tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60686141290989677582024-03-19T00:51:14.336-07:00Square Halo BooksIn Christian art, the square halo identified a living person presumed to be a saint. Square Halo Books is devoted to publishing works that present contextually sensitive biblical studies, and practical instruction consistent with the Doctrines of the Reformation. The goal of Square Halo Books is to provide materials useful for encouraging and equipping the saints.Square Halohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15028411225319760043noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068614129098967758.post-29788982146721163082014-10-26T19:06:00.000-07:002014-10-26T19:06:15.613-07:00It Was Good: Music — Book Release Parties<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>It Was Good: Making Music to the Glory of God</i> is such an important book to us that it required TWO release parties! The North event was October 4 in Lancaster, PA. It included a workshop at Lancaster Bible College then a concert at The Trust Performing Arts Center. <span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 15px;">The contributors included: Diana Bauer, Rob Bigley, Bethany Brooks, Paul Buckley, Ned Bustard, Mark Chambers, Julius Fischer, Joy Ike, Steve Nichols, Doug Plank, and Gregg Strawbridge </span>(<a href="http://www.joyike.com/2013/10/06/when-everyone-cares/">CLICK HERE </a>for Joy Ike's impression of the Lancaster Book Release Event.)<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 15px;">. The South event was October 18 in </span><span style="color: #141823;"><span style="line-height: 15px;">Nashville, TN. It included a round table forum at Belmont (</span></span><a href="http://forum.belmont.edu/news/2013/10/18/artists-authors-discuss-making-music-to-the-glory-of-god/">CLICK HERE</a> for a write up about the Belmont discussion) then a concert at <span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 15px;">the Massey Performing Arts Center. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 15px;">The contributors included: Diana Bauer, Katy Bowser, Bethany Brooks, Paul Buckley, Ned Bustard, Ruth Naomi Floyd, Steve Guthrie, Joy Ike, Sarah Masen, Sandra McCracken, and Brad O’Donnell.</span></span><br />
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Square Halohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15028411225319760043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068614129098967758.post-41407227506657685322014-10-26T13:40:00.000-07:002014-10-26T13:40:29.183-07:00C.S. Lewis and the Arts: Creativity in the Shadowlands<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;">On C.S. Lewis’ birthday we released the newest book from Square Halo Books: </span><i style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;">C.S. Lewis and the Arts: Creativity in the Shadowlands</i><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;">. The book is a collection of essays edited by Rod Miller and featuring David C. Downing, Bruce Herman, Scott B. Key, Don W. King, Jerry Root, David Rozema, Peter J. Schakel, Charlie W. Starr, and Will Vaus, with a foreword by Theodore Prescott.</span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;">Lewis holds a notable place in the church and in the world for both his creative literary contributions as well as his informed reflections upon artistic activity. He negotiated the intellectual and aesthetic issues of his day in his creative endeavors and sought to ground those in relation to his faith. The arguments, perceptions and values Lewis posited benefit those today who seek to use their creative gifts beyond mere fad but towards the holy.</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"> </span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;">“Helpful and worthwhile. Anyone seeking to understand Lewis’s approach to the arts will profit from this array of interesting perspectives.” —Dr. Michael Ward, co-editor of <i>The Cambridge Companion to C.S. Lewis</i></span><br />
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><br /></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;">“Even fifty years after his death, C.S. Lewis remains one the most popular and influential Christian writers and thinkers of the twentieth century. So much has been written about him, one wonders what else can possibly be said. But this book is a fascinating exploration of Lewis’s thinking about the arts, making it a must read book for anyone who loves Lewis and loves the arts.”—Mary McCleary, artist</span><br />
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><br /></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;">“We need more books like this: books that not only celebrate and decipher Lewis’s defense of the arts and of the ineradicable links between the Good, the True, and the Beautiful, but that wrestle alongside Lewis, extending and nuancing his arguments so that they will speak with direct and prophetic power to our modern and postmodern colleges and universities.” </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;">—Dr. Louis Markos, author of <i>Restoring Beauty: The Good, the True, and the Beautiful in the Writings of C.S. Lewis</i></span><i><br /></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;">Karen Peris of </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1px; text-align: right;"><i><a href="http://www.theinnocencemission.com/">The Innocence Mission</a> </i></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1px; text-align: right;">writes, "</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;">Musicians will be encouraged and uplifted by the essays is this book, which seeks to put into words our shared wonder and gratitude for the gift of music in our lives."</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><a href="http://listentodaveperkins.com/" style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;">Dave Perkins</a><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;">, Associate Director of the Religion in the Arts and Contemporary Culture program at The Divinity School of Vanderbilt University writes, “Is it possible to fully elucidate the spiritual, emotional, intellectual, even physical experiences of music making? Perhaps the best way to go about it is to gather a choir of voices. </span><i style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;">It Was Good: Making Music to the Glory of God </i><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;">offers a rich resource of perspectives, each working to share some aspect or moment in the experience of that mercurial characteristic of human being we call music and its place in the life of faith.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.1px; word-wrap: break-word;">Erin M. Stephens writes, "</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: 1.5;">If the Church is the Body of Christ, then music is its heartbeat. Music reverberates in the spirit, draws individuals together into community, and guides them in the common desire to exalt their Savior. Through music, Christians experience an inexplicable link to their Creator. Though mysterious, this interaction is a central facet of Christianity that intimately informs your relationship with God. Each follower of Christ, regardless of personal musical ability, should cultivate a God-centered understanding of music. For such an endeavor,</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: 1.5;"> </span><i style="letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: 1.5; word-wrap: break-word;">It was Good: Making Music to the Glory of God</i><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: 1.5;"> edited by Ned Bustard is an ideal resource. In its engaging pages, thirty devout music-professionals offer their unique perspectives on music-making. Its content is accessible, its contributors authoritative, and its captivating insights universally applicable, making this book a necessary pleasure for worship leader and worshiper alike." <b><a href="http://erb.kingdomnow.org/it-was-good-making-music-to-the-glory-of-god-review/">CLICK HERE</a> to read the full review.</b></span></div>
