“Lotta Green”
24″ x 48″
Oil and acrylic on canvas
Gift
2004

“Allah Akbar, Allah Akbar, La Allah Il Allah, La Allah Il Allah U Mohammed Rassul Allah” is heard by more people than any other sound of the human voice. This is the prayer recited by muezzins from each of the four corners of the prayer tower as Moslems all over the world face toward Mecca and kneel at sunset. It means: “God is great. There is no God but God, and Mohammed is the prophet of God.”

Almonds and pistachios are the only nuts mentioned in the Bible.

Although not named in the New Testament, tradition names the two thieves crucified at the same time as Jesus as Dismas and Gestas. =continued=