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June 2016

June 21, 2016

Adventures in Popular Piety: Confession

There has always been something unappealingly puritanical to me about getting up early. It’s so...

June 17, 2016

Dark Devotional: Grief as Treason

“On that day the mourning in Jerusalem shall be as great as the mourning...

June 10, 2016

Dark Devotional: Lazarus Syndrome

He cried out in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” The dead man came out, tied...

June 05, 2016

Standing on My Head

“Do you recognize that as self-harm?” the therapist asks me at the tail end of...

May 2016

May 22, 2016

Surprised by Dangerous Joy: Lessons from Chewbacca Woman

By now, everyone has seen the video of Chewbacca woman, the lady who buys a...

May 18, 2016

The Babadook and the Faith Healer

I’m seeing a healer. The woman works out of an office where she officially does...

May 13, 2016

Dark Devotional: A Holy Distraction

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For many years, my father was the only saint I’d pray to. St. Paul...

May 12, 2016

Three Reasons I Don’t Pray to Mary

Mary, it's not you. It's me. I promised that this month, your month, I would...