Religion Conspiracies of Faith: On Truth, Religion, and The X-Files
"I've lost the certainty I once had -- the Biblical, childlike faith -- and exchanged it for a quiet plea that echoes Fox Mulder: 'I want to believe.'"
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Personal Stories Wearing Hijab: On Truth, Fear, and Empowerment
Zeena Mubarak on the promise she made to herself to start wearing hijab, and the ramifications of that decision amidst widespread bigotry and fear.
Family My Father, the Church, and Why I Left
Mindy Hung on her childhood church and her own journey towards atheism.
Health “Please God make it stop”: On Faith and Mental Illness
Molly Pohlig on her faith, religious upbringing, and history with mental illness.
Feminism “In Good Conscience”: Mormon Feminists on the Brink
Jessica Woodbury on the choices faced by Mormon feminists.
Family The Things You Do for Family: Why I Go By ‘Mother Megan’
The author, an Episcopal priest, on what her vocation entails and why she goes by the title of 'Mother Megan.'
Advice Aunt Acid and Businesslady: On Religion in the Workplace
The Toast's Advice Dream Team, Aunt Acid and Businesslady, join forces to advise a reader whose coworker won't stop quizzing her about her religion.
Family Notes on a New Age Childhood
"Sometimes . . . I am filled like a lantern with faith in a world that is by definition sacred, whatever its failures. And yet I do not believe."
LGBT Genesis
"I was nineteen and surrounded by rainbow banners. I heard the hymns of my past raised up not to the god of my childhood, but to something higher."
The Butter Considering a Possible Human Head
Maybe this has happened to you.
LGBT The Years That Answer: On Christianity and Coming Out
The author reflects on her coming-out process and her shifting relationship with Christianity.
Family Un-Thorned: Fear, Faith, and the Genes Between
A mother reflects on faith, the fear that never leaves her, and her young daughter's anxiety.
Family When God and Your Mom Think You’re Awesome
D.L. Mayfield on her Christian punk rock teenage years.
Family Freaks and Geeks: Christians on TV and Me
The author on her love for Freaks and Geeks and how it helped her figure out her own beliefs.
LGBT The Places in Between
Amanda Leduc reflects on lost faith and lost love.
