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How to Pray — When You Don’t Have a Thing to Say to God
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On the Religion Beat: Talking — and Not Talking — About God
When I was a newspaper reporter on the religion beat at the Contra Costa Times in Walnut...
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Lake Michigan — One of My Favorite Characters in “Wrestling with God”
Writing Wrestling with God: Stories of Doubt and Faith was fun. Getting the book ready for...
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“Wrestling with God” — A Place Where Skeptics and Believers Meet
Phil Cousineau, host of TV's "Global Spirit," has several nice things to say about my new book, Wrestling...
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A Writer’s Milestone: “Wrestling with God” — My First Book
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I’m Seeing Stars — Book Review Stars — for “Wrestling with God”
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Catholic Memoirist Richard Rodriguez on God, Islam, and Finding Faith in the Midst of Darkness
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February 17, 2015
For Lent, Try Giving Up That Old, Outworn Story About Yourself
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God Is Not Nice — Transfiguration Thoughts
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God – Too Good To Be True?
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January 27, 2015
God and Beauty — If No One Sees It, Is It Really There?
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Memento Mori – A Walk in the Woods, With the Deadness in My Future
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That Summons for Jury Duty — An Invitation to Be Here Now
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The Hagia Sophia: Face to Face With Islam – In a Christian Church
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