TODAY: FOXNEWSCHANNEL, AGAINI know, I know . . . but still. Tune in today about 1:30 p.m. EST to see Brian Wilson (the journalist, not the Beach Boy) interview God Girl about The God Factor on his program, “Weekend Live” on FoxNewsChannel. Read more

GODSTUFF: LABYRINTHINE PATH LEADS YOU WHERE YOU NEED TO GO Maybe it was the pebble in my Mary Janes. Or the distinctive fragrance of corn flowers in the hot sun. Verdant. Earthy. Familiar, like the way my mother smells — of Chanel No. 9 and translucent dusting powder — before she goes out for the evening with my father. Whatever the catalyst was, Thursday afternoon while I walked the labyrinth at St. Scholastica Monastery (next to St. Scholastica Academy along... Read more

A LITTLE BIT O’ THIS AND A LITTLE BIT O’ THAT … Bad blogger, bad. I realize I’ve been remiss. Please forgive. Last week in NYC felt like two months. I’ve now recovered (read: slept). So here are a few recent notices regarding The God Factor. Thanks to one and all . . . The Washington Times:Ran a story about The God Factor and The God Girl on page A2 of today’s editions. Below is a snippet, but you can... Read more

MOBY AND GOD GIRL TAKE MANHATTAN BY STORM (LITERALLY):See myself in the pouring rain, I watch hope come over me . . . The live “God Factor” event with Moby in NYC last week was a success despite a thunder storm of biblical proporitions that punctuated our hourlong conversation (sometimes right on cue, so much so it had me looking over my shoulder for the lightning bolt sure to hit Moby or me or both of us). I may be... Read more

LISTEN: JOHN MAHONEY TALKS ABOUT THE GOD FACTOR Our beloved John Mahoney recently gave a two-part interview about his faith, Catholicism and, in part, his role in The God Factor, to Monsignor Jim Lisante for his radio program, “Personally Speaking.” You can hear both parts of John’s interview HERE. Read more

GODSTUFF: A SPECIAL SUNDAY DOUBLE-SIZED EDITION: THE REVEREND OF ROCK ‘N’ ROLL It was a perfect summer night. A peachy gloaming lit the western skyline as I drove home, top down on the motorized toboggan, through the quiet streets of Chicago’s West Side. And blaring from the tinny speakers I’d cranked up to nearly 11 was one of those songs that makes you sing at the top of your voice (even in a convertible) and throw your hands in the... Read more

THIS WEEK IN A VERY SPECIAL GOD GIRL:When will then be now? Soon . . . So it’s Friday, and if you’ve surfed on over to the Sun-Times website this morning, you’ll already know that there isn’t a weekly “The Godstuff” column waiting for you. Have no fear, God Girl is still here.This week, Cathleen’s regular Friday column will appear on SUNDAY, when you can read about her encounter with “The Reverend of Rock ‘n’ Roll,” better known to Chicagoans... Read more

HAPPY SOLSTICE: Where a man is a man and the children dance to the pipes of Pan . . . “In ancient times, hundreds of years before thedawn of history…There lived a strange race of people … the Druids.No one knows who they were, or what they were doin…But their legacy remains…Hewn into the living rock of Stonehenge…” — David Ivor St. Hubbins Read more

TODAY IN GOD . . . ______________________________________________________________ On June 17, 1703, John Wesley is born in the rectory at Epworth, Lincolnshire, England, the 15th child of the Church of England priest Samuel Wesley. As a student at Oxford University, John Wesley (who, like his father, became an Anglican priest), joined the so-called “Holy Club,” with his brother Charles Wesley and, eventually, with the evangelist George Whitefield. A number of years later, their “club” would evolve into the Protestant Christian tradition... Read more

GODSTUFF: WAKE UP, SLOW DOWN AND REMEMBER WHAT MATTERS You know you’re too busy when:– You become distracted mid-application and manage to put deodorant on only one armpit. – E-mails to yourself and sticky-note reminders stop working altogether and you have to make lists on the top of your hand in permanent marker. – The inked reminders on your hand become such a frequent occurrence that your boss asks you if you have a tattoo. And he’s not joking. –... Read more