Image via Wikipedia   Most of the time, I try to actually visit the churches featured in this column, but occasionally I hear about churches that sound so awesome I just can’t wait to tell you about them.  That’s the case with Chene-Chapelle, a church I heard about while reviewing Pete Nelson’s...

Whenever my friend from Tokyo visits New York, she wants me to plan our itinerary.  If I ask her what sort of things she wants to see or do, she’ll inevitably respond that she wants to see art galleries.  She’s awesome.  I eagerly begin combing listings for exhibits and then quickly remember...

Image via Wikipedia Some call it an eyesore.  Some may even consider it heretical.  But Don Justo Gallego Martinez’s “garbage” cathedral attracts tourists to Mejorada del Campo, just as the world’s largest crucifix draws people to Indian River, Michigan. Spain has a long history of mosaic art. ...

Victory Hellas!  March 25 is Independence Day for Greece.  To celebrate, I thought I’d bring you church hopping where it all began….   Church: Agia Lavra (Holy Lavra, “Lavra” essentially meaning “monastery”) Location: On Mount Helmos, which is southwest of...

I’m tempted to write a satire called Christian New Year’s Resolutions.  It would go something like this: Pray without ceasing.  Ever. Don’t watch secular television. Become a physically fit Proverbs 31 woman. Read the bible every day and nothing besides it. Go to church every Sunday. Is there...

I’ve often heard the phrase “If you want to make God laugh, tell Him your plans” intended as casual advice but come across as bitter warning.  Even though it’s usually said as an off-hand, humorous quip, it seems like it usually comes along with underlying resentment.  The not-so-innocent...

Some say politics and religion have no place together.  They haven’t seen Michael Caines’ art show Perfect Happiness, currently on view at Mulherin Pollard Projects. Like a child with a pair of scissors and stack of disparate magazines and storybooks, Caines mixes and matches heads of politicians...

Inwood Park after Rain In Manhattan (c) Len Cicio Have you ever started down a career path, only to realize, maybe even years later, that even although it’s very close to what you want to be doing, it’s not the exact job you want?  Meet Len Cicio.  For fourteen years, Cicio worked as a...

In part 4 of “Selling Yourself without Selling Out,” we’ll be looking at the resources provided by Luann Jennings, who led the workshop held by Redeemer Presbyterian Church‘s Center for Faith & Work on which this series is based.  The workshop that ran on Friday, July 23,...

“If your relatives are creeped out about you being an artist, tell them you’re an entrepreneur,” Luann Jennings, director of Redeemer Presbyterian Church‘s Center for Faith & Work in New York City, half-joked at Selling Yourself without Selling Out: An Introduction to Marketing...