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<a href="https://divinity.duke.edu/academics/faculty/jeremy-begbie" style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;">Jeremy Begbie</a><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;">, author of </span><i style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><a href="http://bakerpublishinggroup.com/books/resounding-truth/222330">Resounding Truth</a> </i><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;">writes, "Lively, engaging and eminently readable—this book shows that it is still possible to write about music in a way that enriches our experience of it. Above all, it will renew your gratitude to God for making such an art possible.”</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: 1.5;">Denis Haack writes, "</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: 18px;">I was delighted about the first in this series, </span><i style="color: #333333; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: 18px;">It Was Good: Making Art to the Glory of God</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: 18px;">, and equally delighted by this second volume on music. Each chapter explores a different aspect of the topic, from silence to listening to improvisation to instruments to touring to harmony and much more. Written by musicians, theologians, songwriters and musicologists, it becomes a valuable resource for both musicians and those of us who cannot make music but cannot live without it. Reading this book is like hearing from the other side—from those writing the music or recording it or playing it live—so the experience of music is less fragmented and we are better able to see how it can all play out to God’s glory." <b><a href="http://www.ransomfellowship.org/articledetail.asp?AID=743&B=Denis%20Haack&TID=5">CLICK HERE</a> to read the full review.</b></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;">Composer </span><a href="http://www.jacredford.com/" style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;">J.A.C. Redford</a><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"> writes, “Making music to the glory of God is both a calling and a delight. Dialoguing with other artists who embrace the same vocation is a source of particular joy for me, and this collection of thoughtful essays invites readers into reflections and conversations that will nourish and inspire. The diverse voices represented in</span><i style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"> It Was Good: Making Music to the Glory of God </i><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;">weave together rich harmony with subtle dissonance. If you listen carefully, you may just hear the answering voices of saints and angels in heavenly counterpoint.”</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;">Christopher Dicram Hale of </span><a href="http://aradhnamusic.com/" style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;">Aradhna</a><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"> writes, “A book like this is a life line of hope, encouragement, and joy to a musician whose journey continues to be anything but normal after twenty-two years of worshiping Jesus through Hindi devotional music genres.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">We are delighted to announce the release of </span><i style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It Was Good: Making Music to the Glory of God</i><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">. It is the </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">second book in what will be a three-volume series.</span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A short excerpt of a review about </span><i style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It Was Good: Making Music to the Glory of God</i><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> appeared on the </span><a href="http://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justintaylor/2013/06/13/it-was-good-making-music-to-the-glory-of-god/" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">TGC site</a><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">, posted by </span><a href="https://twitter.com/between2worlds" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Justin Taylor.</a><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> But to experience that epic review in all of its glory, you need to visit </span><a href="http://www.heartsandmindsbooks.com/reviews/review_extended_version_it_was/" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hearts & Minds</a><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">. </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">At one point in the full Hearts & Minds review Byron Borger says simply, <i><b>"</b></i></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b style="font-style: italic;">This book is a delight to read, a joy, thrilling even, if you are a music lover. But, also, it is important."</b> We think that sums things up nicely. The book includes the following contributors:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjICuFDhQm91RugKQ0mTNtUhOvlce6aWFx1J5AK53fhW5U3FjEXS-nOajbIoZ_hj1cTjp5J9O-Ri-Gk-iAkcnWolWVV6oHZhgjcUOpyS2lvkSVIgjcI0svrpEyK8qFRGH5YiNQkYJyucro/s1600/IWG-M+3D.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"></span></a><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b><a href="http://welcometothewelcomewagon.com/">Vito Aiuto</a></b></span></span></span><b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> • </b><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Diana Bauer</span></b></span></span><b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> • </b><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><a href="http://quarrystreethymnal.com/">Bethany Brooks</a></span></b></span></span><b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> • </b><b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Paul Buckley</span></b><b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> • </b><b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; letter-spacing: 0px;"><a href="http://www.markchambersmusic.com/">Mark Chambers</a></b><b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> • </b><b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; letter-spacing: 0px;">William Edgar</b><b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> • </b><b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; letter-spacing: 0px;">Julius Fischer</b><b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> • </b><b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; letter-spacing: 0px;"><a href="http://www.contourrecords.com/">Ruth Naomi Floyd</a></b><b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> • </b><b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; letter-spacing: 0px;"><a href="http://www.northcoastcalvary.org/index.php?our-staff/">Jan & Mark Foreman</a></b><b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> •</b><b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </b><b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; letter-spacing: 