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Rocks and Rugs

Jesus's face on a piece of a paper that looks like a rug

An “anointed stone of David”? A “Rug of Faith” (also called “Prayer Rug”)? You’ve likely run across other so-called sacred/blessed/anointed items (like coins, cloths, holy water) promoted by certain ministries.…

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Paws to Worship

kitten staring upward against sparkly background

In cleaning out files, this piece surfaced—created years before I’d done much writing about sacred objects. I’d totally forgotten about both this Joan of Arc embarrassment and the cat-food recall.…

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Burn It Because…

fire burning

Burning is what the new Christians in Ephesus did with the heaps of occult objects they’d accumulated in their years of paganism. The burning was presumably to completely disavow and…

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