Barbara Falconer Newhall — Page 18 — Veteran journalist Barbara Falconer Newhall riffs on life as she knows it.

**★ Publishers Weekly, starred review**

Any seeker of any faith will be blessed to read the words of this fine author and observer. Read more.

"Wrestling with God: Stories of Doubt and Faith" book cover with photo of author Barbara Falconer Newhall

An inveterate doubter for most of her adult life, journalist Barbara Falconer Newhall embarks upon a quest to find a way to believe in God in the twenty-first century.

The result is Wrestling with God: Stories of Doubt and Faith, which details her search for the Divine in the lives of diverse Americans – from a fundamentalist Christian to a progressive Muslim to a Buddhist monk.

Seekers of all persuasions will feel represented here, from priests, ministers, and rabbis to engineers, physicists, and avowed non-believers . . . a riverflow of a book. — Phil Cousineau, host of PBS’s Global Spirit

A New Roll-Out for ‘Wrestling with God’ — Just in Time for the Holidays

By Barbara Falconer Newhall 6 Comments

Big news! Today is the day. It’s a new roll-out for my prizewinning book “Wrestling with God.” Join the celebration. Buy a copy or two! Read more.

I’m Not Going to Rant About the Election Results. Here’s Why

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I’m not going to rant about the election results. The world doesn’t need another angry argument. I’m going to write about my garden. Or try to. Read more.

MORE RIFFS ON LIFE

Tulips and Sex — Writing as If Everyone I Know Were Dead

By Barbara Falconer Newhall 11 Comments

I want to write about tulips today. I don’t want to write about sex. The trouble is, for me, writing about tulips means writing about sex: something about their juicy curves brings erotic metaphors to my particular mind. I had thought that once my mother — and father — were no longer alive and reading over my shoulder, I’d be able to write my heart out, but . . . Read more.