#interfaith gifts

[customcreatures]

Second batch of cozy acorn houses are here! Available in a selection of single, multi, or non denominational home decor. Each interior is unique.

Available for purchase here. Ships quickly

#fairy house #holiday decorations #christmas tree ornaments #tree ornaments #christmas ornaments #chanukah decoration #hanukkah decoration #multi denominational decorations #interfaith decorations #holiday gifts #interfaith gifts #my art

[terracegallery]

There is HOPE...

There is always hope. A peaceful flight of white doves in a soothing blue sky spelling the words to encourage. Faith, hope and love for everyone! GET IT HERE!

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#christian art #christian gifts #christian home #christianity #Colorful Art #dove #doves #faith #faith art #hope #hope art #interfaith #jewish art #jewish gift #jewish home #sharon cummings #sharon cummings art #spiritual art #spiritual artist #spiritual journey #white dove

[unbidden-yidden]

In general, I think it's currently really important for progressive Christians to be very loud about being both progressive and deeply religious Christians, and for everyone else fighting for progressive values to be supportive of them doing just that. I know that's like, idk, counter-intuitive or cringe or whatever, but seriously folks, the alternative is that progressive Christians have to be quiet about their faith to be accepted within broader secular and interfaith progressive advocacy, which means that the regressive asshole Christians (a) sound that much louder and (b) dominate the USian religious landscape all the more. That's a problem, for all of us.

We need people pushing back within the faith as well as outside of it, because that destroys any edifice that this is about Christianity and religious freedom.

You can be a devout Christian and also:

Openly, proudly, and without being forced to remain celibate or otherwise limit your full expression of self, identify as LGBTQ+ or be a supportive ally.

Advocate for full reproductive autonomy and comprehensive sex education.

Love and support people of other religious groups, non-religious people and/or atheists, by choosing to believe that a truly loving God would not pursue anything less than universal salvation.

Stand against evangelism and proselytizing as they have thus far been interpreted and used, because there are ways to interpret the Great Commission that don't promote colonialism and cultural genocide.

A steward of the earth, protecting God's beautiful creation and lovingly tending to it as the unique and incredible gift that it is.

A believer in science, rationalism, and human progress as part of God's divine plan for humanity.

A believer in history and someone who understands that the Bible can be both divinely given and open to interpretation (no really)(if you're confused, please talk to a knowledgeable traditional Jew)

An ally to Jews, who stands against supercessionism and antisemitism in the church.

And in before regressive Christians come shouting at me that (1) what do I know, I'm a Jew and (2) no lol you can't because of ___ reason:

My source is that I've personally met and talked to Christians of great faith and integrity - people who embody the closest forms of kindness I've seen to what Jesus himself advocated - who are each of these things.

It is 100% possible; you just choose to believe otherwise.

#every hour is theology hour around here apparently

[openapocalypse]

Jonathan Ferguson (@OpenApocalypse) / Twitter

#labour party #keir starmer #christian universalism #interfaith dialogue #prophecies #spiritual gifts #social democracy #social media #twitter #exvangelical #anti fascist

[oakappleday]

“While Christmas is, of course, a Christian celebration,” the king said, “the power of light overcoming darkness is celebrated across the boundaries of faith and belief.” He thanked “churches, synagogues, mosques, temples and gurdwaras” — where Sikhs worship — for their good works “at this time of great anxiety and hardship.”

The king’s nod to other religious faiths reflected a longstanding interest during his decades as heir to the throne.

...The new king’s more inclusive style is perhaps the most distinctive feature of his fledgling monarchy, [Vernon Bogdanor, a professor of government at King’s College London and an authority on the constitutional monarchy] said, one that he argued would equip the king to “represent the whole country in a way which no politician can during a period of turbulence and political instability.”

