishing, was the “nation’s…

Looking west at Fulton and Washington Avenues

Attention Friends and Neighbors!

By Nathan Schneider | March 14, 2009

Making my merry way to breakfast past Fulton Street in Brooklyn this morning, the LORD raised up a mighty crowd in my path. They bore yellow balloons, wide smiles, and…

Jesus Gonna Strip You Naked

Jesus Gonna Strip You Naked

By Jeff Sharlet | November 13, 2000

“I had on the hot pants, I said I wuz for sale! But Jesus wasn’t buyin.”