cancer

When I was diagnosed with cancer, I was shocked to find I had no paid leave or legal job protection.

Saint Agnostica is a chronicle of grief, love, and mystery.

No Cure for Being Human offers a model for negotiating suffering with honesty.

I held ten stones. My friend held two more.

3 reasons the warfare metaphor is problematic

A cancer memoir about a life sustained by improbable events

Some scientists couldn’t quite explain what they were seeing. Others literally couldn’t believe it.

Deanna Thompson's book about cancer takes us where we don't want to go but must.

We gave our readers a one-word writing prompt: “return.”

Anya saw the world in colors.

Pediatric oncologist Elisha Waldman explores a city's complexities as he reflects on his patients' spiritual needs.

Bowler’s memoir honestly confronts the pervasive idea that we get what we deserve.

Nina Riggs's love of the world shines through her memoir, even as the ground shifts beneath her.

Theologian Deanna Thompson used to criticize the pervasive technological creep overtaking our lives. Then she was diagnosed with cancer.

Even in the secular imagination, dying has become a vocation.

Reading Steve and Sharol Hayner's cancer story, I found myself taking on the role of Job's adversary.

That Dragon, Cancer is a unique video game: it offers us the experience of our powerlessness.

And what would happen if we didn't?

Todd Billings weaves his struggle with a rare form of blood cancer together with probing biblical and theological reflection.