#gift link #kciii #charles #we love an interfaith king #<3

[maguneedsalife]

ok my turn to do a bad hanukkah merch post bc i went looking for some decorations the other day and was reminded why i've never bought any

this is a perfectly inoffensive door decoration except that it still has the silhouette of a wreath so it's obvious what it's trying to replace

why does this banner look like an early aughts email signature. challah isn't even part of the holiday. 0/10 and you picked the most boring font possible

you know what, sure. fine. as far as branded hanukkah products go you could do worse. the pineapple candles are a cute nod to the fact that you cant have fire underwater. still don't know how the griddle works at the krusty krab

more examples of hanukkah stuff being grafted onto xmas decorations. who starts a sentence with "we wish you" without their brain immediately filling in "a merry christmas". whoever you are i envy you

this is a "hanukkah tree topper", wires got crossed somewhere but i can think of interfaith families who'd enjoy this

I don't even know where to start. this monstrosity looks like that tweet about reiwa kamen rider transformation sequences except the tweet knew how to spell

I don't think you tried at all

Had to dig surprisingly far before I found one that was blatantly antisemitic but the ideal number of antisemitic hanukkah decorations there should be is 0

and speaking of antisemitic hanukkah decorations, the winner for the absolute worst decoration that came up in my search was this:

oh yeah sure, perfect hanukkah gift. picture of the romans stealing our shit

#judaism #antisemitism #kosher salt #hanukkah

[hanukkahbingo]

Panfandom Hanukkah Bingo

WHAT: A fanworks bingo celebrating Jewish (and Jew-ish) characters across any and all fandoms. Write fanfiction and/or create graphics (moodboards, edits, vids, whatever you like) to fill prompts on this overall bingo card. During the 8 nights of Hanukkah, submit your fills to the AO3 collection and/or post them on Tumblr to be reblogged and added to the Bingo Masterpost.

WHO: Any and all characters who are Jewish or Jew-ish. Canonically Jewish characters (like the Baudelaire orphans), characters who are* Jewish but it’s not explicitly stated (like Bucky Barnes), characters who you like to headcanon as Jews (like Tina Belcher), characters who are Space Jew-ish or otherwise Scifi Jew-ish (like Leia Organa)… all are welcome. Interfaith, multicultural, patrilineal, and convert stories are all welcome! MESSIANIC HEADCANONS AND/OR MESSIANIC STORIES ARE NOT WELCOME.

WHEN: Start creating whenever you want, but the AO3 collection will be open from December 7-15 to accept works for this year’s bingo. Masterposts on Tumblr will be posted each night (like… Hanukkah gifts for fandom, get it?)

WHERE: Tumblr (tag @hanukkahbingo and #hanukkahbingo) | AO3 | Discord – All works must be posted on either Tumblr or AO3 to be included in the Masterposts. Discord is for discussion, betas, cheerleading, etc!

WHY: Jewish characters and Jewish fans are often overlooked or erased during the Winter Holiday Season in favor of “Secret Santa” exchanges, Christmas-themed fics, and the idea that ~Hanukkah is Jewish Christmas~ (which spoiler for all fics in this bingo: it’s not). This panfandom Bingo challenge is to celebrate Hanukkah on its own terms and give Jewish characters and fans a place to breathe. :)

And I’m tagging @fandomevents @stuckybingo @buckybarnesbingo @tikkunolamorgtfo @progressivejudaism @damereyconnection @starspangledbigbang @starwarsblr @gffa @elizabethminkel @bettsfic @hellotailor @copperbadge @vaspider @reachmouse – if you see this and you love a Jewish or Jew-ish character (or a Jewish fan!) please reblog so that we can get a good selection of fandoms and fanworks… Jewish fans deserve love this time of year especially, and this seems like the least I could do to help spread some of that love.

#fandom #fandom event #fandom edit #judaism #hanukkah #jumblr #jewish #jewish culture #jewish fandom

[gay-jewish-bucky]

When Steve and Bucky move into the home they built together—located on large plot of land outside of New York City, only a short drive away from their Reform synagogue, a community which is incredibly welcoming to interfaith families—Bucky's family gifts them two cookbooks to guide them in the learning stages of running a household, as is tradition for the Barnes clan.

The first cookbook was Bucky's Ma's. An old, well-loved copy of the 1915 edition of The Settlement Cookbook. The book contains many familiar recipes from his childhood, and it is filled with a lifetime of annotations from his Ma, his Pa himself, and his sisters.

The second cookbook is the 1991, completely revised and updated edition of that cookbook, The New Settlement Cookbook, containing a much larger number of Jewish recipes as more and more were added throughout the years. It's a like-new copy, so Bucky and Steve can fill it with their own notes and recipe modifications, just like Winnie, and then pass the cookbook down to their children as an heirloom when they're older.

