"Once-in-a-millennium" celebration of holy days

Good Friday! Happy Purim, Eid, etc... - Time Magazine

In 2008, March 21 has special significance for Christians, Jews and Muslims, as well as Persians, Hindus and Buddhists. In what is described as a "once-in-a-millennium" statistical event, on the same day as Christians remember Jesus' death on Good Friday, there is the Jewish Purim (celebrating the biblical story of Esther), Persian New Year (Narouz), the Sunni
Eid Milad an Nabi (celebrating the Birth of the Prophet), the Hindu Small Holi (an Indian festival of bonfires) and Magha Puja, a celebration of the Buddha's first group of followers, marked primarily in Thailand.

Quotes from CS Lewis

C.S. Lewis Quotes
Here are some quotes from C.S. Lewis, who was most famous for writing the Chronicles of Narnia books.

Explore Sacred Sites

Sacred Destinations Travel Guide

There's often something spectacular about sacred places. People are inspired to create spaces that are more meaningful than the other places where they work, live and play. This often translates into a place that is unique, complex, beautiful and timeless, and installs a sense of awe in mortals. Sacred places are some of the oldest and best preserved architectural structures in the world, and can be key to understanding the values and dreams of a culture.

Many of the sites in Sacred Destinations have photographs, maps, links to other sites, and a description and history of the place.

They have included all of the favourite sacred places I’ve been, including the torii/ arches in Fushimi Inari, Japan, the mosaics in Ravenna, Italy, the reclining Buddha in Bangkok, Thailand, and the Notre Dame Basilica in Montreal, Canada.

It’s a great site to visit when you’re planning a trip to a foreign vacation, whether that means everything you need to get started on a pilgrimage, or a few tips of great places to check out on a backpacking trip.

Today's Link source: Digg

Inside Scientology : Unlocking the complex code of America's most mysterious religion

Rolling Stone - Inside Scientology : Unlocking the complex code of America's most mysterious religion

From 2006, today's link is an expose in Rolling Stone magazine of the Church of Scientology. Janet Reitman tries to seperate truth, rumours, and lies by interviewing the church's leaders, members, ex-members, and critics, and reveal some of its secrets.

Today's Link source: Amanda Congdon - Today's Top 5

Education wants to be free

Self-Made Scholar

Self-Made Scholar has combed the web for audio, video, email, and text-based courses – all of which are available for free. If there's a field you'd like to study, they probably have it: languages, business, the arts, social sciences, cooking, world religions, etc. Sure you can search for information on the net, but there's a lot to be gained by going through a structured course with a learning plan.

Maybe you don't need to spend all that money on a university education after all.

The Bible vs Google Maps

BibleMap.org

Pick any chapter in the Bible, and click on the link under any place name. You will instantly be transported to an overhead view of the location today, courtesy of Google Maps. If you click on the red pushpin in this mashup, you can read a description of the place and maybe see some photos.

While the project is still officially in Beta mode, the Events link shows a lot of promise. It currently tracks St. Paul's three missionary journeys from the book of Acts, but hopefully they will add more Bible events in the future.

Interview: Malcolm Gladwell vs Rick Warren

The Cellular Church - gladwell dot com

In a meeting of the best-selling authors, Malcolm Gladwell (of The Tipping Point) writes about Rick Warren (of The Purpose-Driven Life).

Subtitled, "How Rick Warren built his ministry", Gladwell goes in depth to discuss the life and ministry of Rick Warren, and the phenomenon of The Purpose-Driven Life in a compelling article, originally published in the New Yorker magazine.

Ultimate online Bible resource

Bible.com

Looking for a specific Bible verse? Wondering about the differences between different translations? Want to read the Bible online for free? Looking for a translation of the Bible in another language?

What if you don't have any interest in the Bible? As Kevin Kelly writes about the Bible in one of his Cool Tools reviews, "You should read the Bible, at least once, maybe all the way through, because it does not say what you expect it to say, no matter what you expect it to say."


Bringing the Bible gracefully into the networked, searchable, Google age is Bible.com. It's the best online resource for searching, browsing, learning about and studying the Bible that I've come across online.