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Author Archives: Victoria Emily Jones
The Christmas Story in Text and Image
Starting tomorrow and going through the 26th, I’m going to post daily selections from Luke’s Gospel account of Jesus’s conception and birth, along with a piece of modern religious art for each passage. My hope is that as you read … Continue reading
Tee Time: Holding Baby Jesus
Look at that trompe-l’oeil effect! Found at themountain.com.
Glass Screen at the Church of St. Nicholas, Islip
While visiting Oxford in April, I had the pleasure of meeting artist Nicholas Mynheer and, what’s more, of having him talk me through some of his works on location. One of my favorites was the glass screen he designed for … Continue reading
Tee Time: Defend Christmas
Seller’s description: Features “Santa and Jesus holding back the rising tide of pointy-toothed, Christmas-eating atheists and their liberal overlords in Americatown, USA.” It’s nice to see Jesus and Santa on the same team! Found at ebay.com.
The Real Saint Nick
Santa Claus: fact, or fiction? The answer is, a little bit of both. The Santa Claus of American lore is based on the real-life Nicholas of Myra, a Greek Christian living in Asia Minor during the third and fourth centuries. … Continue reading
Tee Time: Loved Actually by Jesus
Found at religioustshirts.co.uk.
“Mary’s Lullaby (Tonight You Are Mine)”
Text by Bertha Anderson Kleinman (1877-1971). Music by Wanda West Palmer (1930-). I discovered this song on The Lower Lights’ latest album, Sing Noel, which released this week. Their rendition, with three-part harmonies and guitar accompaniment, is lovely indeed: reverent, … Continue reading
“Blessing of the Stew Pot” by Alla Renée Bozarth
Blessed be the Creator and all creative hands which plant and harvest, pack and haul and hand over sustenance — Blessed be carrot and cow, potato and mushroom, tomato and bean, parsley and peas, onion and thyme, garlic and bay … Continue reading
Tee Time: Nintendo-style Jesus
Found at notw.com. My husband had to explain this reference to me: it’s to an iconic Super Mario Bros. video game cover.
Marked by our past. Transformed by love.
This is the tagline of an ad campaign that launched last month in Lubbock, Texas. Billboards depict a bare-chested Jesus tattooed with words like “Outcast,” “Addicted,” and “Fear,” and direct passersby to the website JesusTattoo.org, where a fuller explanation of … Continue reading
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