0px;"><a href="http://www.calvin.edu/music/faculty-staff/faculty.html?name=David-Fuentes-MUSC">David Fuentes</a></b><b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> • </b><b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><a href="https://www.gettymusic.com/">Keith Getty</a></span></b><b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> • </b><b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Steve Guthrie</span></b><b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> • </b><b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; letter-spacing: 0px;"><a href="http://www.drewholcomb.com/">Drew Holcomb</a></b><b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> • </b><b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><a href="http://www.joyike.com/">Joy Ike</a></span></b><b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> • </b><b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; letter-spacing: 0px;"><a href="http://www.redeemer.com/visit/redeemer_west_side/learn/our_staff/">Tom Jennings</a></b><b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> • </b><a href="http://lampmode.com/artists/shai-linne/" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; letter-spacing: 0px;">Shai Linne</a><b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> • </b><b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><a href="http://www.sandramccracken.com/">Sandra McCracken</a></span></b><b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> • </b><b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; letter-spacing: 0px;"><a href="http://www.prayerbookproject.com/">Brian Moss</a></b><b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> • </b><b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; letter-spacing: 0px;">Stephen Nichols</b><b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> • </b><b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; letter-spacing: 0px;">Brad O'Donnell</b><b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> • </b><b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; letter-spacing: 0px;"><a href="http://www.johnpatitucci.com/">John Patitucci</a></b><b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> • </b><b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><a href="http://www.charliepeacock.com/">Charlie Peacock</a></span></b><b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> • </b><b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Doug Plank</span></b><b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> • </b><b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; letter-spacing: 0px;"><a href="http://www.hiramring.com/">Hiram Ring</a></b><b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> • </b><b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; letter-spacing: 0px;"><a href="http://www.michaelroe.com/">Michael Roe</a></b><b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> • </b><b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; letter-spacing: 0px;">Michelle Stearns</b><b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> • </b><b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><a href="http://www.wordmp3.com/greggstrawbridge">Gregg Strawbridge</a></span></b><b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> • </b><b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; letter-spacing: 0px;"><a href="http://gregorywilbur.bandcamp.com/">Greg Wilbur</a></b><b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> • </b><b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; letter-spacing: 0px;"><a href="https://www.catapultmagazine.com/users/kirstin">Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma</a></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b><a href="https://www.catapultmagazine.com/users/kirstin"><br /></a></b></span></span>Order this book through <a href="https://www.heartsandmindsbooks.com/order/">Hearts & Minds</a> or through your favorite bookseller.</span>Square Halohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15028411225319760043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068614129098967758.post-18444276730591816142012-08-02T07:04:00.002-07:002012-08-16T05:21:23.540-07:00Beauty Given by Grace<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Square Halo Books is pleased to report that coming soon is a <a href="http://www.squarehalobooks.com/sadao.html">new book</a> published with CIVA to support and complement the upcoming traveling exhibit, <i>Beauty Given by Grace: The Biblical Prints of Sadao Watanabe</i>. The book will officially be released at the opening of the show at the <a href="http://www.wheaton.edu/bgcmuseum">Billy Graham Center Museum</a>. Even though Watanabe's art can be found in the most important museums in the world, he always desired to have his work displayed where it could be seen and enjoyed by ordinary people. It is hoped that <i>Beauty Given by Grace </i>will introduce many new communities to the luminous biblical prints of this dedicated and gifted Japanese Christian artist. Lavishly illustrated, half of the book features full page reproductions of the works found in the traveling exhibit along with the passages from the Bible which inspired their creation. The rest of the book contains other works by Sadao Watanabe not in the show with essays by <a href="http://www.squarehalobooks.com/sandra.htm">Sandra Bowden</a>, I. John Hesselink (his interpreter), <a href="http://www.squarehalobooks.com/RF-S.htm">Makoto Fujimura</a>, and John A. Kohan.Square Halohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15028411225319760043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068614129098967758.post-41259287014288785462012-03-26T07:58:00.000-07:002014-10-25T19:51:52.478-07:00Visions of The End<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Square Halo is getting into the ebook side of publishing. We already published a Kindle version of <i><a href="http://www.squarehalobooks.com/iutt.htm">Intruding Upon the Timeless</a></i> by Greg Wolfe and our most recent ebook is a really helpful little booklet on Revelation titled</span> <span style="line-height: 18px;"><i>Visions of The End: A Glossary of the Images in Revelation</i></span><span style="line-height: 18px;">. Some of you may have seen or read <i><a href="http://www.squarehalobooks.com/end.htm">The End</a></i> by A. D. Bauer. The new ebook takes what most people like best about </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><i><a href="http://www.squarehalobooks.com/end.htm">The End</a></i></span><span style="line-height: 18px;"> which is the glossary of images and presents it in an even more accessible form. Nice features of the new ebook include; additional images are defined, you can use the table of contents to go directly to the images that start with a particular letter and as with all ebooks, whether you get the book through iTunes or <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Visions-The-End-Revelation-ebook/dp/B007NXQS4O/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1332773151&sr=1-1">Kindle</a>, it is easy to take it with you on your phone, tablet or laptop.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">The thing that is so exciting about this new ebook is that it makes Revelation really accessible. If you have ever read Revelation, after you get through the first three chapters and you are thinking, ’this isn’t so bad’, you are suddenly bombarded with a series of images that can be completely incomprehensible. <i>Visions of The End</i> tells you all the places in Revelation where an image is found, it points you to where in the Bible the image originates and it helps you understand the meaning of the image in light of how that image is used in Revelation, and elsewhere in Scripture. The thing that is so nice about this ebook is that you do not have to start from a particular end time view to benefit from this book. You can disagree with one or more definitions and still find definitions that help you understand a part of the book that you always found confusing. Additionally, we are offering discounts on our other traditional books. How do you get the discount? Find out in </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><i>Visions of The End</i></span><span style="line-height: 18px;">.</span></span></div>
