I encountered Jesus, or more accurately marketing efforts designed to make me think about Jesus, in two unexpected places in recent weeks. The first came while traveling between Texas and Oklahoma. Two billboards stacked one above the other carried a bold message: Instead of title case, everything was rendered in ALL CAPS, as if certainty itself required volume. Later, driving through the Dallas - Fort Worth metroplex, I found myself behind a pickup truck with JESUS CHRIST stretched Read More …
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Jesus as Facebook’s Most Liked? (#0486)
Jennifer Preston's recent New York Times article explores how a Facebook page about Jesus became the most popular page of all: For the last three months, more people have “Liked,” commented and shared content on the Jesus Daily than on any other Facebook page, including Justin Bieber’s page, according to a weekly analysis by AllFacebook.com, an industry blog. The Jesus Daily is the creation of the 41 year old medical researcher Dr. Aaron Tabor. Tabor writes most of Read More …