Learn more about The Settlement Cookbook and its (still-relevant) impact on Jewish-American immigrant culture

#marvel #mcu #bucky #bucky barnes #james bucky barnes #james buchanan barnes #jewish bucky #jewish bucky barnes #jewish!bucky #jewish!bucky barnes #winnifred barnes #steve rogers #steven grant rogers #stucky #stevebucky #george barnes #Assorted Jewish Writings - Marriage/Family/Home

[omgthatdress]

Oh my god I hate Mattel so much.

They took the American Girl brand and gave it a lobotomy.

I was going to make a very very very very bad joke about one of the 90s girls getting an eating disorder after watching Britney Spears, BUT DECIDED AGAINST IT because eating disorders are something you don’t joke about, BUT. HERE’S THE THING.

Here’s the thing. Being a tween-to-teen-age girl in the late 90s early 2000s was BULLSHIT. You had 16-year-old Britney Spears singing “Hit me baby one more time” in her Lolita schoolgirl miniskirt and crop top showing off her perfectly flat abs, and then you went to school and had abstinence-only sex ed mandated by the evangelical right wing who gave out purity rings and told you that only sluts had sex before marriage. And then there was the issue of being a fat girl trying to find jeans that met her school’s dress code the days of low-rise jeans and belly button rings.

I ended up adoring Linkin Park because their music gave voice to the rage that I had inside of me because of all that. I wore men’s pants from Hot Topic not only because I thought they were cool, but they actually fucking fit and they covered my ass crack. I wore black because I didn’t fit in to the ultra-skinny, ultra cool kid Abercrombie aesthetic. And THAT is what growing up in the 90s and coming of age in the 2000s was like.

“Nicki Hoffman is a nine going on ten year old girl living in Seattle, Washington just before the year 2000 (the turn of the millennium). She is six minutes older than her fraternal twin sister, Isabel, but one inch shorter. Nicki prefers grunge, ska music, rock, alternative, and skating; she is the "grunge" to Isabel's glitter. She does not like eating raw fish and sushi; her father teases that they can's spell "finicky" without Nicki. She likes sour candy--the more sour, the better. She's known to be shy, to the point Isabel points this out; she initially doesn't have other friends than Isabel. She's very anxious about the Y2K problem and the risks and worries that have been circulating, so Isabel and her create a list to take her mind off her worries of things to do before New Year's.Her favorite color is purple, her favorite animal is a dog (she adopts her puppy, Blossom, as a Hanukkah gift), her favorite band is No Doubt, and her favorite show is The Powerpuff Girls (her favorite character being Blossom). She likes to snack on Wild Berry Pop tarts. She does not like her middle name, Pearl.The family is interfaith and celebrates both Hanukkah and Christmas. “

It’s a sterilized and dumbed-down version of growing up in the 90s, one where they only real problem facing girls is the y2k bug. It’s about the aesthetic but not the experience. Honestly the girls of today deserve to see that their moms had it difficult, too, and that the pressure to grow up incredibly quickly and be beautiful and flawless and instantly become a woman is nothing new, now it’s just on TikTok instead of MTV.

It’s the trap of nostalgia. Just because you were younger and not as aware of the issues going on in the world doesn’t mean the world was better.

[blessedarethebinarybreakers]

What does it mean that you're a catholic presbyterian? What are your views on Church authority and predestination?

I like to imagine myself as a tree with Irish Catholic roots, a Presbyterian/Protestant trunk, and agnostic/ecumenical/interfaith-reaching branches.

I need all parts to be whole. All parts rely on Divine warmth, water, breath for life. All parts depend on a rich soil of scripture, story, and the wisdom of those who've come before me for nourishment and grounding.

___

The roots:

I was baptized and raised Roman Catholic. My family (and a large number of families in the area I grew up) has a proud history of Irish Catholicism in particular. My childhood church was Catholic, and I was passionate about participating in that community's life all through grade school.

Some of my earliest religion-related memories are of reading Saints' stories, establishing relationships with those who most spoke to me. Mother Mary has had my heart as far back as my memories go.

As I discovered my queerness in college and gradually realized the need to seek fully welcoming community, I did not leave behind those things I held most dear from Catholic spirituality.

