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Artist Remembers Nazi Holocaust in German Sidewalks
c. 2006 Religion News Service
HAMBURG, Germany _ Crowbar in hand, artist Gunter Demnig sets to work on his latest memorial.
He pries five bulky paving stones from the sidewalk, scrapes the clumpy dirt underneath with his trowel, then pounds a small concrete brick into one corner o...
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Artist Remembers Nazi Holocaust in German Sidewalks
c. 2006 Religion News Service
HAMBURG, Germany _ Crowbar in hand, artist Gunter Demnig sets to work on his latest memorial.
He pries five bulky paving stones from the sidewalk, scrapes the clumpy dirt underneath with his trowel, then pounds a small concrete brick into one corner o...
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Artist Finds God on Gotham’s Mean Streets
c. 2006 Religion News Service
NEW YORK _ The mean streets of New York might not seem a likely place to discover the sacred.
But amid the city's fabled profane _ the grit of a boulevard or an underpass, the grime of a storefront sidewalk or a subway station _ the sacred exists. You...
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“The Christian Norman Rockwell”
Christ Is Literally at Center of Artist's Work
Chris Meehan profiles Nathan Greene, an artist influenced both by Norman Rockwell and by his faith, in this week's RNS full text article, linked above.
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One of Greene's most famous paintings is called "Chief of the Medical Staff." I...
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Christ Is Literally at Center of Artist’s Work
c. 2006 Religion News Service
BERRIEN TOWNSHIP, Mich. _ Some people have referred to Seventh-day Adventist artist Nathan Greene as the Christian Norman Rockwell.
While Greene is quick to say that he does not equate himself with the great painter of iconic American scenes, he does...
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It’s a Nice Day for a Black Wedding
c. 2006 Religion News Service
CLEVELAND _ For Eric Freeman, 6-6-6 is not the number of the beast; it's the ticket to stardom.
The Cleveland artist and designer was commissioned to create the wedding gown for the most unholy of matrimonies. On Tuesday (June 6) _ sixth month, sixth...
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Gospel Singer Gives Voice to His Faith
c. 2006 Religion News Service
(UNDATED) Kirk Franklin's speaking voice sounds thick and kind of fuzzy, but let's not get any rumors started about throat problems.
Actually, the gospel triple threat _ performer, songwriter and producer _ says he just rolled out of bed and picked up...
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COMMENTARY: Missionary Discovers Uganda Remains `Pearl of Africa’
c. 2006 Religion News Service
(UNDATED) The young Winston Churchill called Uganda ``the pearl of Africa.''
But by 1990 the name evoked a bullet-pocked montage of television images. They included Jewish hostages slumped in exhausted terror, tormented by the maniacal Idi Amin and th...
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An interview with Franklin Graham
Questions and Answers with Franklin Graham
Kristen Campbell sits down for a Q&A with Franklin Graham, in this week's full-text RNS artcile, linked above.
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Q: If you never had to answer another question about a particular topic, what would it be?
A: I think this thing over Islam,...
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BOOKS REVIEW: Holocaust Stories for Children Introduce Tough Topic
c. 2006 Religion News Service
(UNDATED) Books for children about the Holocaust were once hard to find. Not anymore. In the past few years, several outstanding children's books have been published about that nightmare period. They introduce a difficult subject well _ with respect, di...
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