Have you heard of
Washington Phillips? He was possessed of a wonderful voice, and delivered his simple but gorgeous gospel tunes in an easy and utterly unprepossessing style. He accompanied himself not on guitar or piano, as might be expected, but rather on a chiming, delicately ethereal zither, lending a curiously timeless air to his recordings from the 1920s. An altogether unique performer, his music is a real treat for the soul:
Take Your Burden To the Lord,
What Are They Doing in Heaven Today,
Denomination Blues,
I Had a Good Father and Mother,
Lift Him Up,
Paul and Silas in Jail,
Mother's Last Word To Her Son and
Train Your Children.
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posted by flapjax at midnite
on Jun 14, 2010 -
23 comments
"The Lutherans had
Davey &
Goliath and I wondered what we Baptists could do for children's television," remembers Dr Paul M. Stevens. Stevens, then president of the Southern Baptist Radio & Television Commission contracted Byers and Perry to develop
JOT THE
DOT into a children's television show with the purpose to reach children with moral messages on their level."
What they created are also a series of
modernist gems. via
posted by maryh
on Aug 20, 2006 -
19 comments
Free Jack Chick comics online I only post this because I am always surprised how many people have never heard of the man. There is only one way to salvation, and Jack wants to show you. Some favorites are
Bewitched and the discontinued anti-D&D classic
Dark Dungeons.
The Poor Little Witch" will twist your brain too. Did you know Roman Catholics are not Christian, and that Christian Scientists cannot get into heaven?
posted by thirteen
on Nov 29, 2000 -
34 comments
I feel bad about posting an Elian Gonzalez link, just because the poor kid has been through enough, but
this religious imagery that CNN used in conjuntion with a story is just plain odd.
posted by jkottke
on Apr 5, 2000 -
5 comments