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October 23. 2002
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A Tribute to the
Black
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whole world, and
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‘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
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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
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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.
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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
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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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