I just found four brand new hundred-dollar bills in my sock drawer. Where in the world did that money come from? Read more.
Barbara’s Riffs on Life
Book Openers: Why Are All Those Catholics – So Darned Catholic?
What is at the heart of Catholicism? What makes all those Catholics so tenaciously Catholic? The Rev. Robert Barron would say – the Incarnation. Read more.
Book Openers: Forgiveness Is Tough — Atonement, Even Tougher
TV host Phil Cousineau looks at the flip side of forgiveness — atonement — in his new book “Beyond Forgiveness.” Read more.
Book Openers: Meet the Polygamist Family That Inspired TV’s “Big Love”
I got a close-up look at the polygamous Darger family, three wives, one husband, who inspired the TV series “Big Love.” Read more.
Book Openers: Robert Bellah on Religion and Evolution
Sociologist Robert Bellah on Religion and Human Evolution
Tinka Falconer: Her Ninety-Three Years
Here’s an obituary for my mother, Tinka Falconer, who died in December. Read more.