tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959245.post1971964793821802377..comments2008-08-07T01:06:03.662-04:00Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18122162947646462967noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959245.post-36356220111103450402008-08-07T01:06:00.000-04:002008-08-07T01:06:00.000-04:00

Thought provoking...<BR/><BR/>A variety of gifts in the body of Christ. Some like you - which I'm very thankful for because I too enjoy beauty, and some like me who default to practicality (probably to a fault). I can't help but think of the underground church in China and the poor in Africa, those who worship the Beautiful and Majestic God in very impoverished conditions.<BR/><BR/>Yet I know now

benhttp://unbreakablejoy.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959245.post-19343989003905161542008-08-01T13:21:00.000-04:002008-08-01T13:21:00.000-04:00

Oh, and one big reason for ugly fundamental/evangelical churches; they got kicked out of the pretty buildings by the theologically liberal bishops back in the 1920s, and decades of experience has many all but convinced that an overly attractive building can be a sign of theological weakness. <BR/><BR/>Plus, you have one friend of mine's response to the great cathedrals of Germany; "didn't God

Bike Bubbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08193546045614393425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959245.post-16609497270388250712008-07-24T17:48:00.000-04:002008-07-24T17:48:00.000-04:00

Keep the good stuff coming, sister. I'm writing a few posts on this kind of thing as well.

Bike Bubbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08193546045614393425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959245.post-91747202514399853062008-07-24T13:25:00.000-04:002008-07-24T13:25:00.000-04:00

Beauty is profoundly important! Please listen to this podcast: http://www.futureprimitive.org/mp3/Gendler080711.mp3<BR/><BR/>It's an interview with Ruth Gendler, who wrote a book "Notes on the Need for Beauty." She reads from it and discusses beauty, much deeper than visual beauty, of course.<BR/><BR/>But beauty infuses our soul, our spirit, with life, the will to live, joy! Beauty is definitely

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