GOD GIRL ON FOXNEWSCHANNEL THURSDAY God Girl will appear on Fox News Channel at 11:48 a.m. CST (12:48 p.m. EST) THURSDAY 11/16 with anchor Bill Hemmer to talk about technology and how it’s changing the way people worship. iPod Bibles, wristwatches that tell you by GPS where Mecca is, special phones for Orthodox Jews to use on the Sabbath without sinning … God gadgets, if you will. Should be fun. Read more

GOD GIRL INTERVIEW AT WIREDPARISH.COM November 14, 2006interview with cathleen falsani cathleen falsani wrote the book the god factor. journalist exploring thestories of public people and their spirituality. wants to discover god in theplaces that people say that god isn’t supposed to be.Cathleen_1 in this cast: * i discovered the words that i had heard in church in a completely different way and i wanted to know more * i had experienced god in a place where others say he... Read more

PLEASE PRAY FOR MY MOM: MRS. GOD GIRL NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT Dear Friends and Passersby of Good Will: My mother, Helen, was diagnosed late last week with breast cancer — invasive lobular carcinoma — in both breasts and will have to have a double mastectomy in the coming weeks. We’re shocked, as you might imagine, as Helen is healthy, flinty and seemingly indestructible. She’s fierce, a giant of faith — our very own Queen Esther in high-heeled espadrilles and a... Read more

PONDER THIS: SIR ELTON BITCH SLAPS RELIGIONISTS In the Nov. 12 edition of the UK’s Observer MusicMonthly, Sir Elton John makes some frank remarks about the role of religion in our nervous times in THIS interview with Jake Shears (of Scissor Sisters) about being a gay star. Sir Elton says: From my point of view I would ban religion completely, even though there are some wonderful things about it. I love the idea of the teachings of Jesus Christ and... Read more

GODSTUFF: WE’RE ALL HYPOCRITES, AND THAT’S THE GOOD NEWS Mel and Mark and Ted and . . . the rest of us. We’re all hypocrites. Don’t shake your head “no.” Be honest. (Consider this a safe space. For the next 800 words, we promise not to judge you. You’re among friends.) Maybe your hypocrisy isn’t of the sexy variety that lands the unfortunate few on the front page of the National Enquirer or the New York Times, as was the... Read more

PUBLIC APPEARANCES THIS WEEK: GOD GIRL AND HER FACTOR MONDAY NOV. 13 @ 7:30 P.M.Loyola University 2006-2007 Chapel Lecture SeriesUpcoming Speaker:“Surprised by God: Sacred Encounters in Unexpected Places”Cathleen Falsani From the Holy See, the Caribbean and Northern Ireland to the West Wing, the Playboy Mansion and the dugout at Wrigley Field, for the last decade Cathleen Falsani, religion writer for the Chicago Sun-Times, has covered the intersection of religion and culture. Religion at its worst can divide us – into... Read more

ON MY MIND: IT’S SO HARD I AM THE WORLD’S WORST WAITER.Really. I think I was born without the patience gene. Waiting. Makes. Me. Bonkers. To mitigate the insanity (and to drown out KFKD, which has been playing in stereo in my head now for days — like a bad Bee Gees marathon), I’ve plugged in the iPod, slammed on the noise-proof earphones (that Mr. Bose is a miracle worker), and have put the Dixie Chicks on repeat. Ms. Natalie... Read more

THERE BUT FOR THE GRACE OF GOD … This whole mess with Ted Haggard is so very sad in so many ways.In the last few days as the original story broke and then broke and then broke, I’ve been reminded of something Chicago’s great evangelist Dwight L. Moody once said. It’s a quote I have taped to the wall above my computer at home, next to another quote (by Annie Lamott — the breathe, pray, be kind, stop grabbing one)... Read more