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Jlortlanh (ßbseruer October 23. 2002 P age BS A Tribute to the Black CANNON'S RIB EXPRESS ?x /T C hicken • P o rk Ribs • Beef Ribs Catering & Take-Out I Wayne Cannon (Proprietor) O ur Specialty: Real Hickory S m oked Bar-B-Q Mon-Thurs ll:30am-9:00pm. Frl-Sat. ll:3 0 a m -ll:00 p m , Sun l:00pm-7:00pm S 5 O 3 .2 8 S .3 a 3 6 5410 N.E. 33rd What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul? of A Mark 8:36 gospel spots A ' .c o m MOBILE O P T I C S J ‘Rock of Ages’ pays tribute to African American churches - Illustrator R. Gregory Christie uses acrylic and colorored pencil artwork to depict the African American spiritual experience. Standing on Solid Ground B y W ynde D yer T he P ortland O bserver G oing to church on Sunday paid o ff for author Tonya Bolden and Illustrator R. Gregory Christie. Their book, ‘Rock o f A ges,’ an illus trated coffee table tribute to the A frican A m erican spiritual experi ence, is a beautiful collaboration. T he B lack C hurch is one ‘w ith arm s e v e r-a lw ay s o p e n ’ w here its p eo p le can com e ‘to be re new ed in the sp irit, to be fortified in the m ind to help th e m se lv es h eal, stand up, stand ta ll,’ T o nya B olden tells h er readers. Inspired by a frien d w h o to ld h er, “ If you d o n ’t k n o w a b o u t th e B lac k C h u rch , you d o n ’t know about th e b lack e x p e rie n c e ,” B olden c h ro n ic a ls th e b e g in n in g s o f b lack C h ristia n faith from the d ays w hen sla v es h eld se cret b ib le r e a d in g s in ‘in v is ib le c h u rc h e s.’ F rom in fan cy in the field s o f fo re sts o f the S o u th , w here the ch u rc h w as b u ilt w ith Bolden, who considers herself a “child o f the Black Church, ” guides us through the strengthening o f the African American people, the with the church giving them ‘the grit to go on. ju s t ‘h er ro o f n ig h tsk y , h er flo o r ing G o d g ro w n p astu res w alled by w o o d s,’ B olden tak es us to the ch u rch es final em erg en ce ‘in cathedrals, in city-brick w ith faux sta in e d g lass, in stu b b y sto re- of the African American people, the withthechurchgivingthem ‘thegritto go on.’ “Gabriel and Nancy Prosser, Nat Turner, Denmark, Harriet, Frederick, and Sojourner [ were | among her sons and daughter,” her poem says. “She has done so much to make her people strong, to keep so many alive in their bodies, in their souls.” W h ile v e rse w e a v e s its e lf th ro u g h the so c ial an d sp iritu a l h isto ry o f A fric a n A m e ric a n c h u rc h e s in ‘R o ck o f A g e s ’, C h ris tie 's a rre stin g ac ry lic and co lo re d p en cil artw o rk p ro v id es the v isu al b ac k b o n e fo r th e p ic tu re B o ld en p ain ts w ith w ords. His paintings, vibrant in color and intense in subject m atter, depict w orshipers as they pray, sing, attend funerals and church luncheons and protest behind the w atch fu l eye o f police. C hristie’s illustrations are as ex pressive and beautiful as the churches and people they are intended to represent. chaeological discoveries in m od em tim es. But there’s this m ajor question: Did this box name Jesusof Nazareth or som e other Jesus? A fter all, that nam e was com m on in the first cen tury, as w ere Jam es and Joseph. Lem aire pins his circum stantial case on the unusual nam ing o f both the father and brother on a burial box, know n as an ossuary. T h ere’s only one other know n ex am ple w ith three nam es, so he fig ures som ething about the brother m ust have stood out. Jesus would certainly qualify. H ow ever, archaeologist Kyle M cC arter o f Johns H opkins U ni versity noted at a new s conference M onday that the brother might have been nam ed because he co n ducted the burial or ow ned the Oregon H ealth Plan Accepted Mobile Optic 4542 NE M.L.K. J r Blvd 503-280-2020 AP Photo tomb. U nder C hristian teaching that w ould rule out Jesus o f N azareth, w ho rose from the grave and as cended into heaven decades be fore Jam es w as stoned to death as a Jew ish heretic in A.D. 62. U ntil now, the oldest surviving artifact that m entions Jesus is a John M. C raig Eugene Adam s Funeral Services for John M. Craig were held Saturday, Oct 1 9 '\ 1:00 p.m. at J. B. Jenkins Funeral Home. Mr. C raig w as bom on Sept. 2 9 '\ 1932 in W ashington, D.C. He attended D unbar H igh School. Shortly after he join ed the U.S. Arm y and served in the K orean War. U pon com pletion o f his tour o f duty he joined the Federal N ational C apital Park Service. In 1973 he m oved to Portland, O regon and began a successful business in landscaping. He retired in 1983. T rooper John M. C raig is proud m em ber o f the B uffalo Soldiers R cinactm ent. He is also an active m em ber o f the A m erican Legion and an outstanding activist o f his Funeral services w ere held M onday, Oct. 21,2002, in St. Luke M emorial Church of God in Christ for Eugene Adams, w hodied Oct. 15 I (some restrictions apply) An empty ossuary is seen with an inscription in Aramaic reading “James, son o f Joseph, brother of Jesus." fragment o f chapter IS in Jo h n ’s Gospel from a m anuscript dated around A.D. 125. It was d iscov ered in Egypt in 1920. How we g et th e re m a tte rs . T n M e t it an equal opportunity employer. J Jj W o rsh ip w ith us at I h r : L -------- A lbina C h ristian L ife C en ter obituaries community. Surviving brothers and sisters include M elvin C raig and w ife Ellen, Barbara C urtis and Lucille Bryson o f W ashington, D.C. and a host o f nieces and nephew s. Eye G lasse s 059 no to Jesus’ Brother Inscription Li (AP) — A rchaeologists are ex p ecting a lo n g -ru n n in g debate o ver the reported discovery o f a first-century inscription nam ing Jesus o f N azareth. W riting in the new issue o f B ib lical A rchaeology R eview , A ndre L em aire o f F ra n c e ’s P ractical School o f H igher Studies says it’s “very probable” that an inscrip tion on a burial box for bones refers to Jesus o f N azareth and was w rit ten around A.D. 63. T he inscription reads, “Jam es, son o f Joseph, brother o f Jesus.” T hat w ould fit the N ew T estam ent account that Jesus had a brother nam ed Jam es, and the tradition that Jam es w as the son o f Joseph, the husband o f Je su s’ m other Mary. The sensational claim , if true, could becom e one o f the great ar fro n ts, in clap b o a rd A -fra m e s.’ Bolden, who was bom, bred and lives in New York City and considers herself a “child of the Black Church," guides us through the strengthening LIMITED TIME OFFER Eye Exam 039 00 I f I C liiirrli o f Go<l C le v la n d , T e n n e s s e e **Fnll G o s p e l” at age 59. Mr. A dam s w as bom Sept. 8, 1943, in Parkdale, Ark. He m oved to Portland in the 1960s and w as a baker for W onder Bread and Franz Bakery, for a total o f 30 years. In 1990, he m arried Em m a Charleston. Survivors include his wife; daughter; son; stepdaughter and stepsons; as well as his sisters, Lovie W ilson, Charlostina Robinson, Olsie Lean Davis, Gloria Jones, Martha Jones, Esther Maxwell andC ynthia Adams; brothers, Leanell and M urray Jr.; and grandchildren. 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