Christianity Today published a roundup and some analysis of search terms used on Bible Gateway, the original multi-lingual website for Bible verses. John 3:16 was
Pranksters–or thieves–have taken figures of Jesus from 8 separate nativity scenes in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Massachusetts. Trinity Episcopal Church, in Easton, PA, has asked that their Jesus–missing since Christmas Eve–be returned with no questions asked.
Image of Jesus and disciples from the Coptic Museum in Cairo, Egypt Writing in the Sunday Review section of the New York Times, Peter Wehner
Title image from Star Wars films Bob Smietana, a religion writer, has written a hilarious article for the Washington Post comparing the Star Wars prequels
The area near the city of Christchurch New Zealand suffered a 7.1 earthquake on 4 SEP 2010 at 4:10 am. Again on 12 FEB 2011 at 12:51 pm the area around Christchurch experienced a 6.3 earthquake. One iconic building that suffered damage in the first quake and then more so in the second quake, was Christ Church Cathedral, the cathedral church of the Diocese of Christchurch, which sat on Cathedral Square in the heart of the city.
A priest, a rabbi and an imam walk into a building, it could be the start of something beautiful! The House of One, the three Abrahamic faiths together in the same building, is to be built on the land that has been occupied by a church, built and rebuilt since the 13th Century.
A prestigious medical periodical, the British Medical Journal, has published research conducted in Denmark which was aimed at locating the Christmas Spirit with regard to the human brain.
The Most Revd Justin Welby was the preacher at the Christmas Day service at Canterbury Cathedral yesterday morning.
Spanish artist Okuda (Oscar) San Miguel has painted the inside of an abandoned church, St Barbara’s, in Llanera, a town in the Spanish principality of Asturias in Northern Spain. The murals adorn the conversion of the church, that has been unused for the past 10 years, into a skateboard park.
Merry Christmas from all of us at the Episcopal Cafe’