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2006-04-21T13:41:00-07:00

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Last updated on: April 21, 2006 at 1:41 pm By Cathleen Falsani

GODSTUFF: NOT SURE WHAT TO DO? TRY DANCING I love it when he calls. The Rabbi. He has this knack for showing up right when I need him to, just as I’m flailing my way through uncertainty, in flux and fighting it. When I hear Rabbi Irwin Kula’s voice on the other end of the phone, I imagine myself as an existential baseball catcher, crouched low, mask down, mitt open, ready. Bring it, I think, nodding to the good rabbi,... Read more

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2015-01-19T13:40:48-07:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

‘What would it mean if we danced with uncertainty?’

Last updated on: January 19, 2015 at 1:40 pm By Cathleen Falsani

Chicago Sun Times April 21, 2006 Friday, Final Edition Copyright 2006 Chicago Sun-Times, Inc. All Rights Reserved Section: NEWS; Pg. 36; Religion Length: 867 words Byline: Cathleen Falsani, The Chicago Sun-Times Ilove it when he calls. The Rabbi. He has this knack for showing up right when I need him to, just as I’m flailing my way through uncertainty, in flux and fighting it. When I hear Rabbi Irwin Kula’s voice on the other end of the phone, I... Read more

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2006-04-20T13:33:00-07:00

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Last updated on: April 20, 2006 at 1:33 pm By Cathleen Falsani

TODAY IN GOD . . . On April 20, 1096, Peter the Hermit leaves Cologne with 20,000 followers headed for Constantinople in the so-called “Peasants’ Crusade.” Read more

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2006-04-19T07:58:00-07:00

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Last updated on: April 19, 2006 at 7:58 am By Cathleen Falsani

TODAY IN GOD . . . On April 19, 2005, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany was elected as the 264th successor of St. Peter, vicar of Rome, and took the name Pope Benedict XVI. (And God Girl, your intrepid correspondent, was there.) Habemus papam! Read more

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2006-04-18T19:16:00-07:00

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Last updated on: April 18, 2006 at 7:16 pm By Cathleen Falsani

TODAY IN GOD … On April 18, 1521, Martin Luther appeared at the Diet of Worms (no, not as in “Fear Factor” — it was an assembly of the Holy Roman Empire that met in the German town Worms) where he was charged with heresy and threatened with excommunication from the Roman Catholic Church if he didn’t disavow 41 of his famous 95 Theses. Luther refused and ended his defense at the Diet with the words, “Here I stand; I... Read more

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2006-04-16T14:47:00-07:00

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Last updated on: April 16, 2006 at 2:47 pm By Cathleen Falsani

CHRISTOS ANESTI! Mary stood outside by the tomb weeping, and as she wept she stooped down and looked into the tomb. And she saw two angels in white sitting, one at the head and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain. Then they said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, “Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid Him.” Now when she... Read more

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2015-01-19T13:45:54-07:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

One Faith, Many Bibles: Why there’s no last word on the Word

Last updated on: January 19, 2015 at 1:45 pm By Cathleen Falsani

Chicago Sun Times April 16, 2006 Sunday, Final Edition Copyright 2006 Chicago Sun-Times, Inc. All Rights Reserved Section: NEWS; Pg. A08 Length: 951 words Byline: Cathleen Falsani, The Chicago Sun-Times Breakthrough! The Bible for Young Catholics is filled with groovy graphics and colorful illustrations of characters who look like they’d be more at home in a Japanese anime cartoon than in the pages of the Greatest Story Ever Told. “Pray it. Study it. Live it,” a slogan on the... Read more

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2006-04-15T15:32:00-07:00

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Last updated on: April 15, 2006 at 3:32 pm By Cathleen Falsani

GOD GIRL: UNCUT, UNCENSORED The folks over at Northeast Book Reviews have just posted the full transcript of an interview I gave to critic Mona Lisa Safai earlier this month. (Mona Lisa also reviewed The God Factor for NEBR last month.) It’s long and it’s colloquial, but if you want the full monty, here it is! Read more

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2006-04-15T13:31:00-07:00

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Last updated on: April 15, 2006 at 1:31 pm By Cathleen Falsani

WASH POST: GEE WHIZ, HEF AND HAIRSHIRTS This weekend’s Washington Post Book World just posted online and TGF is one of three new nonfiction books about spirituality critiqued in a single review by author Lauren F. Winner. She wrote Girl Meets God a few years ago, a memoir about her conversion from Judaism to Christianty, as well as Real Sex: The Naked Truth About Chastity. (Hhhhm. When it comes to picking reviewers for the book, lately I’m beginning to sense... Read more

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2006-04-14T16:05:00-07:00

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Last updated on: April 14, 2006 at 4:05 pm By Cathleen Falsani

COMING UP: MORE RADIO, MORE REVIEWS … Well folks, according to Bookweb, the site that keeps track of such things, the Washington Post Book World is reviewing The God Factor in this Sunday’s edition. While the vast majority of the reviews TGF has received so far have been gracious and glowing, when it comes time for the big boys to chime in, God Girl gets a wee bit, as Mom would say, “nervidood.” I’ve chosen to take something a mutual... Read more

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