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So I did a thing! I was able to sit down with the DM-Mi podcast and discuss:
The challenges of teaching religion
The psychology of faith in modern times
Comparative study of Dharmic vs. Abrahamic religions
The future of spirituality in Western societies
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The Global Nativity Over the period of Advent I have been sharing different images of the Nativity from around the world on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. I have been doing this as a Christian, and also as someone i…

Last year I shared what I had learned from the many different paintings of the Nativity. One of the most important messages I took from it all is that God comes to us where we are.

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The final #GlobalNativity to #LighttheWorld is slightly self-indulgent. It is a painting from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Day 23 of a #GlobalNativity to #LighttheWorld comes from Guatemala and the artist John Giuliani

Day 22 of a #GlobalNativity to #LighttheWorld is by the artist Gde Sukana Kariana from Indonesia

Day 21 of a #GlobalNativity to #LighttheWorld comes from Poland based Ukrainian artist Nadiia Krushynska

Day 20 of a #GlobalNativity to #lighttheworld takes us to South Africa and a piece by Azaria Mbatha

Day 19 of a #GlobalNativity to #LighttheWorld comes from Cameroon and is painted by Father Engelbert Mveng (1930-1995)

Day 18 of a #GlobalNativity to #LighttheWorld is inspired by time spent with friends last night. They had a Peruvian nativity set and so today’s painting comes from Peru and is by Diego Jeri.

Day 17 of a #GlobalNativity to #LighttheWorld comes from New Zealand and artist Ku Bailey

On day 16 of a #globalnativity to #lighttheworld we go to Iran and a painting by Hossein Behzad

Day 15 of a #GlobalNativity to #LighttheWorld comes from Russian American artist, Mikhail Zarovny

Day 14 of a #GlobalNativity to #LighttheWorld comes from Scotland and the artist, William Bell Scott

Day 13 of a #globalnativity to #LightTheWorld takes us to Egypt and a Coptic icon by Isaac Fanous #advent

Day 12 of a #GlobalNativity to #LighttheWorld is a ‘Native American Nativity Scene’ by Julie Frechette

Day 11 of a #GlobalNativity to #LighttheWorld comes from Canadian artist William Kurelek. These two paintings come from his collection ‘A Northern Nativity’ and are entitled ‘Across the river from the capital’ and ‘The Holy Family as Eskimo (Inuit)’

Day 10 of a #GlobalNativity to #LighttheWorld is from UK based artist Paul Rossi with his painting ‘A Circus Nativity’

We go to China today on day 9 of a #GlobalNativity to #lighttheworld the painting is Our Lady of Peking, China by John Lu Hung Nien (1914)

Day 8 of a #GlobalNativity to #LighttheWorld is from American (USA) artist Simon Dewey. This painting is called “Unto us a child is born” and a print hangs in our home😀

Day 7 of a #GlobalNativity to #lighttheworld is a batik painting from Tanzania #Advent

Day 6 of a #GlobalNativity to #LightyheWorld has two paintings: ‘Birth of Jesus’ and ‘The Coming of the Magi’ from Korean artist Kim Ki-Chang in the 1950s #Advent

Day 5 of #Advent and a #GlobalNativity to #lighttheworld takes us to Cameroon and a group of artists known as Vie de Jesus Mafa. I’ve loved their art for a long time 😀

Day 4 of a #GlobalNativity to #lighttheworld goes to the USA and an artist I looked at last year- @klicons.bsky.social and his work ‘Tent Nativity’

Day 3 of a #GlobalNativity to #lighttheworld is from Malaysian artist Hanna Varghese

Day 2 of a #GlobalNativity to #lighttheworld is from Palestinian artist Nabil Anani #advent

It’s the first day of Advent and I thought I’d begin my #GlobalNativity again. Beginning with a painting from India by Sister Claire #advent #nativity #lighttheworld

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

Lessons from Elphaba: Discipleship Through Wicked This post reflects on lessons of discipleship learned from Elphaba in Wicked, contrasting her nuanced character with the one-dimensional villain in The Wizard of Oz. It emphasizes responding to soc…

An excerpt from one of my books about why I think Elphaba is one of my heroes and what I have learned from her #Wicked #discipleship jamesdholt.com/2024/11/27/l...