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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...

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 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....

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 —...

March 2015

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 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...

February 2015

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 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...

December 2014

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...