Twenty-two days and counting … U2’s new album, “No Line on the Horizon,” is due out in the U.S. on March 3. Their performance at last night’s Grammy Awards in L.A. was such a tease. CLICK HERE to watch some great footage from their June 2007 recording sessions at a converted riad in Fez, Morocco. Can’t wait to hear what they’ve come up with in what producer Danny Lanois told Rolling Stone was their quest to make a “contemporary gospel... Read more

Water is life It needs to be CLEAN and ACCESSIBLE, whether we’re drinking it or surfing it. Catch “Eco Warrior” at 8 p.m. (7 CST) Sundays on Fuel TV. Read more

GODSTUFF FOR ABUNDANCE, JUST LEAN IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION Last Friday night, rather than watch a movie or slug about the house, I decided to do something new and, hopefully, constructive. That’s how I wound up lying on the floor in a candlelit studio in the Fine Arts Building on South Michigan Avenue, listening to gong music and chanting for prosperity. Technically speaking, I was experiencing a “gong bath” at the Kundalini in the Loop studio, a yogic practice designed... Read more

Souvenez-vous. “When you remember me, it means that you have carried something of who I am with you, that I have left some mark of who I am on who you are. It means that you can summon me back to your mind even though countless years and miles may stand between us. It means that if we meet again, you will know me. It means that even after I die, you can still see my face and hear my... Read more

Happy Groundhog Day Break the cycle. Read more

God Girl and Jimmy Carter: The Interview Former President Jimmy Carter just published a new book about the ongoing violent unrest in the Middle East titled, We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land: A Plan that Will Work. In the book, Carter, 85, revisits the contributions of past U.S. presidents toward peace in Israel and Palestine, as well as his hopes that President Obama might be able to complete the task. Late last week, I had the opportunity to... Read more

Listen to God Girl’s NPR commentary debut GG’s first commentary for the NPR program “Day to Day” aired today nationally.She prattled on about the Vatican’s new YouTube channel and coined the phrase, “pope rolled.” We’re very proud. Click HERE to listen. Read more

GODSTUFF VASCO’S HEART:THE COLUMN I’VE BEEN WAITING 15 MONTHS TO WRITE Fifteen months ago, while traveling in Africa, I met a boy named Vasco Sylvester and fell in love. He was 9 years old, although at the time I wasn’t sure exactly how old he was. Vasco is an orphan — both his parents died of AIDS. He was living in a mud and wattle hut on the outskirts of Blantyre, Malawi, one of the poorest nations on Earth. Several... Read more

Good News: Grace and hope to collide in spring Fifteen months ago, while traveling in Africa, I met a boy named Vasco Sylvester and fell in love. He was 9 years old, although at the time I wasn’t sure exactly how old he was. Vasco is an orphan — both his parents died of AIDS. He was living in a mud and wattle hut on the outskirts of Blantyre, Malawi, one of the poorest nations on Earth. Several years before,... Read more

God bless the child … TOUCHED BY AN ANGELby Maya Angelou We, unaccustomed to courageexiles from delightlive coiled in shells of lonelinessuntil love leaves its high holy templeand comes into our sightto liberate us into life. Love arrivesand in its train come ecstasiesold memories of pleasureancient histories of pain.Yet if we are bold,love strikes away the chains of fearfrom our souls. We are weaned from our timidityIn the flush of love’s lightwe dare be braveAnd suddenly we seethat love costs... Read more