Square Halohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15028411225319760043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068614129098967758.post-58969853457665572422011-12-06T11:15:00.001-08:002014-10-25T19:52:19.784-07:00A GOOD Look at the Sistine Chapel<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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There is a wonderful website you should visit to experience the Sistine Chapel, <a href="http://www.vatican.va/various/cappelle/sistina_vr/index.html">here</a>.<br />
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But perhaps before you look around the chapel you should read Dr. James Romaine's essay about the Ceiling in our book <a href="http://www.squarehalobooks.com/good.htm"><i>It Was Good: Making Art to the Glory of God</i></a>. In that chapter Romaine helps us understand the order of it all: "Michelangelo’s frescoes on the Sistine Chapel ceiling represent the Genesis narrative of Creation, Fall, and Redemption as an epic history of divine action. The program is constructed of nine scenes divided into three groups of three. In order beginning from the altar, these are: <i>The Separation of Light and Darkness, The Creation of Land and Vegetation and The Creation of the Sun and Moon, The Bringing Forth of Life from the Waters, The Creation of Adam, The Creation of Eve, The Temptation and Expulsion, The Faithfulness of Noah, The Flood, </i>and <i>The Drunkenness of Noah. </i>The nine scenes that run the length of the chapel thematically group into three triads: God’s creation of the world before <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 13px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px;">humanity, the creation and fall of humanity, and the life of Noah."</span></span></span><br />
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Square Halohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15028411225319760043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068614129098967758.post-5632995493922192852011-09-12T07:00:00.000-07:002011-09-12T07:00:09.954-07:00Making Art after 9/11<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Following are excerpts from a conversation in </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.squarehalobooks.com/oog.htm">Objects of Grace</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">between <a href="http://christianityhistoryart.org/">Dr. James Romaine</a> and artist <a href="http://www.makotofujimura.com/">Makoto Fujimura</a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Makoto Fujimura:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>It was a truly harrowing experience; as the towers were collapsing and the fires were spreading, my wife and our children were all being evacuated from the area, literally being chased by the clouds of dust, ash, and fumes of jet fuel, and we didn’t know when we would return or if our loft would even be there. Judy was at the loft and the children were right around the corner in school so they experienced a lot more than I did. I was trapped in the subway, one station away from the area underneath the towers which collapsed in on itself.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Two months later, having been able to return to our loft, we are just beginning to realize what happened. I feel very protected in that my family was rescued right out of the mouth of the terror. The other side of it is a tremendous feeling of mourning and even anger. Living at Ground Zero is a daily experience of depending on God’s grace.</span></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">In the conversation we had last year, you talked about your art as an expression of “Costly Grace.” While Christ is ultimately the perfect picture of that costly grace, the 9-11 events were another demonstration of the costs of grace.</span></b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">MF: Christ is the ultimate meeting of God’s “how” and “why” of salvation. And grace is the operative word that fuses the two. We saw these firemen rush to save lives, climbing the falling towers. There is nothing more noble than losing one’s life to save others. This is the greater love that the Bible speaks of, and that love was exemplified in Jesus.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>What we saw were two “art forms.” The terrorists’ “art” of vengeance contrasted with the heroes of 9-11 whose “art” was their sacrifice. (I am using this “art” in the classical use of the term, meaning anything we create.) These are two clear opposing ways of creating. Any works after 9-11 will be marked by, and defined by, these opposing categories.</span></div>
Square Halohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15028411225319760043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068614129098967758.post-56200927472646877382011-09-01T15:11:00.000-07:002011-09-01T15:11:03.613-07:00Where Were You?<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-MpH2iTBBwIrrOzGi8ScVUxZ5wxEcBE_b-fFOxmjLphUNxkWRR1yp5Frbg00H7zzqTCf9RXBe0eae-hTKi4hwPt1o1SbxGwBjhxLqbDyDP4lORfZqDU8G492DxmCJXV2vu8XFFTEzFV8/s1600/LaGZ-pg64.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-MpH2iTBBwIrrOzGi8ScVUxZ5wxEcBE_b-fFOxmjLphUNxkWRR1yp5Frbg00H7zzqTCf9RXBe0eae-hTKi4hwPt1o1SbxGwBjhxLqbDyDP4lORfZqDU8G492DxmCJXV2vu8XFFTEzFV8/s320/LaGZ-pg64.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Funny how our culture marks significant events by asking the simple question, "Where were you when..."</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Where were you when John F. Kennedy was shot, when Neil Armstrong took those epic first steps on the moon, or when the Berlin Wall toppled?</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">In my lifetime perhaps no better answer to this iconic question would be where I was when the planes hit the World Trade Center's Twin Towers. I don't think there has been an event in our collective American consciousness quite like what happened to our country on the beautiful day, September 11, 2001.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Why is that so? For one, millions of us watched in real time when the first plane hit that first tower. We were confused and thought surely this was a mistake. The plane veered off course. We thought this until the second plane hit its twin. That was deliberate. We saw smoke, fire and debris of an ungodly nature.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">That second act begs a more significant question then just the standard “where were you”. That question is, “Where was God”?</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Square Halo Books took on that question in our book, <i><a href="http://www.squarehalobooks.com/sagz.htm">Light at Ground Zero: St. Paul’s Chapel after 9/11</a></i>. This book is a compilation of photographs taken by Krystyna Sanderson of the relief efforts after those towers and our hopes collapsed. These photographs document God's hands, feet, and heart in action as Saint Paul's Chapel became the center where the first responders found relief.