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January 2016

January 23, 2016

Indian Classical Dancer Savitri Hari: The Sacred in the Cow Dung

My favorite place to look for God is in people, especially people like Savitri Hari,...

December 2015

December 01, 2015

I’m a Somethingist — Or Something

Nearly a quarter of all Americans now check the box “None” when asked their religious...

November 2015

November 24, 2015

I’m Just Thankful to Be Thankful

By Barbara Falconer Newhall Lots of good reasons to be thankful this Thanksgiving: One. Pumpkin pie. What...

November 17, 2015

John Shelby Spong: Yes, We’re Going to Heaven, But It’s Not Where You Think

By Barbara Falconer Newhall Some books are even better the second time around. That's the...

November 12, 2015

John Donne — A Passionate Poet Bursts Into the Twenty-First Century

I was a junior in college and I was smitten. Who was the lucky guy?...

November 03, 2015

On a Good Day, God’s Right There, Can’t Miss Him

For most of my adult life I haven't been so sure about God. That such a...

October 2015

October 27, 2015

Evidence of God’s Existence — From a Scientist

Geoff Machin is a realist who believes that Alfred Lord Tennyson got it right when he...

October 20, 2015

Anne Lamott: ‘Where Your Feet Are Is Sacred Space’

By Barbara Falconer Newhall It’s time to stop the train, Anne Lamott was telling her --...

October 13, 2015

How to Pray? I Wish I Knew

I don't know how to pray. Haven't a clue. Apparently, I'm not alone. Barbara Brown...

October 06, 2015

I’m a Carnivore and I’m OK With That . . . I Think

When our kids were little, the pediatrician once suggested we cut down the cypress tree in...

September 2015

September 27, 2015

Donald Trump and Pope Francis: Two Voices — One Loud, One Powerful

When Pope Francis arrived in Washington, D.C., last week, the level of civil discourse in the...

September 22, 2015

Want to See Your Creator? Go Look at a Rock

I encountered dozens of Americans of every stripe in the course of researching my book, "Wrestling with...

September 15, 2015

At Auschwitz — A Woman Who Didn’t Choose Life

By Barbara Falconer Newhall For three days - the entire train trip - the cattle...

September 08, 2015

My Pope Francis Bubble Has Popped — Here’s Why

No doubt about it. Pope Francis is a charmer. In the years since his election...

September 01, 2015

A Tree Dies in Texas — And Is Brought Back to Life by Art

Some temporary art installations deserve to be temporary. The graceless light projections of Danish artist Asbjoern Skou are a good...

August 2015

August 25, 2015

Belief is Seriously Overrated

By Barbara Falconer Newhall My brothers had charged me with planning the memorial service for...

August 18, 2015

New Pope Francis Appointee Talks About What Makes The Catholic Church So Catholic

Some say that the Mass is at the heart of Catholicism. Others might say it's...

August 11, 2015

Can A Christian Say Kaddish for Her Jewish Aunt?

My Aunt Grace was a businesswoman who took care of business. So when she died...

August 04, 2015

My Garden Grows Like Crazy. But Is It Really Mine?

By Barbara Falconer Newhall It's my garden, but I’m not the gardener. I don’t plant. I...

July 2015

July 28, 2015

Jesus is Everywhere in Europe’s Old Churches — But He’s Mostly Dead

I ducked in and out of churches all over Europe last month -- up the...

July 21, 2015

Religion in America? There’s a Whole Lot of Wrestling Going On

Apparently I’m not the only one wrestling with God. In his foreword to my new...

July 15, 2015

“Go Set a Watchman” Meets Mother Emanuel

By Barbara Falconer Newhall I haven’t cracked open my copy of Go Set a Watchman. But that...

July 14, 2015

A Persistent Seeker Takes on the Hard Questions

Kay Campbell, one of my religion writer colleagues, wrote this about my new book from Patheos Press....

July 07, 2015

I’m Alive to the Moment — And So Are My Traps

The physical therapist contemplates my over stressed and overdeveloped trapezius muscles. Relax those muscles, she says. Let...

June 2015

June 30, 2015

Buddhist Teaching — So Much Chicken Shit?

By Barbara Falconer Newhall Buddhist writers Sylvia Boorstein and Jack Kornfield have taught me a...

June 23, 2015

Huston Smith: A Religion Scholar Sums It Up — Be Happy!

It was 2o12. Religion scholar Huston Smith was 93 years old and he had a...

June 16, 2015

Catholic Memoir: Two Atheists Cheerfully Bite the Dust

Some people like certitude. They like to know things for sure. They like to be...

June 09, 2015

A Once Sacred Spot — Is It Still Sacred If There’s WiFi and Barbecue?

Eagle Top is nothing much. It’s just a hill. A short, sandy hill perched on...

June 01, 2015

Two Buddhists — One Happy, One Funny

Jeff Greenwald: Buddha Shopper I’d been hoping for some time to get my hands on...

May 2015

May 26, 2015

Coleman Barks: The Gentle Voice of Rumi

By Barbara Falconer Newhall I’d always imagined Coleman Barks to be a distant, scholarly type —...