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Mason County, Michigan — My One-Woman Road Trip Takes Me to Falconer Country

September 23, 2015 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

Windmills outlined against the sky of Mason county, Michigan, farmland. Photo by Barbara Newhall

A visit to Falconer country — Mason county — was a must-do stop on my one-woman road trip up and down and across Michigan. A cousin showed me around the old family farms. Read more.

Tori Isner, Poet: ‘You Are a Vehicle for Spirit’

August 27, 2015 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

Tori Isner appreciates rocks. Here monzogranite rock formation at Joshua Tree National Park. Photo by Barbara Newahll

Tori Isner is an adopted Lakota Sioux and — in my opinion — a poet. We’re honored, she says, “just to live, just to be.” Read more.

Author Don Lattin: Americans Are More Thoughtful About Religion Than We Think

August 13, 2015 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

As part of the THIRST temporary art installation, hundreds of prayer flags hang from the circular path from the pedestrian bridge down to Lady Bird Lake in Austin. Photo by BF Newhall

Religion writer Don Lattin says there’s more to religion in America than atheists vs. fundamentalists. The real story is less alarming and much more interesting. Read more.

Journalist Kay Campbell: ‘WWG Bows to the Enduring Mystery of the Universe’

August 6, 2015 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

Barbara Falconer Newhall's book Wrestling with God: Stories of Doubt and Faith on sale at Book Passage bookstore, Corte Madera, California. Photo by Barbara Newhall

My Religion Newswriters Association colleague Kay Campbell says this about Wrestling with God: Stories of Doubt and Faith. Read more.

Goodreads Giveaway Results: Wow. A Lot of People Want a Copy of “Wrestling with God”

July 16, 2015 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

Barbara Falconer Newhall, author of "Wrestling with God," is shown with a copy of her book. 2015. Newhall is offering free copies of her book through the Goodreads Giveaway program. Photo by Barbara Newhall

Wow. Success. A total of 685 people clicked “Enter” to win a copy of “Wrestling with God” during this week’s Goodreads Giveaway. Read more.

Goodreads Giveaway: Win a Copy of “Wrestling with God”

July 8, 2015 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

Barbara Falconer Newhall, author of "Wrestling with God," is shown with a copy of her book. 2015. Newhall is offering free copies of her book through the Goodreads Giveaway program. Photo by Barbara Newhall

I’m giving away three copies of Wrestling with God over the next three days. It’s a Goodreads Giveaway contest — and you could be a winner. Read more.

I’m a Studs Terkel Wannabe — He Captured American Voices

June 25, 2015 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

Author Studs Terkel with books in background.

It was Studs Terkel’s oral histories that inspired me to record the voices of Americans talking about God. Read more.

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Confessions of a Nintendo Mom: The Day I Unplugged My Eight-Year-Old

Ten-year-old Peter Newhall with monitor showing Nintendo game he has just won. Photo by BF Newhall

Like any normal person with a job, two kids and a front yard full of weeds, I had been sleeping in on a Sunday morning – until the sound of Jon and Peter playing the new Nintendo woke me up. I burst in on them. “HEY. YOU WOKE ME UP.” No answer. So enraptured were they with their dratted boomerangs and Oktoroks they didn’t care that they had wrecked my beautiful Sunday morning sleep-in. I stomped back to bed, covered my head and cried. Read more.

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