Confessions of a Recovering Pharisee

[BBC] Diners have been flocking to a restaurant in northern Nigeria to see pieces of meat which the owner says are inscribed with the name of Allah. What looks like the Arabic word for God and the name of the prophet Muhammad were discovered in pieces of beef by a diner in Birnin Kebbi. He was about to eat it, when he suddenly noticed the words in the gristle, the restaurant owner said. A search of the kitchen's meat revealed three more pieces which bore the ... Read More

[Tennessean]   A sawed-off tree limb at a Maryville cemetery turned out to have a mysterious image. The short log has a cut end bearing an uncanny resemblance to a human face. He said a former worker at the cemetery believes the face is a spirit. Read more here. [From me] Since they didn't say who it was --why don't we figure out who the person is on the log?  Who do you think it is? [HT] Steve Thompson   Read More

[CBS13]  A local man says he found a rock with an image of the Virgin of Guadalupe, and has turned down an offer to sell it for tens of thousands of dollars. Meet Jaime Garcia, a man who says he was addicted to alcohol and smoking for the last 20 years. "I lost my house and I started drinking more and more," he said. "I almost lost my family, too." One day, Garcia stumbled on a stone while working at a construction site in Patterson, a ... Read More

[CBS11] Workers at a marble company in Dallas say they have a slab of natural granite that has the image of Jesus in it. Verona Marble Company Inc. takes pictures of every slab of stone in their inventory and posts them on their website. Wednesday, the owners say a customer in West Texas spotted the image among dozens of pictures and called to tell them about it. Those who look at the 6x10 foot slab say they can see the head and arms of Jesus, ... Read More

[WBIR] A Florida mother says the birth of baby Sabastian was a gift from God. After suffering a recent miscarriage, Amy Janer was nerve-racked about her third pregnancy until she saw a 3D ultrasound at 32 weeks. Janer said the face of Jesus can be seen, with the beard leaning against the baby. For the expecting couple, it was more than comforting, it was assurance from above that they would have a smooth pregnancy. Janer gave birth to a healthy baby boy on June ... Read More