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April 2021

April 03, 2021

Dark Devotional: Rejoice and Be Glad

This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad (Ps....

March 2021

March 19, 2021

Dark Devotional: Practicing for Death….And Life

I’ve loved yoga for years, but since the pandemic, I’ve committed to its practice with...

February 2020

February 09, 2020

Dark Devotional: Four Horsemen

By guest writer Milo Meldrum 1. Conquest I want to control everything: the way...

October 2019

October 31, 2019

Untangling the Bones

In the town where I grew up, the first day of doe hunting season...

December 2017

December 22, 2017

Christmas at War: A Dark Devotional

As I read and meditated on this Sunday's readings, I couldn't get a question out...

October 2017

October 26, 2017

Approaching Mystery: Rebecca Bratten Weiss Keeps On Dying

Here is a faded picture of two girls, one blond, the other brown-haired, dressed up...

October 05, 2017

Approaching Mystery: Marybeth Bishop Haunts the Dead

States of Matter * I don’t know why the idea of dead bodies didn’t bother...

September 2017

September 14, 2017

Approaching Mystery: Brian Doyle Attends “The Viewing”

Walked into the chapel at dusk last night, and there she was, in the casket...

September 07, 2017

Approaching Mystery: Playing Dead by Catherine Wiley

I’ve decided it must be possible to find out what death feels like.

March 2017

March 31, 2017

Dark Devotional: Lazarus

My uncle died a few weeks before Easter last year, an uncle who lived...

January 2017

January 26, 2017

Mary Karr: Trying to Say God

This post begins our series of features on the writers, musicians and artists who will...

November 2016

November 15, 2016

A Protestant Sermon On Purgatory

The most powerful sermon on Purgatory I ever heard came from the pulpit of a...

November 10, 2016

Dark Devotional: Life. Death. Time.

My receding hairline gets slightly more pronounced as I look in the mirror day after...

August 2016

August 11, 2016

Dark Devotional: Enduring Unto Death

Hebrews 12:1-4 Brothers and sisters: Since we are surrounded by so great a cloud...

June 2016

June 03, 2016

Dark Devotional: Murder Mysteries, Dead Bodies and Raising the Dead

As a paranormal mystery writer, I’m often ask why my books are so bloody...

April 2016

April 21, 2016

A Eulogy for Prince

Huh? Prince can’t die. Prince isn’t even human. Prince is ageless, immortal. Prince does not get...

March 2016

March 26, 2016

Dark Devotional: Holy Saturday: Sitting Outside of the Tomb

And Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, and laid...

February 2016

February 26, 2016

The Dark Devotional: Third Sunday of Lent: Burned, but not Consumed

A Reading from the Book of Exodus. There an angel of the LORD appeared to Moses...

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