First Links — 10.4.12

Redeeming Jealousy
Charles Shonk, Dominicana

Explaining the Controversy over the Orthodox ‘Civil Commission’
Pierre Atallah, Notes on Arab Orthodoxy

Cell Phones as Meeting Points in a Featureless Landscape
Alan Jacobs,  The Atlantic

The Church Has a Right to Its ‘Brand’
Sr. Mary Ann Walsh,  USCCBlog

Painting as Prayer in Poland
Evelyn Tauben, Jewish Daily Forward

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