Over the years, my connection to the Roman Catholic Church as an institution has fractured more and more; last May it splintered entirely. But I refuse to let Rome have a monopoly on Catholic faith, or on Mary and the Saints.

...Especially because Mary and the Saints were my greatest spiritual supports in college: with delighted wonder, I came to recognize how very queer my closest Saints were! They helped me embrace my queerness as a holy gift; I carried them with me into a little PC(USA) church that my then-girlfriend, now-wife found near our college campus.

The trunk:

The Presbyterian Church (USA) denomination holds me up in sturdy community: this is the denomination I'm currently "officially" part of — got my Masters of Divinity at a PCUSA seminary, got married in a PCUSA church, am on this denomination's ordination path.

This doesn't mean I think the PCUSA is the best religion or even the best form of mainline Protestantism. They all have their strengths and their flaws. But the PCUSA was the one that first came into my path, and I'm currently satisfied with my decision to commit myself to it — so long as it continues to make plenty of room for my Catholic roots and ecumenical branches.

The branches:

Though Louisville Seminary is a Presbyterian institution, when I attended from 2016-2019 at least 40% of my classmates and some of the staff there belonged to other denominations (or in a few cases, aren't Christian at all).

The opportunity to learn alongside folks from a variety of traditions was invaluable to my continued spiritual growth. I learned so much from them! I grew into my sense that all individuals and faith communities have something to teach us the Divine and about what it means to be human in relationship to Divinity and to Creation.

Then there's the agnostic part of the "branches":

Over the years I've also experienced more and more seasons where I'm just not sure that the Trinity, the Incarnation and Resurrection, and all that Christian-specific stuff is "real." But whether or not it is, I choose to remain committed to this path I'm on — with openness to fresh insights — because I do draw spiritual nourishment here. I do believe that the story of the Trinity and the Incarnation can guide us into living for Goodness, Justice, abundant life for all beings.

...Basically, I don't know whether it's all "true," but I do believe it holds powerful Truth; I remain committed to the Story.

(Also the bible has been my main special interest since i was like 6 so it's one of the main lenses through which i view the world so i'm stuck here for better or worse lfadfjalfjdalk;j! )

I believe it's imperative for Christians living in Christian supremacist cultures to practice humility above all else — to accept the fact that we don't have all the answers, that we're not the Most Right, that we don't enjoy unique favor with God. For me, identifying as agnostic reminds me that I don't know everything about God by any means, and may actually know very little at all. It reminds me to remain humble, open, and curious.

The fruit:

My hope is that this little tree that is me yields good fruit. I don't care if I have all the right answers, so long as I'm glorifying the Divine in some small way; easing suffering in some small way; bringing joy into this world in some small way. That's what matters to me.

________

I imagine the above implies my views on Church authority. If it doesn't, well, I'll just say I'm kind of an anarchist about church as much as anything else! The Church should never have come to wield as much power as it has. And whatever the "role" of the Church is in the Divine Story, I remember learning somewhere in seminary that the ultimate future of Church is to dissolve — that when we've experienced the full in-breaking of God's Kin-dom, there will be no more need for Church.

________

Not all Presbyterians hold to predestination — and for most I know who do, it's not really a central part of their faith life.

But sure, you could say I believe in predestination: I believe we are all predestined for participation in God's Kin-dom! :)

________

Further reading:

My tag of LGBTA patron Saints <3

My first podcast ep explores some of my spiritual journey

My queer and Catholic tag

Some other semi-related tags — good fruit tag; religious pluralism tag; evangelism tag; church hurt tag

My PCUSA tag, which includes a post with some old class notes about predestination

OH ALSO there's a podcast called "Called to Be Multiple" that interviews folks who draw from multiple faith sources. Cool stuff!

#about #avery speaking

[firefly-sky]

Do you have any headcanons for Kyle as a dad?

Yes!! (this is kinda for the whole broflovski family mb)

As soon as he found out his wife was pregnant, he did everything he could to read up on it.

He was in his late twenties when it happened. He wanted to be out of college and have a stable income before having a kid

He cried when he found out-

Hes normally not that emotional and it’s kinda hard to make him cry, but any of the kid’s firsts, prepare for lots of crying

He’s the kind of dad to want to take as many pictures with them as possible. He can be very sentimental at times, even if he’s not one to admit it

He thinks gender reveal parties are lame but if his wife wanted to do one he’s not gonna say no

He would want it to be a surprise though

Omg Sheila would knit sweaters for the baby, she’s so happy to be a grandma!!

