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Northern lights: Peter Conrad is dazzled by two new recordings of Scandinavian songs
In Stockholm or Helsinki at this time of year, the sun sceptically peeps over the horizon in mid-morning, hovers at roof level for a while and hurts ......(Continue Reading) 1,000 thank you notes: A YOUTH-LED WORSHIP SERVICE
This service is just as it's billed-your kids will lead your congregation in writing 1,000 thank you notes to our good God. You can easily plan this service ......(Continue Reading)Sacred words, profane music? The Free Monks as a musical phenomenon in contemporary Greek Orthodoxy
The Free Monks (Eleftheroi) are a Greek Orthodox rock band of black-robed monks. Being the first of its kind in Greece, the group has produced popular ......(Continue Reading)The ecstasy of God's dancers: now more than ever the world needs a gentle, tolerant version of Islam. Sufism is exactly that, but it faces growing hostility
Six years ago, in the autumn of 1998, I was sitting in a roadside tea shop surrounded by the desert landscape of Rajasthan, when I saw a succession of bicycle rickshaws appear over the horizon. The...(Continue Reading)Visionary Video; PROJECTION SYSTEMS IN HOUSES OF WORSHIP
Soaring ceilings... prominent arches... detailed engraving on every surface.... Classical houses of worship used architecture to enhance and amplify ......(Continue Reading)
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