faith
Holy Fire: How My Pentecostal Faith Burnt My Life To The Ground
I was terrified of falling away from the faith I once believed in so strongly. We had to believe in the miracles because our day-to-day lives were so Read...
Long Reads
On Leaving Evangelical Christianity
For the first time in my life, I was lost after leaving Evangelical Christianity. I watched the shores of everything safe and familiar wash away. Read...
Culture
A Santera Told My Future And Exposed My Deepest Fear
Now and then, I think about what the santera revealed that day, how everything she told me comes true as the years go by. Read...
Minds
I Left The Church To Become A Witch, And I'm Never Looking Back
For the longest time, it felt like a dirty secret that I needed to hide from everyone. I left the church to become a witch! Read...
5 Extremely Specific Personal Saints I Pray To Regularly
I regularly call upon personal saints for help. Really specific ones whose sainthood only exists in my own mind, but they’re very effective. Today I’ Read...
Culture
Mormon Girl Comes Out As Gay To Congregation — Bishop Stops Her Mid-Speech
The idea is that you can say whatever you want, but most people know that there is a general script to follow when bearing one’s testimony. Coming Read...
Trending
You Are Your Own Best Guru
On a practical level, being my own guru means that I trust myself. I can forgive myself when I make mistakes, and not get stuck in cycles of shame Read...
Minds
To The Doctor Who Said "God Bless You"
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No, I didn’t get a flu shot this year. Or last year. Um, or the year before. And last week, I had the flu. I went to the Medemerge 30 Read...
Essays