Because Kyle doesn’t want to know the gender she usually knits purple clothes as to not give the gender away

Gerald is really supportive as well!

Gerald would so take the kid(s) on aquarium outings

Gerald is not as much of a pushover as Sheila when it comes to the gift shop tho lol

(back to kyle-) He doesn’t have a preference. He just wants to be a good and loving father.

I feel like he would want three kids? He wouldn’t want only one but he doesn’t want a football geam, y’know?

Hes very insistent on doing almost everything while his wife is pregnant and even for the first few months after the baby

Once his wife’s water breaks, he absolutely speeds to the hospital. Kyley-B almost made a few appearances on the road 🫢

As soon as he sees the baby he bursts into tears

Especially when the baby grabs onto his hand

If it’s a boy the middle name will likely be Stanley (Crediting the anon form my last Kyle headcanons post who gave this headcanon, so if that anon wants to come forward so i can give actual credits that would be great! If not know you’re appreciated anon <3)

If its a girl the middle name would be Sheila (mamas boyyyy)

If he’s in an interfaith relationship he allows the kids to pick which religion they wanna follow when they feel ready

He enjoys bonding with the kids and telling them about their Jewish heritage

His favorite thing is playing dreidel with his kids, though he lets them win (he’s not a fan of gelt)

He likes singing to his kids sometimes even if he is not very good at it

Hes like his mama. Hes nurturing, he’s living, but god ALMIGHTY is he overprotective

He just wants to do what he thinks is right for the kids

He gives them a lot of freedom though. He doesn’t want them to feel confined or anything

He’s goes to every one of his kids events and wouldn’t miss their birthdays for the world

He’s not very harsh with punishments. Usually the punishments are taking away a toy or an electronic but he doesn’t do anything violent

He doesn’t even yell that much. He lectures though

His kids will sometimes just give him their phones as soon as he gets home from work so they don’t have to sit for an hour long lecture

Ike loves being an uncle. Though he plays with Kyle sometimes and pretends to “kick the baby” a lot

Overall very supportive and loving dad, 10/10

#south park #kyle broflovski #kyle broflovski headcanons #anon #answered #asks

[consolecadet]

I'm feeling slightly less seething Christmas hatred than usual this year. I've reached a point where, though I still strongly dislike a lot of things about Christmas, I can separate out the different bits and not let the ones I hate make me cranky about the ones I like.

Like. . .I despise Christmas music, "ugly sweaters", the Salvation Army, jingly little bells, eggnog, candy canes, big hunks of ham, Christmas media, the crushing expectation that you must put on the cheerful rictus of The Christmas Spirit, elves (Santa can stay but only if he's gay), most Christian conceptions of religious entities, people's assumptions that you have a pleasant and uncomplicated relationship with your family of origin, the planet-burning American culture of consumption, proselytization, those new LED string lights that make your front lawn look like a gamer lair, etc, etc, etc.

But I do like peppermint bark, the smell of balsam fir, cheese plates, a short visit to my parents' nice house where trans people outnumber cis people 2:1 and I can always get into my car and drive away, knowing my sister will cherish any lesbian-themed objects I give her, incandescent string lights, neatly wrapping presents with nice paper and double-sided tape, and I guess Die Hard.

My local Buy Nothing group means I no longer have nearly as much of a guilt spiral about receiving gifts I dislike. I believe I've finally gotten my father to stop giving me novelty socks and awful plasticky novelty band-aids. (Actually, maybe I'm giving myself too much credit. I just realized the store where he bought his most irritating gifts closed permanently in 2020.) I also just don't take it as personally when people give me something that betrays a major misapprehension of who I am. It's not like I make it easy for people to know me, especially my parents.

I think part of what's making this time of year less psychologically harrowing is that 1) I got to do Christmas and Hanukkah with KC and without my parents last year, and thus reject within our apartment everything I hated while keeping the menorah and peppermint bark and 2) I spent some time this year trying to practice Judaism in ways my dad was not interested in sharing with me when I was growing up, and figured out what I did/didn't like or value about certain aspects of Jewish religious practice.