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">The Church open itself up to became a sanctuary to all who bravely took upon themselves the massive task set before them.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">And Krystyna's photographic heart captured it all without any expectation that her pictures would ever see the light of day. At Saint Paul’s we answer the question, “Where was God?” We found God hard at work through His church binding up our Nation’s wounded bodies and souls.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Since September 11th, thousands and thousands of people visited Saint Paul's Chapel and purchased this wonderful book of healing, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><i><a href="http://www.squarehalobooks.com/sagz.htm">Light at Ground Zero</a></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">. It stands as a photographic tribute to good triumphing over evil.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Pairing Biblical verses and thoughts from the Book of Common Prayer with Krystyna’s photographs makes </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><i><a href="http://www.squarehalobooks.com/sagz.htm">Light at Ground Zero</a></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"> very distinctive. Photographs paired with verse helps make sense out of a senseless act and answers the question, where was God on 9/11. He was there and Krystyna captured Him in action for all of us to see. We recommend this book to you as you face situations where you may be asking, “Where was God when...”</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">—Diana DiPasquale, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">President of Square Halo Books, Inc.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><i>--</i></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><i>On September 24, 2011, Square Halo Books is helping to sponsor a forum at <a href="http://www.therowhouse.org/our-events/">The Row House</a> that will feature Krystyna speaking about </i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><i><a href="http://www.squarehalobooks.com/sagz.htm">Light at Ground Zero</a></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><i>.</i></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><i><br />
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</div>Square Halohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15028411225319760043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068614129098967758.post-25178926896767118212011-08-29T13:15:00.000-07:002011-08-29T13:15:22.227-07:00WORLD Magazine<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigk7_Hs_9W4oYTN7jWznV5IwPeXbVI17DXGkt1IWZEBNM6yo5GwAZAoxVET_ZTcqqA5DqIxKR2McvjjYa9Bw2Wq7Y9LTIMfTlu-lynzWZEm4BfTiEYCpbj21x0DDbCPaJUsHBD_oF3vlg/s1600/2011-09-10c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigk7_Hs_9W4oYTN7jWznV5IwPeXbVI17DXGkt1IWZEBNM6yo5GwAZAoxVET_ZTcqqA5DqIxKR2McvjjYa9Bw2Wq7Y9LTIMfTlu-lynzWZEm4BfTiEYCpbj21x0DDbCPaJUsHBD_oF3vlg/s1600/2011-09-10c.jpg" /></a></div>We're very pleased to announce that <a href="http://www.worldmag.com/archives/2011-09-10">WORLD Magazine</a> has featured <a href="http://www.krystynaphotography.com/">Krystyna Sanderson</a>'s book <a href="http://www.squarehalobooks.com/sagz.htm">Light at Ground Zero: St. Paul's Chapel After 9/11</a> on their book review page in the Spotlight section. This issue of the magazine focuses on remembering the tragedy of 9/ll. <a href="http://www.squarehalobooks.com/sagz.htm">Light at Ground Zero</a> is the first title from Square Halo Books to be featured in <a href="http://www.worldmag.com/archives/2011-09-10">WORLD</a>. We have always been so very proud of this book, and are thankful that we could be a part in making it.Square Halohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15028411225319760043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068614129098967758.post-80338804103475626312011-08-22T09:00:00.000-07:002011-08-22T09:00:33.018-07:0008.18.11<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJbkhDebH4KS6-M5iHKLINM8OiCOzQE7pdBn4TJqeNAvinI6w0K_OuzUwDOjZU9_IuFc8Xs7TVS3Awdy6hVJzLdsgzu7C3ygzw96iAXxQcu0AzqCZyGTjnXI2WPQgdsW4AlKtY7tOxv6U/s1600/AGC_1Cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJbkhDebH4KS6-M5iHKLINM8OiCOzQE7pdBn4TJqeNAvinI6w0K_OuzUwDOjZU9_IuFc8Xs7TVS3Awdy6hVJzLdsgzu7C3ygzw96iAXxQcu0AzqCZyGTjnXI2WPQgdsW4AlKtY7tOxv6U/s1600/AGC_1Cover.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font: 14.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Square Halo Books was delighted to release <a href="http://www.squarehalobooks.com/agc.htm"><i>The Art of Guy Chase</i></a> this past year. It was the second in a series that we are developing that will be focussing on excellent visual artists who are followers of Christ. So i</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">t is with regret that we received the news that Guy passed away last week on the eighteenth of August. <a href="http://www.squarehalobooks.com/oog.htm">James Romaine</a> commented that:</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><br />
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</blockquote>Square Halohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15028411225319760043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068614129098967758.post-54408722229025466762011-04-15T10:39:00.000-07:002011-04-15T10:39:31.181-07:00CCR: Comment, Chase and Romaine<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7cEFbuX5zr9WcyUK0hM599snM647DkWbb7mbUk61ZrSwZ7Ay1khExf6rJCG_yw_PGXJcgZ7idcR9i2Ar903RNoAXvYXEmGiOvoYTRZ_w4UnCBoVb5i52hdsmQ17XgIAB9yxQkHE2Onq8/s1600/2011-04-15-JRomaine-deluge72.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7cEFbuX5zr9WcyUK0hM599snM647DkWbb7mbUk61ZrSwZ7Ay1khExf6rJCG_yw_PGXJcgZ7idcR9i2Ar903RNoAXvYXEmGiOvoYTRZ_w4UnCBoVb5i52hdsmQ17XgIAB9yxQkHE2Onq8/s320/2011-04-15-JRomaine-deluge72.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It is always a good day when new articles arrive in your email inbox from <i><a href="http://www.cardus.ca/">Comment</a>. </i>Today was especially welcome since it included an essay by <a href="http://www.squarehalobooks.com/oog.htm">James Romaine</a> about artist <a href="http://www.squarehalobooks.com/agc.htm">Guy Chase</a>. Romaine writes: <i>"Chase's art specifically addresses issues that are central to the process of art appreciation: visual inattentiveness, personal incognizance, and spiritual complacency. His art not only exposes these tendencies—which we all have—but, even more significantly, models a life of prayerful faithfulness."</i></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i></i>You can read the article <a href="http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/2750/">here</a>.<span id="goog_350174455"></span><span id="goog_350174456"></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/"></a></span></div>Square Halohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15028411225319760043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068614129098967758.post-28299126142691781202011-03-19T11:20:00.000-07:002011-03-19T11:20:42.498-07:00Artist of the Year!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibtOUsMOvI8Fnm_jzGbwPyZD9cwcZyiOrR-lPyA2e1TY0o5LNT8j9-U5cxJyxdeebA_sbVYYTv5qM7qVnra4vysdTPS_nYmV2NMbSmxUcXFkMVF4ym2MXW-wfrMLng7R_4Ar3WaxyiVJc/s1600/ap.