GodBricks

Blogging at the intersection between LEGO and religion

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Eid Mubarak

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I missed this a couple of weeks ago, but Mezba Mahtab of Teaching Kids the Holy Quran wished his readers a joyous Eid Mubarak , or 'ble...
Monday, November 29, 2010

Always winter, never Christmas

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"As she stood looking at it, wondering why there was a lamppost in the middle of a wood and wondering what to do next, she heard a pitt...
Sunday, November 28, 2010

Creations for Charity

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All of the world's major religions value charity. Zakat, or alms-giving, is one of the five pillars of Islam; the Hebrew Torah is reple...
Friday, November 26, 2010

Pop-up Kinkaku-ji

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I ran across an Italian language blog, Religione 2.0 , that has occasional posts on LEGO creations. One of the ones they've featured in...
Thursday, November 25, 2010

Happy Thanksgiving!

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After Henry VIII separated from the Catholic church, England was torn by religious upheaval. The basic rivalry between Protestant and Catho...
Sunday, November 21, 2010

Day Four

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And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for season...
Saturday, November 20, 2010

LEGO FanWelt 2010

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Germany is my third largest source of readers, and those of you who may be in the region may wish to check out LEGO FanWelt 2010 , a gatheri...
Friday, November 19, 2010

Daruma doll

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Nelson Yrizarry made a LEGO version of a Daruma doll . These round figures, popular in Japan, are stylized representations of Bodhidharma, ...
Thursday, November 18, 2010

Nikolaos of Myra

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Regardless of what Clement Clarke Moore wrote, Nikolaous of Myra was not a right jolly old elf, but rather a Turkish bishop in the second an...
Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Christuskirche

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Built between 1907 and 1910, the Christuskirche, or Christ Church, is a Lutheran congregation in Windhoek, Namibia. Lutheranism is the larg...
Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Sacré Cœur

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Built between 1875 and 1914, the Basilique du Sacré Cœur looks out over the city of Paris. A LEGO rendition of this Catholic bassilica loo...
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Sunday, November 14, 2010

Yivli Minare Mosque

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The Yivli Minare Mosque is one of the oldest Islamic buildings in Antalya, Turkey. Around 1225 a Byzantine church was transformed into a m...
Thursday, November 11, 2010

Hail, Mary

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A Marian procession is an old tradition that is not practiced today as much as in the past. Mister Zumbi made a LEGO version . Who knew th...
Friday, November 5, 2010

Stained glass

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Survivors of Trauma at Saint Silas Church in Belfast is a support center for victims of the sectarian violence there in recent years. Alys...
Thursday, November 4, 2010

Silver Chair

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The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis are full of Christian symbolism. One of the main themes of the Silver Chair is learning to follow G...
Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Día de los Muertos

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Yesterday was Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead. This holiday, celebrated in Mexico and by some Mexican Americans, is derived from the...
Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Read with meaning

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Mezba Mahtab has started a new project Teaching Kids the Holy Quran . He's using LEGO to illustrate passages from the Quran. He's ...
Monday, November 1, 2010

Diet of Worms

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True story - in my high school European history class, our teacher had one of the students convinced that the diet of worms was a special we...
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Sunday, October 31, 2010

Reformation Sunday

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On this day in 1517, Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the door of All Saints' Church in Wittenberg. Jojo tells the story of Luther...
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Saturday, October 30, 2010

The Assemblies of God want you ... to build LEGO

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I was contacted by Gina Copeland of the Assemblies of God. They are looking to hire someone to create a large interactive LEGO display at a...
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