From the Fredricksburg Free-Lance Star
BY DONNIE JOHNSTON
GROOM, Texas--A biker exits Interstate 40 and wheels his Harley-Davidson down the dusty road to what is billed as the largest cross in the Western Hemisphere.
"I never stop for anything but I had to stop for this," says the man, who is on his way to Georgia from Albuquerque, N.M.
He begins to get dizzy as he looks up at the 190-foot structure, which sits on 10 donated acres between I-40 and this little Texas Panhandle cow town of 450.
"This is awesome," the biker continues, shaking his head with amazement.
He calls someone on his cell phone and describes the sight before him.
Several yards away a woman sits and prays, the 19-story-high cross before her and a replica of Calvary at her back.
This place is truly one that evokes a religious experience from almost everyone who visits.
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July 21, 2007
Groom Cross News
Bend it like Beckham Jesus?
I've been receiving the Animation Factory newsletter in my inbox almost since I first had a free Hotmail acct. I love their animations (the months of the day/date script at the top are AF graphics) Animation Factory also has an online .gif resizer/optimizer/text tools site called GifWorks, very handy, as well as a 3D Textmaker website, some others.
I like their animations so much that several years ago I bought a 4 disc special with a year's membership to the private section of their site, giving me access to all the newest anis.
The animations in the weekly ezine are the smallest size, sometimes barely useable, such as this recent one of Abraham Lincoln.
They've always had a very nice supply of religious animations; some were a bit strange, but there were graphics for most of the world's major religions.
Here's a recent one with Jesus teaching the children, very sweet:
I'm not for sure if I quite "get" this one, Jesus kicking a soccer ball:
Of course, Jesus wouldn't play American football, it's too violent. What really bothers me is that the animated Jesus figure in the graphic has a red slash on his uniform. I have doubts that Jesus would play footie for Arsenal. I think He would be wearing blue, playing for Chelsea...because "Blue is the Colour".
