Jesus of the Week

3/28/2006 Update: Apparently Peter Gilstrap stopped updating Jesus of the Week in 2000. I received this tip from someone called "The Jesus Keeper" in a note signed "Bless You". It's a lucky day for me!

http://www.jesusoftheweek.com/
For the first 1,900 years after the birth of Christ, artists spent their lives developing and perfecting methods to depict skillfully the life and tragic death of Jesus of Nazareth. Ever since then it's been a downward spiral of cheap plastic kitsch and holy craft art -- all of which somehow ended up in the home of L.A. writer Peter Gilstrap. If you're not easily offended by what some will surely consider sacrilege, take a tour through this growing collection of 83 trinkets straight out of America's church bazaars and shrines. There you'll find a plastic Jesus night light, a J.C. doormat and a good dose of tongue-in-cheek Catholicism. True aficionados can submit a digital confession for a chance at a genuine Jesus napkin holder.


(This was reprinted from my Washington Post column in 1997)
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