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibtOUsMOvI8Fnm_jzGbwPyZD9cwcZyiOrR-lPyA2e1TY0o5LNT8j9-U5cxJyxdeebA_sbVYYTv5qM7qVnra4vysdTPS_nYmV2NMbSmxUcXFkMVF4ym2MXW-wfrMLng7R_4Ar3WaxyiVJc/s1600/ap.jpg" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://www.marymccleary.com/">Mary McCleary</a>—featured in <a href="http://www.squarehalobooks.com/good.htm">It Was Good</a>, <a href="http://www.squarehalobooks.com/oog.htm">Objects of Grace</a> and <a href="http://www.squarehalobooks.com/ap.htm">After Paradise</a>—has been selected as the 2011 </span><a href="http://www.artleaguehouston.org/texasartistoftheyear.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Texas Artist of the Year</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> by Art League Houston. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Texas Artist of the Year</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">, Mary McCleary will be featured in an exhibition at Art League Houston, which opens on September 9 and runs through October 21, 2011. We are very proud of Mary and glad that she is getting the recognition that her work deserves! If you are unfamiliar with her work, we encourage you to get </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://www.squarehalobooks.com/ap.htm">After Paradise</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 14px;">first. In that title you will find many recent works by McCleary. Older works and a lengthy interview can be found in </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://www.squarehalobooks.com/oog.htm">Objects of Grace</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 14px;">. And in </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://www.squarehalobooks.com/good.htm">It Was Good</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 14px;">you will find an essay by McCleary on craftsmanship.</span>Square Halohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15028411225319760043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068614129098967758.post-33858032510181861412011-02-24T16:38:00.000-08:002011-03-18T05:10:27.827-07:00Square Halo's FIRST E-BOOK<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgagK7f90kZ1fs6FXy7tFsNIEsEgPUFA9Wqrz2_U84aKFWbtoKFfGd76P1bcfwHFS8XTy3li1khcf7PKyD7OcKTwAtRQyWhgfYSlh7-e2WkgeVrKShyzIfYNG_vAnwXRnKzGmkZJu5sMW0/s1600/mzi.pykcpqgx.225x225-75.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgagK7f90kZ1fs6FXy7tFsNIEsEgPUFA9Wqrz2_U84aKFWbtoKFfGd76P1bcfwHFS8XTy3li1khcf7PKyD7OcKTwAtRQyWhgfYSlh7-e2WkgeVrKShyzIfYNG_vAnwXRnKzGmkZJu5sMW0/s1600/mzi.pykcpqgx.225x225-75.jpg" /></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It is an exciting day today for Square Halo Books. Our first </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">e-book</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> is now available! You can get Gregory Wolfe's </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.squarehalobooks.com/iutt.htm">Intruding Upon the Timeless</a></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> for your iPod and iPad through<b><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1377203052"> </a></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><b><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/intruding-upon-the-timeless/id421175760?ls=1">iTunes</a></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">. or visit <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004SCROH8"><b>Amazon</b></a> to get it for your Kindle.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.anniedillard.com/">Annie Dillard</a></span>, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of</span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Pilgrim at Tinker Creek<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"> says: </span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Gregory Wolfe’s vision is the animating force behind <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><a href="http://imagejournal.org/">Image</a>,</span></i> one of the best journals on the planet. <i>Intruding Upon the Timeless</i>, a collection of his pieces from Image, takes its title from a phrase of Flannery O’Connor. That’s apt, because not since O’Connor’s <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mystery-Manners-Occasional-Flannery-OConnor/dp/0374508046">Mystery and Manners</a></span></i> has there been such bracing insight on the pile-up where art and faith collide. This book will rev your engines and propel you down the same road.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">For those of you who still crave a book to hold in your hands with real pages to flip (and who want to look at the Barry Moser engravings up close), you can still buy the book from <a href="http://www.heartsandmindsbooks.com/">Hearts & Minds</a>.</span>Square Halohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15028411225319760043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068614129098967758.post-40868996876628371872011-02-02T11:44:00.000-08:002011-02-02T11:47:15.153-08:00The Art of Guy Chase<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhth8krZgnwO6EjdfyA5fO8JLY6ekaU_64vQxR_SXhebjPCIaLWGgeZhTyJ_5lN9Z_-OuSOdWMe94DIpEl-pV9kPaZZhH0EXusVJTEi3jDQzaIQ3ia3uKMKh3w3SYEOngnjyLj1MXI8ah0/s1600/AGC-Cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><div style="font: 14.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">We are excited to announce that our next book will soon be coming out</span><i><span class="Apple-style-span">. </span></i><span class="Apple-style-span">This new project, </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span">The Art of Guy Chase</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span">, </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">explores the visual, conceptual, </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">and spiritual complexities of one of the most provocative contemporary visual artists of faith. Chase’s art is characterized by intentionally cultivated contradictions between humor and sobriety, contemplation and irony, material tactility and sacred meaning. Lavishly illustrated, this book documents Guy Chase’s faithful response to an artistic calling and his methodical engagement with the history of Christianity and the visual arts as a strategy of renewing that </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span">relationship today. </span></div><div style="font: 14.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu57bdI4QVom6-02rBemgsHflnpMQ813axxvOurbdWlCX9Ya5bl_jJcL_AbnkTKoGnJnfCzBn1NvLtt2oNhIH8FdvBZi8NIlyTiUyHB08Xgg7yMdP8IoOrFiXz1_3J3iTQuqafNLNmNmI/s1600/AGC_1Cover.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="200" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569179506704989794" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu57bdI4QVom6-02rBemgsHflnpMQ813axxvOurbdWlCX9Ya5bl_jJcL_AbnkTKoGnJnfCzBn1NvLtt2oNhIH8FdvBZi8NIlyTiUyHB08Xgg7yMdP8IoOrFiXz1_3J3iTQuqafNLNmNmI/s200/AGC_1Cover.jpg" style="float: left; height: 216px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 0px; width: 216px;" width="200" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span">This book is edited by Dr. James Romaine and has essays by </span><a href="http://www.ChristianityHistoryArt.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span">Romaine</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span">, </span><a href="http://www.%20WayneRoosa.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span">Wayne Roosa</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span">, </span><a href="http://www.%20TedPrescottSculpture.