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The architectural ‘least of these’
My article in the current issue of Geez looks at the architectural mark left on Latin America by the Roman Catholic church – from grandiose monuments to the little bamboo prayer chapel at Taize in Brazil.This post features photos of the churches mentioned in the article.Famine as photo op
With hunger plaguing the Horn of Africa, the distended belly is back in the news. It’s a shocking site – a motionless, blank-eyed Somali child with a swollen abdomen. Or maybe it isn’t shocking.Have we become numb to images of human deprivation? How should misery be communicated?Zondervan happy to eat at Murdoch’s table
Zondervan says the fact that they are owned by a media tycoon of dubious repute poses no ethical dilemma for them. The websites of _CNN, USA Today,_ and _The New York Observer_ have all picked up the story.Rupert Murdoch: Bible mogul
Most Christians don’t know that media giant “Rupert Murdoch”:http://www.forbes.com/lists/2010/10/billionaires-2010_Rupert-Murdoch_639W.html – the guy who had to shut down his British tabloid “_News of the World_”:http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/ amidst international scandal – owns the “world’s leading Bible publisher”:http://www.zondervan.com/Cultures/en-US/Company/Facts/About.htm?QueryStringSite=Zondervan, Zondervan. What are we to make of this mix of billionaire media tycoonery, dingy tabloid dealings and the Holy Word of God?Just trying to help
Our family had a brutal track record when it came to delivering Christmas hampers. These awkward experiences illustrate the complexities of helping and are part of a “recent article”:http://www.canadianmennonite.org/articles/just-trying-help I wrote on that topic for Canadian Mennonite magazine.Pope knows food
Critiquing the system that keeps 925 million people hungry, Pope Benedict recently said, “Food has become the object of speculation and is tied to the movements of financial markets which. . . seem fixated on the single objective of profit?” Now the church just needs to stop using Eucharistic wafers made with flour from the same profit-driven system.Psalters stir primal connection to the earth, each other
Editor Aiden Enns visited the Wild Goose Festival in June. Here’s his report of hearing The Psalters one night.Hip-hop star Shad speaks in Winnipeg church
Free lecture in Winnipeg by hip-hop artist Shad.Calling for pitches: Geez 23 and 24
A double-whammy of pitch calls for the upcoming issues. Geez 23 will be on the psychogeography of sacred spaces and Geez 24 will be on the problem with privilege.Job opening: Associate publisher, part time position
We have a job opening here at Geez. We’re looking for an associate publisher to work part time, 12.5 hours a week, starting in July if possible.
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