Entries Tagged as 'Patheos'

God in 100 Words or Less

February 18, 2010 · by Christine

I was invited to be a part of Patheos‘ new Theoblogger Challenge – God in 100 Words or Less.  (Patheos is a multifaith website where I occasionally write for the Catholic and Mainline Protestant Portals.)
One of their regular features is the Public Square, and this week the subject is God.  They decided to reach out [...]

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Mandalas – Part Two

September 23, 2009 · by Christine

Stop by Patheos for the second part of my article on Mandalas in the church.

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Mandalas

July 29, 2009 · by Christine

My newest article at Patheos on Mandalas (Part 1 of 2):
(photo of rose window at Notre Dame © Kayce Hughlett)
Mandala is the Sanskrit word for circle and the great psychologist Carl Jung called it an “archetype of wholeness.” Archetypes are those basic patterns and symbols which repeat across cultures and traditions, emerging from a collective unconscious [...]

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Creating Personal Altars

July 14, 2009 · by Christine

Here is my latest article up at Patheos on Creating Personal Altars, enjoy!:
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In the heart of every Catholic Church you enter you will find the altar, the place where we celebrate Holy Communion and break bread and drink wine together. It is where we experience God breaking into the community each week. Often around the church [...]

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Illuminated Manuscripts

July 1, 2009 · by Christine

My newest article is up at Patheos for the series on Art and Spirit in the Church:

I fell in love with the Cloisters as a child. A branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art on the north tip of Manhattan, it is constructed as a reproduction of a medieval cloister. Its collection contains art from [...]

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Liturgy as a Feast for the Senses

June 10, 2009 · by Christine

I will be writing a regular weekly article for Patheos on Art & Spirit in the Church. Click the link for this week’s feature, see the links below for previous articles.  It is for the Catholic Gateway, but much of what I write is accessible to an ecumenical audience.
Liturgy as a Feast for the Senses
The Christian imagination [...]

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