Barbara Falconer Newhall http://barbarafalconernewhall.com Veteran journalist Barbara Falconer Newhall reports from the scene -- on religion and spirituality, books, the art and craft of writing . . . life. Posting every Saturday, and more. Tue, 08 Jun 2010 04:27:03 +0000 en hourly 1 The Writing Room: Write About My Aging Mother? I Don’t Think So . . . http://barbarafalconernewhall.com/2010/06/05/the-writing-room-write-about-my-aging-mother-i-dont-think-so/ http://barbarafalconernewhall.com/2010/06/05/the-writing-room-write-about-my-aging-mother-i-dont-think-so/#comments Sun, 06 Jun 2010 04:59:01 +0000 Barbara http://barbarafalconernewhall.com/?p=5005 Ten reasons why I’m finding it impossible to write about my 92-year-old mother, even though she’s all I can think about right now . . . .

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]]> http://barbarafalconernewhall.com/2010/06/05/the-writing-room-write-about-my-aging-mother-i-dont-think-so/feed/ A Case of the Human Condition: A Half Century Later I’m Still a Size 10 (or 12) http://barbarafalconernewhall.com/2010/05/29/a-case-of-the-human-condition-a-half-century-later-im-still-a-size-10-or-12/ http://barbarafalconernewhall.com/2010/05/29/a-case-of-the-human-condition-a-half-century-later-im-still-a-size-10-or-12/#comments Sat, 29 May 2010 08:01:27 +0000 Barbara http://barbarafalconernewhall.com/?p=4984 I wore a size 10 in high school way back in 1959 and a size 12 in college. That was twenty plus pounds ago, but I can still squeeze into size 10 (or 12) jeans. Am I remembering my young self all wrong? … [visit site to read more]

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]]> http://barbarafalconernewhall.com/2010/05/29/a-case-of-the-human-condition-a-half-century-later-im-still-a-size-10-or-12/feed/ A Case of the Human Condition: Respect for Our Undeserving Elders http://barbarafalconernewhall.com/2010/05/22/a-case-of-the-human-condition-respect-for-our-undeserving-elders/ http://barbarafalconernewhall.com/2010/05/22/a-case-of-the-human-condition-respect-for-our-undeserving-elders/#comments Sun, 23 May 2010 04:28:19 +0000 Barbara http://barbarafalconernewhall.com/?p=4956 “Move,” said my 6-year-old son Peter to his grandmother. “I want to get by.” My mother looked up from her book and gave my son a hard look.

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]]> http://barbarafalconernewhall.com/2010/05/22/a-case-of-the-human-condition-respect-for-our-undeserving-elders/feed/ GodsBigBlog: The Hagia Sophia - Where Christianity and Islam Meet http://barbarafalconernewhall.com/2010/05/08/godsbigblog-the-hagia-sophia-where-christianity-and-islam-meet/ http://barbarafalconernewhall.com/2010/05/08/godsbigblog-the-hagia-sophia-where-christianity-and-islam-meet/#comments Sat, 08 May 2010 08:06:43 +0000 Barbara http://barbarafalconernewhall.com/?p=4922 As a Christian living in a mostly Christian country, I’ve never really known how it feels to have one’s faith and its most cherished symbols obliterated by a colonizing force. Until I stepped inside the Hagia Sophia.

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]]> http://barbarafalconernewhall.com/2010/05/08/godsbigblog-the-hagia-sophia-where-christianity-and-islam-meet/feed/ The Writing Room: And My (Serious) Case of the Human Condition http://barbarafalconernewhall.com/2010/05/04/the-writing-room-and-my-serious-case-of-the-human-condition/ http://barbarafalconernewhall.com/2010/05/04/the-writing-room-and-my-serious-case-of-the-human-condition/#comments Tue, 04 May 2010 18:27:14 +0000 Barbara http://barbarafalconernewhall.com/?p=4906 Driving home the other day from just one of countless visits to my mom at the hospital, I had to ask myself , why aren’t I writing about her? … [visit site to read more]

