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Barbara’s Riffs on Life
A Case of the Human Condition: You Can’t Go Home Again . . . Oh, But You Can
It turns out that, yes, you can go home again. If you’re me, that is. All I had to do was show up for my high school class reunion and there I was, back in Birmingham, Michigan.
A Case of the Human Condition: Hanging Out in the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden
Peter and I walked over to the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden. Claes Oldenburg’s “Spoonbridge and Cherry” is a kick, but I gravitated to Jenny Holzer’s witty “Selections From the Living Series.”
A Case of the Human Condition: Walking the Walker in Minneapolis
After the Religion Newswriters Conference in Minneapolis in September, I took time out to visit our son Peter. Together we took a walk around the Walker Art Center. Here’s what we saw.
A Case of the Human Condition: Living the Good Life — In Minneapolis
Photos from the Midwest’s best-kept secret: lively, liveable Minneapolis.
Book Openers: Want to Shock Your Atheist Family? Convert to Christianity
By Barbara Falconer Newhall
When Samir Selmanovic converted to Christianity as a young soldier in the Yugoslav army, his Croatian family – especially his father – was heartbroken. “They hired top psychiatrists to talk to me,” Selmanovic said.