It seems very obvious that if I can give up on learning Hebrew because it's upsetting and difficult for me and have a seder with gluten-free matzo that doesn't halachically qualify as Real Matzo, I can absolutely also banish the concept of Christ and all renditions of Silent Night from my home while enjoying smelling a tree in there.

It's extremely common to be a child of an agnostic interfaith couple who did not give you a connection to any kind of faith community and left you with lots of baggage about it. I don't have to wait to fix my feelings about that before I can participate in any holiday or religious practice, and probably HAVE to try participating with a modicum of vulnerability if I want to change anything. Also none of these things materially affect Israel's genocidal behavior unless I, like, buy my parents SodaStream canisters for Christmas.

It probably also helps that I left the job where my boss expected extreme enthusiasm at all times and took any doubt or questions as personal affronts. I read The Promise of Happiness and no longer feel like affect alienation is a personal failing on my part. I feel far less bitter, resentful, and hateful about Christmas if I don't let people pressure me to be (or perform being) sweet, cheerful, and loving about it.

Fuck the Elf on the Shelf though. That's just weird.

#idk. maybe voluntarily enjoying 10% of christmas is caving to cultural christianity #I ate peppermint bark once and now I'm legally obligated to become the CEO of the salvation army #boring text posts #family

[isabellehemlock]

Hi everyone,

In honor of my TOG fic “Their souls were knit together (and he loved him as himself)” reaching 10k (thank you readers!!) I wanted to compile my (80+) resource links I used during the plotting stage and throughout the fic - divided by category as best as I could manage.

In case you’d like additional resources, please check out @actualmermaid historical resource upload here, and/or the The Old Guard Character Resource Hub.  Here’s a list of books as well:

Genoa & the Genoese 958-1528 ( x )

The Crusade Indulgence: Spiritual Rewards and the Theology of the Crusades, c. 1095-1216 ( x ) - a post with excerpts linked below

Housing the Stranger in the Mediterranean World: Lodging, Trade, and Travel in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages ( x ) 

The rest under the cut in case you’d like to avoid potential spoilers (nothing descriptive) 

For Genoa

San Siro ( x )

San Lorenzo ( x ) & St. John the Baptist ( x )

The Mahdia Campaign of 1087 ( x )

Nicolò as a Genovese crossbowman ( x ) ( x )

For Mahdia

Yusuf’s potential backstory with Mahdia ( x ) ( x ) and the Zirid dynasty ( x ) 

And his family’s intergenerational trauma in relation to the Battle of Haydaran in 1052 ( x )

For the Crusades

Some other ways a non noble Nicolò might have found himself in the Crusades ( x ) ( x ) ( x )

General timeline of the first crusade ( x ) 

The Siege of Antioch ( x ) ( x ) ( x ) ( x ) ( x ) 

The Siege of Jerusalem ( x ) ( x ) ( x ) ( x ) 

Visual maps of the city of Jerusalem and surrounding area ( x ) and general climate ( x )

For Constantinople

Daily life in the city ( x ) ( x ) ( x )

Procession of the Theotokos icon ( x ) 

Maps of the city from that time ( x ) ( x ) 

Their apartment and general housing ( x ) 

Little Hagia Sophia ( x )

Church of Sts Sergius and Bacchus ( x ) - and why that would have been meaningful to Nicolò ( x ) as the setting for their Adelphopoiesis ( x ) & here are the Byzantine instructions for it ( x ) 

For Islamic spiritual practices

Barzakh ( x ) & Jinn ( x ) (both referred to in a blink and you’d miss it sort of way)

Qur’an scroll ( x ) - technically a 19th century copy, but was using it as a visual reference

Islamic calendar for that year ( x ) & the significance of Yusuf’s first death of rajab ( x ) 

The verse Yusuf reflects on when he internally refers to Nicolò as his dearest ( x ) 

The verse Nicolò inscribed on Yusuf’s wedding present ( x ) 

For Catholic spiritual practices

Lay Orders (what used to be called Third Order) for Nicolò to be an oblate ( x )

Eleusa icon (a gift he received from Brother Gabriel) ( x ) - here’s a 12th century version ( x )

The cross necklace gift Nicolò received before leaving Genoa ( x ) 

Excerpts from the book linked above about how indulgences played a part in the Crusades ( x )

Lenten practices in the middle ages ( x ) 

