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May 2015

May 19, 2015

Dobson on How to Get to Heaven: Beat Your Dog, Whip Your Kid

It was bedtime and James Dobson wanted his dog—a dachshund named Sigmund Freud—to get into...

May 12, 2015

The Girl Who Became a Skunk — And Other Goddesses, Saints and Heroines from Patricia Monaghan

By Barbara Falconer Newhall Patricia Monaghan was 66 years old when she died. One could...

May 05, 2015

Meditate? I’d Rather Be in the Basement Brooming Cobwebs

By Barbara Falconer Newhall I like Sylvia Boorstein. She makes a great case for...

April 2015

April 28, 2015

The Creeds — Do We Really Have to Believe All That Stuff?

By Barbara Falconer Newhall Here’s a question for you. Do you have to believe to...

April 21, 2015

Huston Smith: What a Nonagenarian Can Tell You About God

By Barbara Falconer Newhall When Huston Smith turned 90 he did what he’d been doing...

April 14, 2015

Does Nature Love Us as Much as We Love It?

By Barbara Falconer Newhall Some people get their spiritual highs from nature. Put them down...

April 07, 2015

Equanimity — Even the “Mad Men” Can’t Fake It

By Barbara Falconer Newhall I'll get to the equanimity part of this post in a...

March 2015

March 31, 2015

How to Pray — When You Don’t Have a Thing to Say to God

What is prayer anyway? I haven't a clue. These days, when I go to pray, I...

March 24, 2015

On the Religion Beat: Talking — and Not Talking — About God

When I was a newspaper reporter on the religion beat at the Contra Costa Times in Walnut...

March 17, 2015

Memoirist Jana Riess — She Can Tell You About “Wrestling with God” in 100 Words or Less

If you're a writer hoping to have a prayer of selling your book -- to agents,...

March 14, 2015

Lake Michigan — One of My Favorite Characters in “Wrestling with God”

Writing Wrestling with God: Stories of Doubt and Faith was fun. Getting the book ready for...

March 12, 2015

“Wrestling with God” — A Place Where Skeptics and Believers Meet

Phil Cousineau, host of TV's "Global Spirit," has several nice things to say about my new book, Wrestling...

March 10, 2015

A Writer’s Milestone: “Wrestling with God” — My First Book

This is a big day for me, a writer's milestone -- the big launch celebration of...

March 07, 2015

I’m Seeing Stars — Book Review Stars — for “Wrestling with God”

Once again, it was time to crack out the champagne. I've had more than my...

March 03, 2015

They’re Atheists, They’re Proud, and They’ve Got a Lot of Cool Bumper Stickers

Atheists are not winning many popularity contests in the U.S. right now. A 2014 poll...

February 2015

February 24, 2015

Catholic Memoirist Richard Rodriguez on God, Islam, and Finding Faith in the Midst of Darkness

By Barbara Falconer Newhall The occasion was a two-fer book talk by two Catholics. Kaya...

February 17, 2015

For Lent, Try Giving Up That Old, Outworn Story About Yourself

By Barbara Falconer Newhall Giving up something -- making a change in our lives --...

February 10, 2015

God Is Not Nice — Transfiguration Thoughts

I like to think of God as nice. Nice as in helping out with some...

February 03, 2015

God – Too Good To Be True?

For most of my adult life I wasn’t so sure about God. That such a...

January 2015

January 27, 2015

God and Beauty — If No One Sees It, Is It Really There?

By Barbara Falconer Newhall It was February, early spring in California, when I spotted a...

January 18, 2015

Memento Mori – A Walk in the Woods, With the Deadness in My Future

The tree was a valley oak, it was half dead. A valley oak because of...

January 10, 2015

That Summons for Jury Duty — An Invitation to Be Here Now

Want to practice mindfulness – being fully present and aware of the here and now...

January 03, 2015

The Hagia Sophia: Face to Face With Islam – In a Christian Church

As a Christian who was born, grew up and has lived her entire life in...

December 2014

December 24, 2014

Impermanence: Nothing Lasts – Except My Wish That Things Would Stay the Same

There I was, out in the woods, my favorite place to be. And once again...

December 23, 2014

Nicheless – Where Do I Fit In? As a Writer? As a Believer?

I'm a brand-new blogger for Patheos.com, and you're probably wondering -- where does she fit...

December 19, 2014

Christmas: My Soul Proclaims — Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer?

Greetings Patheos.com readers. I'm a brand-new blogger for Patheos. I'm excited to be writing for...