Barbara’s Riffs on Life

Maybe I Want a Facelift After All

Facelifts that leave your cheeks looking like you’re facing into 100-mph headwinds are not for me. Or are they? Read more.

Two big changes for my — 2009! — website: a major redesign and a more spacious writing schedule for me. Read more.

Finding hope for our time: Charles Jennens’ libretto for Handel’s “Messiah” was a response to his time — and ours. Read more.

The top religion stories of 2025 from the Religion News Association reflect a world of turmoil — and hope. Read more.

Music to celebrate the birth of Jesus. Click here for Christmas carols — the old-fashioned kind. Read more.

All I want for Christmas is readers for my book, “Wrestling with God: Stories of Doubt and Faith.” You can help make it happen. Read more.