When the Candlelight Feels Too Close to Magic (opens in new tab)

<![CDATA[ Chapter 1: The Uneasy Feeling in the Back of the Church You can sit in the back of a church and feel two things at the same time. You can feel the beauty of the candlelight, the stillness, the old words, the smell of incense hanging in the air, and at the same time feel a question rising in your chest that you are almost afraid to say out loud. Something about it looks sacred, but something about it also feels strange. You watch people stand, kneel, bow, speak in rhythm, move throug...