Some Bible verses Nicolò reflects on during his love confession ( x ) ( x ) 

For some interfaith dialogue moments

The Canticle of Zechariah in the Liturgy of Hours ( x ) & Verse 95 for corresponding references to the dawn ( x )

Why Zechariah is important in both faiths ( x ) 

Encouragement for open dialogue and friendliness ( x ) the rights of Non-Muslims as laid out in the Constitution of Medina ( x ) and protection via the Testament of Muhammed ( x ) though there are some doubts to the authenticity 

Lent & Ramadan similarities ( x ) ( x ) 

Interfaith marriage rights between Christians and Muslims from Muhammed ( x ) 

For some other historical context 

Context for same sex attraction in the middle ages ( x ) ( x ) ( x ) ( x ) ( x ) ( x )

Some LGTB+ historical figures and Saints Nicolò might have been aware of ( x ) ( x )

Brother Gabriel from chapter two was based on Marina the Monk ( x ) 

Wiki about illiterate popes ( x )

11th-12th century trade maps ( x ) 

Tunisian Arabic ( x ) 

The Great Schism of 1054 ( x ) 

The Seljuk Empire ( x ) 

The Byzantine-Venetian treaty of 1082 ( x )

A poem by Abu Nawas that Yusuf reflects on before the love confession ( x ) 

For the Biblical references and significance to Nicolò of Gortyn/Crete ( x ) and some visual references ( x )

Why Chandax as a honeymoon site would have been comfortable for them both ( x ) & ruled by the Byzantine Empire at the time of their visit ( x ) 

The book Yusuf gave to Nicolò as a wedding present ( x ) & some context ( x )

#thank you readers! #their souls were knit together fic #tog fic #tog #the old guard #the old guard fic #tog resource #the old guard resource #immortal husbands #joe x nicky #yusuf x nicolo #tog joe #tog nicky #yusuf al kaysani #nicolò di genova #for queue

[icypantherwrites]

Returning to one of my favorite traditions of donations to charities for comments in honor of my birthday today ♥ I love giving back and knowing you can make a difference is the best gift of all.

For every comment that is left on one of my fics (with a few stipulations, keep reading) I will donate $2 to either Rescued Rascals (the foster group I work with and where I adopted Kili from) OR the Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry (local food pantry to me).

Some guidelines since I don't want a rush of spam and I really do love hearing from y'all and heartfelt, detailed comments are a wonderful birthday present ♥

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some more doodles of my homebrew dnd goddess vega, 'cuz even though my brain is fried i promised myself and more importantly my homies that i'd post my art - regardless of what i thought of its quality. and also because i won't get better at drawing if i don't draw.

anyways, i'm allergic to posting drawings without at least some short text accompanying them, so here's a bunch of other scattered ideas i have had for vega that may or may not become canon for the campaign. there's a tradition in celebrations that include her to "dedicate" the first glass of wine to her - by pouring it into the ground.

she's in good standing with sun chariot (temp name), the.... well, sun god (he's the guy that looks like a bull-shaped suit of golden armor with a mane of fire) - and this has reflected on their followers, with interfaith marriages not being unheard of. and them just having generally good relations.

there was also something about ribbons being a possible gift of affection/confession but uhhh uhh, i haven't thought that far yet. tune in tomorrow for more stuff?

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so my polycule/friendgroup is interfaith, and celebrating All The Things All Together would get complicated; we're kind of expected to be with our origin-families on a lot of those days. so for our winter gifting thing, we do new year's eve presents! it's easier to get everyone together bc nobody's out of town or expected anywhere else. we've started calling it Holiday, singular. which i find very funny, it's not shorter than saying new year's, but i like saying "oh what are you getting [someone] for Holiday, because i was thinking about..." it's just silly. anyways i'm very excited for this year bc i love giving gifts and being with my loved ones <333

#we did have a lil chanukkah get together this year which was fun!!! #i made latkes for the first time and they were gooood but took forever to fry the whole batch #(well i've made them from a box mix once like ten years ago but that doesn't count #this time i actually did it for real) #maybe next year we'll have access to a bigger kitchen and i can try making more things #can't wait to have a big decked out kitchen so i can cook for everyone all the time!!!!!!!!!! #when i have a dishwasher? it is OVERRRRRR