Tall Skinny Kiwi (a blog that is new to me, and which I learned of from a really new blog, Grebelius Redivivus) is encouraging bloggers to hold “Blog A Qur’an Day” on September 11th.CNN indicates that the alleged deal to relocate Park51 was never made.Joel Watts asks if the president should be involved.Jim West views Terry Jones as a publicity-seeker.Steve Wiggins looks at American ambivalence towards Muslims and their cultures.Randy Olds suggests holding a “Trade in your King James Bible Day.”Mystical Seeker... Read more

A friend sent me a link to a site about a conference, to be held right here in Indiana, with the title “Galileo was Wrong: The Church Was Right.” I might be tempted to go just to see what such an event would be like, but I can’t in good conscience support them even in the amount of the $50 registration fee. Read more

As some of us suspected, the pastor behind the “Burn a Qur’an Day” event cancelled it on the understanding that he could in so doing secure the relocation of Park51/Cordoba House. And since he seems to have been misinformed about that, he may now go ahead with the burning. And so as of this time, there is no news one way or the other, as far as I can tell. Read more

A variety of news sources are reporting that Terry Jones has called off staging “Burn a Qur’an Day” this September 11th. Read more

Rev. Tom Bartley, pastor of Crooked Creek Baptist Church of which I’m a member, has posted some thoughts on recent and not-so-recent events relating to Islam and Christianity in the United States on our church blog. Read more

Mark Goodacre shared this animated reenactment of a scene from the Infancy Gospel of Thomas: Read more

Presumably everyone has heard by now that a group of “Christians” in Florida is planning a Qur’an-burning event on the anniversary of 9/11. (Apparently they are also planning to burn the Talmud, which was news to me – will they be protesting the end of Rosh ha-Shanah?!). Stephen Prothero has called for moderate Christians to speak out on the issue of burning the Qur’an, and I agree that we should. Rev. Larry Reimer, minister at the United Church of Gainesville, Florida, recently proposed... Read more

HT Honey and Locusts (from here via here) Read more

I have mentioned The Brick Testament many times before, but a student just recently pointed out to me a blog I wasn’t familiar with, GodBricks, which has a similar theme, being dedicated to all things at the intersection of religion and LEGOs. It includes Biblical items and episodes from Christian history, but also ranges into other traditions such as Buddhism. Read more