Moderate Jordan’s religious tolerance

From Middle East Online:AMMAN - Jordanian Christians are up in arms over the activities of foreign missionaries in the Muslim conservative kingdom which is rich in biblical sites, including the spot where Jesus was baptised. The row erupted after the government announced last month that it had depor…

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Rabbi Yoffie’s New Visit From the “STUPID FAIRY”

Rabbi Eric Yoffie is the head of the reform Judaism, the largest branch of Judaism in America. The Rabbi is also someone who gets regular visits from the Stupid Fairy. Last summer he woke up one day and thought that Chief Rabbi of Israel was an elected position open to non Israelis.Then he decided t…

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Non-Christians on the Worship Team?

Recently a discussion developed over at the New City Church blog about a paragraph in my book. Here’s the paragraph in question: Even though musicians aren’t necessarily “elders” or “teachers” their presence in front of the congregation week after week implies that their life is wort…

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Tags: non-christians, leading a team, theology of worship, Worship Arts, worship-leading, worship teams

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Christian Art Market

Numerous artists have found success selling to the Christian market, a large segment of the population consisting partly of art collectors but mainly of people who are looking to purchase prints and posters that reflect their beliefs and values. Read……

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Interview: Brandon G. Withrow

Brandon G. Withrow is a Ph.D. and adjunct professor at Winebrenner Theological Seminary where he teaches the history of Christianity. See his blog here. MW: How much does current scholarship on Christianity address Christian art? How well are religion programs in this country covering religious art …

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RIP Will Elder, the Guardian vs. Edward Said

[ JTA ] Will Elder (a.k.a. Wolf William Eisenberg), “the Mad Magazine artist who helped introduce Yiddishisms and Borscht Belt humor into the American lexicon,” died at 86 on May 15. His self-portrait, via Wikipedia, is to the right. [Forward] Here’s the quick guide to the art stor…

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Tags: Christianity, Islam, judaism

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The Beauty of God

Tonight we had a tremendous downpour of rain, and afterwards the sun came out, so I went out to pray my Rosary. What a beautiful sight greeted me! The rain had beaded on the spruce needles, and the sun was glinting through those drops of rain. With the wet coniferous trees and flowering fruit trees,…

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Milk and Blood

I’ll freely admit that in these modern times, it’s perfectly normal to get a little weirded out by old images of the Virgo Lactans or St. Bernard mystically drinking the milk of Our Lady, but the sort of legitimate shock value they possess is not to be sneezed at. (In other words, tough noogies, I’m…

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