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span">Ted Prescott</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span">, </span><a href="http://www.%20Local-Artists.org/user/4891/profile"><span class="Apple-style-span">Albert Pedulla</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span">, and </span><a href="http://www.%20JoelSheesley.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span">Joel Sheesley</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span">. Dr. Romaine is going to lecture at Bethel on February 26th as part of the </span><a href="http://www.bethel.edu/galleries/past-exhibitions/artists/guy-chase"><span class="Apple-style-span">Monochrome Plus: Guy Chase Retrospective</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span">. Here is a </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=185109364851051&index=1"><span class="Apple-style-span">link</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span"> to a Facebook Event invitation.</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span">As soon as this book is released, it will be available through </span><a href="http://www.heartsandmindsbooks.com/">Hearts & Minds</a><span class="Apple-style-span">.</span></div></span>Square Halohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15028411225319760043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068614129098967758.post-86981268041416491832011-01-31T07:18:00.000-08:002011-01-31T07:18:44.542-08:00Courage<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXS2-OyC9vUfxZSEOxkrM-TDTYEK16zVKjnv845767-5Mghw0NqzIc10OoJx2Q0T_4Yg5nHd4CysCpqBD_iPEDFXcsAja5cdfe0oknPaHtY_A5dYGDTxDQHCs1tYJn_w0hmXxqX2EIL6I/s1600/courage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXS2-OyC9vUfxZSEOxkrM-TDTYEK16zVKjnv845767-5Mghw0NqzIc10OoJx2Q0T_4Yg5nHd4CysCpqBD_iPEDFXcsAja5cdfe0oknPaHtY_A5dYGDTxDQHCs1tYJn_w0hmXxqX2EIL6I/s320/courage.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>New York City photographer Krystyna Sanderson has an online <a href="http://www.cafepress.com/CardsOfGrace">store</a> up now that is featuring her piece "Courage" from our book <a href="http://www.squarehalobooks.com/sagz.htm">Light at Ground Zero</a>. As we get closer to the tenth anniversary of the horrible attacks made against our country, it is good to be able to look at <a href="http://www.squarehalobooks.com/sagz.htm">Light at Ground Zero</a> and see how God's work of mercy was carried on behind the closed doors of St. Paul's Chapel.Square Halohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15028411225319760043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068614129098967758.post-79302143442149234842011-01-28T08:11:00.000-08:002011-01-28T08:11:25.717-08:00The Four Holy Gospels<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_IrowLvXCor-gsOTCsZijeZgxsmYQxCGWt3RAD6O1eHvoS27YOzDCoueD8JKNJ-jMqukZ8ayTLiE4OiERF8mvPfHwvGjOmvyuOIyCwqZpNPJeMdXjc_udY1CxAQze79rKWEw_3-LNmKM/s1600/4128ovxNkSL._SS500_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_IrowLvXCor-gsOTCsZijeZgxsmYQxCGWt3RAD6O1eHvoS27YOzDCoueD8JKNJ-jMqukZ8ayTLiE4OiERF8mvPfHwvGjOmvyuOIyCwqZpNPJeMdXjc_udY1CxAQze79rKWEw_3-LNmKM/s320/4128ovxNkSL._SS500_.jpg" width="216" /></a></div>The artist <a href="http://www.makotofujimura.com/">Makoto Fujimura</a> is quite a favorite of ours. We first featured him in <i><a href="http://www.squarehalobooks.com/good.htm">It Was Good</a></i>. Then he was interviewed (twice) in our book <i><a href="http://www.squarehalobooks.com/oog.htm">Objects of Grace</a></i>. And just recently we did a small <a href="http://www.squarehalobooks.com/RF-S.htm">book</a> showcasing his art alongside the paintings of Georges Rouault.<br />
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This post is to let you know that Mako has recently partnered with <a href="http://www.crossway.org/blog/2010/11/makoto-fujimuras-illuminated-gospel-book-project%E2%80%94the-four-holy-gospels/">Crossway</a> to create a an illuminated harmony of the Gospels to celebrate the KJV's 400th anniversary. It is easy to imagine how lovely the book would be, based on the reproductions of his paintings in our Square Halo titles, but to see it in your hands is breath taking. It is like holding a new <a href="http://www.bookofkells.ie/">Book of Kells</a>. It is a joy to page through and discover the decorated caps at the beginning of chapters, the marginalia gracefully littering the pages, and of course, the full paintings. My favorite of the larger works was the piece that begins the gospel according to John called <i>In the Beginning.</i><br />
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Mako's art is what I'd call semi-abstract because he often brings in visual elements that the viewer recognizes—like a tree, or a fish, or a flower, etc. This made it especially delightful to page through <i>The Four Holy Gospels</i>. The marginalia is a combination of representational and abstract paintings. The art draws you in, making you want to discover what aspect of the text Mako is bringing out visually. There were so many of these "incidental" pieces that captured my imagination, but I was especially pleased to see the last page, where Mako had painted a blood-stained tree reminiscent of the <a href="http://www.corridorpress.com/mf.html">Shalom</a> lithograph that hangs in our home.<br />
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This amazing new book looks lovely displayed on a bookshelf, but it resists becoming <i>merely</i> a decoration. Seeing it makes you want to come up with reasons to take it down and read it (when my eldest daughter saw this book she commented on it by saying, "THAT'S what it should be like to read the Bible").<br />
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So I urge you, if you are able, get a copy of <i>The Four Holy Gospels. </i>When you read it your heart and your mind will be changed as the words of our Lord mingle with the beauty in the art. Soli Deo Gloria.Square Halohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15028411225319760043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068614129098967758.post-81970557199804988582011-01-21T10:51:00.000-08:002011-01-21T10:51:09.387-08:00Duke Divinity School . . . and Zombies<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiefgpM9YyLkCTSoquu83AuL6Lz2IqW7k9-cCw4hi2gHeY-ltihp87S9xlwoP_fxMCzfyw5NnGZJUkazuOeoRw-ewHKAIzlwkNgnze1KI-J4UhBK9LoSdAA4NuYHApiZrTQf8NqRiggE_E/s1600/good.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiefgpM9YyLkCTSoquu83AuL6Lz2IqW7k9-cCw4hi2gHeY-ltihp87S9xlwoP_fxMCzfyw5NnGZJUkazuOeoRw-ewHKAIzlwkNgnze1KI-J4UhBK9LoSdAA4NuYHApiZrTQf8NqRiggE_E/s1600/good.gif" /></a></div><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" data-ft="{"type":"msg"}" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="UIStory_Message">Our book, "<a href="http://www.squarehalobooks.com/good.htm">It Was Good: Making Art to the Glory of God</a>" was included on <a href="http://divinity.duke.edu/initiatives-centers/dita/resources">a list</a> "of key texts which treat the arts from a theological perspective" compiled by DITA's Director, Dr Jeremy Begbie. To see our book on the same page as books by Begbie, Dyrness, Rookmaaker, Ryken, Seerveld, etc. is quite an honor. </span></h3><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" data-ft="{"type":"msg"}" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="UIStory_Message"><br />
