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February 2013

February 02, 2013

God Girl’s Got News: My Happy Return to Fourth Estate

It is with great delight that I share some (personal) breaking news: At the end...

December 2012

December 17, 2012

God Was Here

"Thinking like that of Gov. Huckabee suggests that we somehow have the power to remove...

December 17, 2012

President Obama’s Address to Mourners in Newtown

“Let the little children come to me,” Jesus said, “and do not hinder them --...

November 2012

November 28, 2012

Mother Africa: Weaving a Hopeful Future

When I think of weavers, what comes to my mind are the ladies in the...

November 09, 2012

The Fiscal Cliff: Mommas Said Knock You Out

Under sequestration, the U.S. foreign aid that has made such a tremendous difference in Ethiopia...

October 2012

October 23, 2012

What Americans Think About U.S. Foreign Aid Might Surprise You

It might come as a surprise to learn that less than one percent of the...

October 12, 2012

Ethiopia: Motherhood is Powerful, Precious

Speak out for those who cannot speak, for the rights of all the destitute. Speak...

August 2012

August 11, 2012

New Music Saturday: Aug. 11, 2012

New music from : Mary Chapin Carpenter (with James Taylor), Sixpence None the Richer, Matisyahu,...

January 2012

January 05, 2012

An Invitation to The Great Conversation

A California vicar I know likes to describe the life of faith — the Church...

September 2011

September 20, 2011

GODSTUFF: Two Thumbs Up for Mr. Ebert &”Life Itself”

"I have arrived at a balancing point between sickness and health, and it is the...

September 11, 2011

GODSTUFF: 10 years after 9/11 the question remains the same

On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, I was standing in the bathroom of my...

August 2011

August 21, 2011

GODSTUFF: The problem with Christian labels

If the New Yorker piece is any indication, apparently we evangelicals remain an elusive, vastly...

July 2011

July 27, 2011

GODSTUFF: $50 Million for the Crystal Cathedral? Really Diocese of Orange? Really?

Poet W.H. Auden once described cathedrals as "Luxury liners laden with souls, Holding to the...

July 19, 2011

GODSTUFF: Dudeism, Dogma, Special Ladyism and What Have You…

What would the Dude do? That is the central spiritual, if not theological, concern of...

June 2011

June 29, 2011

GODSTUFF: We are “One.” We get to carry each other…

Our aim is not to engage in psychological, cultural, or theological debate about homosexuality. Nor...

May 2011

May 25, 2011

GODSTUFF: Spiritually Intriguing Summer Reading

This summer brings a rich collection of new spiritually-themed titles that promise to captivate both...

April 2011

April 28, 2011

GODSTUFF: What about Obama’s (re)birth certificate?

Those who insist that the president is a spiritual poseur will not be placated by...

April 14, 2011

GODSTUFF: Trump Presidency Doesn’t Have a Prayer

Let's just cut to the chase: "The Donald" has as good a chance of becoming...

March 2011

March 28, 2011

GODSTUFF: Fasting and Praying for a Moral Federal Budget

"When your remind Americans what's going on, what is really happening in the world and...

October 2010

October 27, 2010

GODSTUFF: Your story is our story.

Vasco was baptized in the same waters where the ashes of the uncle he never...

September 2010

September 08, 2010

GODSTUFF: Praying for your kids and their Anam Cara

Tuesday was the first day of school here in our sleepy seaside town in southern...

September 08, 2010

Today … in God: Thursday, September 9, 2010

Cathy Grossman over at USAToday's Faith&Reason blog is taking a poll about whether plans to...