GodBricks

Blogging at the intersection between LEGO and religion

Friday, October 30, 2009

Happy Halloween

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Well, tomorrow is Halloween, a holiday that has come into our modern life via various cultural and religious festivals. In the Celtic world...
Wednesday, October 28, 2009

The heavens declare the glory of God

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The Pillars of Creation is a photo of a portion of the Eagle Nebula where new stars are being formed. It is also a LEGO mosaic by Brandon ...
Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Gifts of Grace

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The actual LEGO creation isn't religiously themed, but Chris Wunz built this maxi-fig (giant version of a minifig) for a program at his...
Monday, October 26, 2009

Reformation Sunday

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Yesterday was Reformation Sunday, when Protestant churches recognize Martin Luther, who nailed his 95 theses to the door of the church at W...
Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Agostino Novello again

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I previously noted three creations by Italian LEGO builder Mautara illustrating miracles attributed to Agostino Novello. He's complete...
Tuesday, October 20, 2009

LEGO ornaments for charity

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The Christmas season is often seen by Christians and many others as a time to be concerned about those in need. As described in the Omaha W...
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Saturday, October 17, 2009

Wars of Humanity

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The Wars of Humanity site is devoted to stop-motion animation using LEGO (called Brickfilms) based on stories from the Exodus and Joshua. ...
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Thursday, October 15, 2009

Last Supper

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Bill Vollbrecht built this version of Da Vinci's Last Supper out of all chrome pieces. Photo credit goes to Mariann Asanuma .
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Saturday, October 10, 2009

Key Islamic leader urges forgiveness

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Key Islamic leader urges forgiveness - so reads an article from Thailand from last month. Several years ago, someone took an image from th...
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Thursday, October 8, 2009

Forgive me, father, for I have ...

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LEGO builder zgrredek has some fun with the Sacrament of Penance, more simply known as confession . The idea of confession in Christianity ...
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Monday, October 5, 2009

The Spirit of God descending like a dove

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In the very front of Saint Peter's Basilica in the Vatican stands the Cathedra Petri , or the Altar of the Chair of Saint Peter. This m...
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Saturday, October 3, 2009

Ishtar Gate

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Ishtar is not just a bad movie from the late 1980's - Ishtar was a goddess in ancient Babylon, where she was associated with both love a...
Friday, October 2, 2009

Ahimsa

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Ahimsa is the principle of doing no harm, and is important in several religions centered around India - Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. It ...
Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Great and tiny mosque

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Islam has been a growing presence in the Netherlands, and now 6% of the Dutch are Muslims. This is largely due to immigration from Turkey, ...
Thursday, September 24, 2009

Runestone

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King Haraldr ordered this monument made in memory of Gormr, his father, and in memory of Þyrvé, his mother; that Haraldr who won for himself...
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Monday, September 21, 2009

Happy Eid ul-Fitr

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In Islam, Eid ul-Fitr marks the end of the month-long observance of Ramadan. Ramadan marks the month in which Muhammad received the Qur...
Monday, September 14, 2009

Cretan chapel

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Barbara Werth, aka McBricker, has created this lovely Orthodox chapel from the isle of Crete. Since many of my US readers might be less fa...
Sunday, September 13, 2009

Navigation

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Just a quick note - I've added tags to the posts and a tag cloud and search function over on the sidebar to make it easier to navigate m...

World holidays

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Several years ago, Anne Schubert created a display for the school where she taught. The theme was holidays around the world to promote un...
Saturday, September 12, 2009

Simplicius Simplicissimus

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In the years following the Protestant Reformation, conflict spread through Europe. Between 1618 and 1648, Germany was devastated by the Thi...
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