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THIS IS PC #4:
THE FAITH & DOUBT ISSUE

"WE ARE NEVER SURE."

THIS IS PC #4: THE FAITH & DOUBT ISSUE

We are never sure. 

We try to be, but we aren't, at least not completely. What we are (if we're lucky), is adept at switching the volume of doubt down low enough to keep it from drowning out our intentions and debilitating our actions. The turning of that switch - that's faith.


This issue of PC seeks to explore these two aspects of life that, like light and dark or love and hate, must be taken together in order to be completely understood on their own. 
Header art by T. Guzzio. Original photo by U. Kanata

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FLESH & BONE

JON GAMBOA OF THE SOLID SUNS SPEAKS TO CREATION AS AN ACT OF FAITH AND ON HOW DOUBT IS A CONSTRUCTIVE CRITIC. 

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ONE DAY WHEN I WAS FOUND

TOM GUZZIO IS A MIDDLE CLASS, WHITE AMERICAN MALE WHO HAS MORE IN COMMON WITH MALCOLM X THAN YOU'D EXPECT.

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AVALANCHE

SUZANNE BOUCHER'S POEM REVEALS THE DESTRUCTIVE POTENTIAL CONTAINED WITHIN A SINGLE WORD.

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THE CADAVER SYNOD

LEE FOUST'S SHORT STORY TAKES US INSIDE THE BASILICA OF ST. JOHN LATERAN TO WITNESS THE TRIAL OF A DEAD POPE'S CORPSE.

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PLAYING THE CARDS YOU'RE DEALT

THE WIFE OF AN ADDICT WRITES ABOUT FINDING FAITH IN ONESELF AMID SEAS OF RISING DOUBT. 

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WRITING IN FREE FALL

RAE PADILLA FRANCOUER SEES EVERY ENDEAVOR - FROM WRITING TO WAKING - AS BEING SOURCED FROM A SINGULAR SEED OF FAITH.

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SHHH. I'M LISTENING FOR GOD

DAVID SHAWN SMITH ASKS THE QUESTION ON THE MIND OF MANY BLACK MOTHERS, AND WONDERS IF THE CHURCH WILL ANSWER.

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THIS IS MAJOR, TOM

THE SPEAKER IN TOM GUZZIO'S POEM LOOKS AT THE PARALLELS BETWEEN FALLING IN LOVE AND FALLING TO EARTH.

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SAGRADA FAMÍLIA

CECILY POLLARD SHOWS THE STUNNING IMPACT AN ARDENT FAITH CAN HAVE, EVEN IN DEATH.

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ISSN 2378-5268
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