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On Tuesday, ChristianityToday.com Weblog noted reports of Jesus' face appearing on Palma Sola Presbyterian Church in Bradenton, Florida. An image of the church wall is available at the Sarasota Herald-Tribune's site.

National Public Radio's All Things Considered recently interviewed Jack Sallee, the pastor of the Church of God of Prophecy in Brownstown (ATC's Web site says Wyandotte), Michigan, who received a patent for playhouses that look like churches. They will have stained-glass windows, steeples, and CD players for hymns. He's still looking for a manufacturer, but says his market is Christian daycare centers and families. Kids, he says, love playing at preaching, marriages, funerals, and such. (For the record, NPR's Linda Wertheimer doesn't remember ever playing preacher when she was growing up.) ChristianityToday.com can hear the groans now: "Back in my day, we didn't have fancy playhouses. We had to use our hands and fingers. Our thumbs were the door, and the pinkies were the steeple. And they had to double as the congregants, too!" (Listen in14.4 and 28.8 kbps RealAudio streams.)

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May (Web-only) 2000, Vol. 44