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Author Archives: Victoria Emily Jones
Questions about the Atonement
I’m an inquisitive person. I like to understand things. Never content with answering just the what’s of any given topic, I like to get to the root of all the how’s and why’s as well. Recently I realized that despite … Continue reading
Tee Time: Astro Jesus
Found at redbubble.com.
Book Review: On a Friday Noon
(Book reviews are typically the most useful if they’re published the month the book comes out. Unfortunately, I’m thirty-three years late on this one, and the book has since moved out of print. However, if you’re interested in buying a … Continue reading
Tee Time: It was you who he died for
Found at adifferentdirection.com.
I pledge allegiance . . . to the slaughtered Lamb
This litany of resistance was compiled by Shane Claiborne, Chris Haw, Jim Loney, and Brian Walsh, and is published in the book Jesus for President: Politics for Ordinary Radicals (Zondervan, 2008). One: Today we pledge our ultimate allegiance to the … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Theology
Tagged jesus for president, litany of resistance, ordinary radicals, the simple way
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Tee Time: Jesus Bakes
Found at zazzle.com.
Christian Art in the National Gallery, London: Two Books
For about a thousand-year span (from roughly the eighth through seventeenth centuries), images of Jesus dominated Western art. Annunciations, Nativities, Last Suppers, Crucifixions. Preaching Christs, healing Christs, dead Christs, risen Christs. Christ as the Good Shepherd or Pantocrator. Perhaps these … Continue reading
Upcoming Book Discussions
I read a lot of books. With an hour-long bus ride to and from work every day, there’s plenty of time for reading. And having a husband at MIT gives me access to books from university libraries all over the … Continue reading
Tee Time: Jedi Jesus
May the force be with you. Found at threadless.com.
“The Transfiguration” by Sufjan Stevens
(See below to listen to this song from Sufjan Stevens’s 2004 album Seven Swans.) “When he took the three disciples to the mountainside to pray, his countenance was modified, his clothing was aflame. Two men appeared: Moses and Elijah came; … Continue reading
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