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]]> http://barbarafalconernewhall.com/2010/05/04/the-writing-room-and-my-serious-case-of-the-human-condition/feed/ A Case of the Human Condition: Reading, Writing — And Yucky http://barbarafalconernewhall.com/2010/04/24/a-case-of-the-human-condition-reading-writing-and-yucky/ http://barbarafalconernewhall.com/2010/04/24/a-case-of-the-human-condition-reading-writing-and-yucky/#comments Sun, 25 Apr 2010 03:46:51 +0000 Barbara http://barbarafalconernewhall.com/?p=4857 Little Max is off to kindergarten for his first taste of the real world. What will he learn? “Jingle bells, Batman smells, Robin laid an egg . . .”
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]]> http://barbarafalconernewhall.com/2010/04/24/a-case-of-the-human-condition-reading-writing-and-yucky/feed/ A Case of the Human Condition: Wait for Me! http://barbarafalconernewhall.com/2010/04/17/a-case-of-the-human-condition-wait-for-me/ http://barbarafalconernewhall.com/2010/04/17/a-case-of-the-human-condition-wait-for-me/#comments Sun, 18 Apr 2010 00:22:25 +0000 Barbara http://barbarafalconernewhall.com/?p=4809 I was a tiny preschooler, pumping away on my tricycle, near tears because the big kids were leaving me behind. Today, I was a lot older — and left in the dust again. … [visit site to read more]

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]]> http://barbarafalconernewhall.com/2010/04/17/a-case-of-the-human-condition-wait-for-me/feed/ A Case of the Human Condition: The Trouble With Daffodils http://barbarafalconernewhall.com/2010/04/11/a-case-of-the-human-condition-the-trouble-with-daffodils/ http://barbarafalconernewhall.com/2010/04/11/a-case-of-the-human-condition-the-trouble-with-daffodils/#comments Mon, 12 Apr 2010 06:43:01 +0000 Barbara http://barbarafalconernewhall.com/?p=4783 The trouble with daffodils is they have no subtext. They are all cheer and sparkle and optimism. They are avatars of perky. They get on my nerves. … [visit site to read more]

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]]> http://barbarafalconernewhall.com/2010/04/11/a-case-of-the-human-condition-the-trouble-with-daffodils/feed/ GodsBigBlog: Take a Virtual Tour of the Sistine Chapel http://barbarafalconernewhall.com/2010/04/10/godsbigblog-take-a-virtual-tour-of-the-sistine-chapel/ http://barbarafalconernewhall.com/2010/04/10/godsbigblog-take-a-virtual-tour-of-the-sistine-chapel/#comments Sat, 10 Apr 2010 08:03:36 +0000 admin http://barbarafalconernewhall.com/?p=4779 In the mood for something beautiful? Take a virtual tour of the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel, complete with musical accompanyment.

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]]> http://barbarafalconernewhall.com/2010/04/10/godsbigblog-take-a-virtual-tour-of-the-sistine-chapel/feed/ GodsBigBlog: The Supreme Court and the Rights of Campus Religious Organizations http://barbarafalconernewhall.com/2010/04/08/godsbigblog-the-supreme-court-and-the-rights-of-campus-religious-organizations/ http://barbarafalconernewhall.com/2010/04/08/godsbigblog-the-supreme-court-and-the-rights-of-campus-religious-organizations/#comments Thu, 08 Apr 2010 19:07:56 +0000 Barbara http://barbarafalconernewhall.com/?p=4771 Can the University of California’s Hastings College of Law deny recognition, services and financial support to a campus group called Christian Legal Society? … [visit site to read more]

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]]> http://barbarafalconernewhall.com/2010/04/08/godsbigblog-the-supreme-court-and-the-rights-of-campus-religious-organizations/feed/ GodsBigBlog: Our Human Ancestors — A Single Adam and Eve Couple? http://barbarafalconernewhall.com/2010/04/07/godsbigblog-our-human-ancestors-a-single-adam-and-eve-couple/ http://barbarafalconernewhall.com/2010/04/07/godsbigblog-our-human-ancestors-a-single-adam-and-eve-couple/#comments Wed, 07 Apr 2010 20:35:22 +0000 admin http://barbarafalconernewhall.com/?p=4767 Does the science of genetics point to a single couple as the common ancestors of all humanity? Check out a post on biologos.org for some thoughtful … [visit site to read more]

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]]> http://barbarafalconernewhall.com/2010/04/07/godsbigblog-our-human-ancestors-a-single-adam-and-eve-couple/feed/ A Case of the Human Condition: Peter’s Fast-Track Grandmother http://barbarafalconernewhall.com/2010/04/03/a-case-of-the-human-condition-peters-fast-track-grandmother/ http://barbarafalconernewhall.com/2010/04/03/a-case-of-the-human-condition-peters-fast-track-grandmother/#comments Sat, 03 Apr 2010 08:01:45 +0000 Barbara http://barbarafalconernewhall.com/?p=4697 My mother-in-law was on the phone. Could my 6-year-old son Peter come to Southern Calfornia for a week’s visit with her? “A week?” I thought. Could I get along without my little son for a whole week?

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