</span></h3><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" data-ft="{"type":"msg"}" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="UIStory_Message">But it isn't just deep thinkers about theology who are mentioning our book. Recently IWG was mentioned favorably in a response to a <a href="http://rtbtaketwo.wordpress.com/2010/04/30/blog-of-the-living-dead/">blog</a> about zombies!</span></h3>Square Halohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15028411225319760043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068614129098967758.post-89752840344637189132010-12-15T06:16:00.000-08:002011-01-31T07:26:14.023-08:00Hearts & Minds Christmas List<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZRYbAmI_aqBQEjnoallt60IekLKseGW_FNfpARGlQ645xhbvqNw99E2L-FGrQVtyxHcsGYH3WV754jbzepaQGxQUrtLgWJze5EijbR2pr-ACVFfmcl6UOgW7OyG4GeIt0P_OXT0qU50U/s1600/RFcover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZRYbAmI_aqBQEjnoallt60IekLKseGW_FNfpARGlQ645xhbvqNw99E2L-FGrQVtyxHcsGYH3WV754jbzepaQGxQUrtLgWJze5EijbR2pr-ACVFfmcl6UOgW7OyG4GeIt0P_OXT0qU50U/s320/RFcover.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">Our friends at <a href="http://www.heartsandmindsbooks.com/">Hearts & Minds</a> put the newest Square Halo book on their <a href="http://www.heartsandmindsbooks.com/booknotes/hearts_minds_gift_giving_guide/">gift giving guide</a>! We must say, it <i>does</i> strike us as an ideal stocking stuffer -- or as the perfect present for the person who has everything. Buying a gift for someone only to find out that they already have it is such a disappointment, isn't it? That is just one more reason to love this book . . . it is pretty safe to assume that the people on your list this year don't already have this <i>"</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;"><i>truly wonderful little gift; rare, important, inspiring." </i>Follow the link above to read the whole entry about this book. And then order it from Hearts & Minds to give this Christmas!</span>Square Halohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15028411225319760043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068614129098967758.post-80744073596232339232010-11-16T06:34:00.000-08:002011-01-31T07:25:16.383-08:00Books and Culture and Soliloquies<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglwS3zNJjXg-Y4UQfsUXZsAYGrJcx76mln3gGXlyxbpmdgJKlLz5BZPLUlcNjTsny5b042dp_aiQrlF_4Vaq4gTflKyE-z2OMkO9NTVnlZ1lkba_K8Mjz0CzU-Y0ugGocuPm9WZBnoiAg/s1600/La+fin+au-dela+%25238.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglwS3zNJjXg-Y4UQfsUXZsAYGrJcx76mln3gGXlyxbpmdgJKlLz5BZPLUlcNjTsny5b042dp_aiQrlF_4Vaq4gTflKyE-z2OMkO9NTVnlZ1lkba_K8Mjz0CzU-Y0ugGocuPm9WZBnoiAg/s320/La+fin+au-dela+%25238.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>Square Halo's recent book, <i><a href="Rouault-Fujimura:%20Soliloquies">Rouault-Fujimura: Soliloquies</a></i>, was mentioned today in a <a href="http://www.christianitytoday.com/lyris/booksandculture/archives/11-16-2010.html">post</a> by John Wilson, the editor of <i>Books & Culture</i>. Half of the post is about Baylor's show <a href="http://www.baylor.edu/honorscollege/index.php?id=76738"><i>Sacred Texts, Holy Images</i>.</a> Bill Dyrness has said that our little book "could go a long way toward helping art literati see the natural connections of faith, tradition and contemporary styles." Hopefully the Baylor show will will be a similar help to those who visit the exhibition.Square Halohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15028411225319760043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068614129098967758.post-74450346811236183702010-09-11T13:19:00.000-07:002010-09-11T13:19:31.211-07:00Remembering 9/11<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWVNDYwlyMDgN8onao_10LS9jpyjb3jPwuwnRFbBh1fSonCsNlCWSloKzRIzb1vQvVNhrqqscGV7_fy6ZKZwvdXD-eRHz_Hgrz3TgxM7YMck46p5wcy0RFF4_eXDKs3WaXSrjtc-QvLQ8/s1600/LaGZcover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWVNDYwlyMDgN8onao_10LS9jpyjb3jPwuwnRFbBh1fSonCsNlCWSloKzRIzb1vQvVNhrqqscGV7_fy6ZKZwvdXD-eRHz_Hgrz3TgxM7YMck46p5wcy0RFF4_eXDKs3WaXSrjtc-QvLQ8/s320/LaGZcover.jpg" /></a></div>As Americans it is important that we not forget the tragedy of 9/11.<br />
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As Christians, it is crucial that we remember God's mercy shown through His people. <br />
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<i><a href="http://www.squarehalobooks.com/sagz.htm">Light at Ground Zero: St. Paul's Chapel After 9/11 </a></i>documented the "miracle of St. Paul's" and the mercy ministry that was carried out within that tiny sanctuary. <a href="http://www.squarehalobooks.com/LaGZsample.pdf">Click here</a> for a sample of this book.Square Halohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15028411225319760043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068614129098967758.post-41062555849949986962010-09-04T08:20:00.000-07:002010-09-04T08:20:33.217-07:00Rouault-Fujimura: Soliloquies<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ7SdcQBxSsaDEjgQXK20g0tkyxiq2j6aPPPZdtlzkMHSGrncuTphgDG-29Dtq2D8IAut3Gc7jEMz5_8JEabadXdd_brVWVPJv1EE1eF8rCE2i-KW1KtD0mThewUt8tZ9f-nODCHgQe-M/s1600/25885_424420210920_126384535920_5597426_910792_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ7SdcQBxSsaDEjgQXK20g0tkyxiq2j6aPPPZdtlzkMHSGrncuTphgDG-29Dtq2D8IAut3Gc7jEMz5_8JEabadXdd_brVWVPJv1EE1eF8rCE2i-KW1KtD0mThewUt8tZ9f-nODCHgQe-M/s320/25885_424420210920_126384535920_5597426_910792_n.jpg" /></a></div><br />
Christianity Today ran a <a href="http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2010/march/32.62.html">review</a> of our newest book about the art of Makoto Fujimura and Georges Rouault. We were also glad to hear an <a href="http://www.marshillaudio.org/resources/segment_detail.asp?ID=453054709">interview</a> with Thomas Hibbs on Mars Hill Audio about this book.Square Halohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15028411225319760043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068614129098967758.post-38172450767975940492010-09-03T06:50:00.000-07:002010-09-03T13:58:25.715-07:00Starting at The End<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjHzR6vUy7X2DTmkuNyKLh6UtGmp2Ovu5FcHsYngfbLUdsfApxNNw2xQh458WRlazTOmFNTiuKMShuEZg2mRZLzBEQnOzPsrsG0p2Grcbu7OY_zyZZHGokE2vmf5_WvVtd3F2lgEMSQY4/s1600/end.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjHzR6vUy7X2DTmkuNyKLh6UtGmp2Ovu5FcHsYngfbLUdsfApxNNw2xQh458WRlazTOmFNTiuKMShuEZg2mRZLzBEQnOzPsrsG0p2Grcbu7OY_zyZZHGokE2vmf5_WvVtd3F2lgEMSQY4/s320/end.gif" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Square Halo Books, Inc. began over a decade ago with the modest (and grand) goal of providing </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">materials useful for encouraging and equipping the saints. Our first book was by A.D. Bauer, a pastor who, at that time, was teaching at Chesapeake Theological Seminary. From his classes on the writings of John came<i> <a href="http://www.squarehalobooks.com/end.htm">The End: A Reader's Guide to Revelation</a>.</i> This book was not a regurgitation of all the popular theories of the last days but instead a book that laid out basic instruction on how to approach biblical interpretation—and then offered Scriptural definitions of the imagery in the book of Revelation gleaned from the rest of the Bible. With these tools in hand, it was hoped that Christians would be better equipped to study the end of the Bible on their own. We saw the value that <i>The End</i> would have to the larger church. So Square Halo published this book. As it turns out, over a decade later, this work on the controversial topic of eschatology was not to be the end of our company, but only the beginning.</span></span>Square Halohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15028411225319760043noreply@blogger.com0