I grew up near Ottoman, VA - not even a small town, a tucked away corner of a rural county near the Chesapeake Bay. Maybe it’s my lingering naïveté, but it was delightful to find things like a 1983 Kansas Mennonite vinyl in a Utrecht thrift store. May our lives always be opening! #secondhandsacred
November 12, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I grew up near Ottoman, VA - not even a small town, a tucked away corner of a rural county near the Chesapeake Bay. Maybe it’s my lingering naïveté, but it was delightful to find things like a 1983 Kansas Mennonite vinyl in a Utrecht thrift store. May our lives always be opening! #secondhandsacred
View-Master premiered at the 1939 NY World’s Fair. Descendant of the stereoscope, ancestor of the VR headset. They are still made, though they stopped producing travel reels in 2008. These were found at an Evanston antiques store #secondhandsacred
October 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
View-Master premiered at the 1939 NY World’s Fair. Descendant of the stereoscope, ancestor of the VR headset. They are still made, though they stopped producing travel reels in 2008. These were found at an Evanston antiques store #secondhandsacred
Two Jesus-themed dexterity palm puzzles. New #ebaymethod addition to the Playful Devotion exhibit. What’s that? Curious about the history of these patience games? No problem, Barbara Levine & Jessica Helfand have got you: www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/45/le... #secondhandsacred
September 15, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Two Jesus-themed dexterity palm puzzles. New #ebaymethod addition to the Playful Devotion exhibit. What’s that? Curious about the history of these patience games? No problem, Barbara Levine & Jessica Helfand have got you: www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/45/le... #secondhandsacred
1980 kid’s devotional #secondhandsacred
February 24, 2025 at 5:58 PM
1980 kid’s devotional #secondhandsacred
"Ephemera in Circulation" is now live at the Martin Marty Center. Bits of paper travel the world. Mailed, gifted, kept, tucked inside a book - waiting between the sheets. #secondhandsacred
It was an absolute pleasure to do this with @emilydcrews.bsky.social, Tiffany Annett, and Majid Nolley.
It was an absolute pleasure to do this with @emilydcrews.bsky.social, Tiffany Annett, and Majid Nolley.
January 7, 2025 at 1:23 PM
"Ephemera in Circulation" is now live at the Martin Marty Center. Bits of paper travel the world. Mailed, gifted, kept, tucked inside a book - waiting between the sheets. #secondhandsacred
It was an absolute pleasure to do this with @emilydcrews.bsky.social, Tiffany Annett, and Majid Nolley.
It was an absolute pleasure to do this with @emilydcrews.bsky.social, Tiffany Annett, and Majid Nolley.
June 16, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Word search, Goodwill art edition. #secondhandsacred
July 24, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Word search, Goodwill art edition. #secondhandsacred
A few great finds today on an unexpected thrift outing with Kristen Balzer - including 2 pieces for the upcoming pilgrimage exhibit #secondhandsacred #pilgrimage #lourdes #rosary #lourdeswater #mormon #mormontourism
March 5, 2025 at 6:10 PM
A few great finds today on an unexpected thrift outing with Kristen Balzer - including 2 pieces for the upcoming pilgrimage exhibit #secondhandsacred #pilgrimage #lourdes #rosary #lourdeswater #mormon #mormontourism
What is the one word you would use to describe this image? #secondhandsacred
July 22, 2025 at 11:47 AM
What is the one word you would use to describe this image? #secondhandsacred
Thrifted, Haitian nativity painting by Jean Emmanuel #secondhandsacred
July 17, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Thrifted, Haitian nativity painting by Jean Emmanuel #secondhandsacred
New addition for the next staging of Wearing & Carrying. Kind of amazingly, an antiques store find not a thrift! #secondhandsacred
July 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
New addition for the next staging of Wearing & Carrying. Kind of amazingly, an antiques store find not a thrift! #secondhandsacred
A *wild* estate sale this morning in Southington, CT. House was a mess, what folks in the trade call “a real dig.” Found some gems, though, including the collection’s first Velvet Jesus. #secondhandsacred
May 23, 2025 at 4:11 PM
A *wild* estate sale this morning in Southington, CT. House was a mess, what folks in the trade call “a real dig.” Found some gems, though, including the collection’s first Velvet Jesus. #secondhandsacred
Thrifted, 1996 Bible board game. #secondhandsacred
August 15, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Thrifted, 1996 Bible board game. #secondhandsacred
Um, how wild that I found this antique Bible in the free pile at a local library today? If you want to see illustrations from a particular book/section, let me know… #secondhandsacred
January 17, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Um, how wild that I found this antique Bible in the free pile at a local library today? If you want to see illustrations from a particular book/section, let me know… #secondhandsacred
1880 Baptist Sunday school attendance/grade book. Sourced at OH antiques store for $1 a few years ago. Most pages are filled in with pencil. #secondhandsacred
May 19, 2025 at 12:51 PM
1880 Baptist Sunday school attendance/grade book. Sourced at OH antiques store for $1 a few years ago. Most pages are filled in with pencil. #secondhandsacred
Next up for cataloguing, secondhand scriptures #secondhandsacred
June 17, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Next up for cataloguing, secondhand scriptures #secondhandsacred
A record store find. 1974. They did not have a “gospel” section, but they did have a “spoken word” section. #secondhandsacred
July 26, 2025 at 1:25 PM
A record store find. 1974. They did not have a “gospel” section, but they did have a “spoken word” section. #secondhandsacred
Next up to catalogue: VHS… #secondhandsacred
June 12, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Next up to catalogue: VHS… #secondhandsacred
Selections from the Christian ephemera collection #secondhandsacred
December 10, 2024 at 8:33 PM
Selections from the Christian ephemera collection #secondhandsacred
Just reviewed chapter proofs and looking forward to seeing this out in the world. It’s part of a really great volume edited by Petra Kuppinger: books.google.com/books/about/... #secondhandsacred
August 28, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Just reviewed chapter proofs and looking forward to seeing this out in the world. It’s part of a really great volume edited by Petra Kuppinger: books.google.com/books/about/... #secondhandsacred
Two LP finds from Evanston Goodwill #secondhandsacred
February 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Two LP finds from Evanston Goodwill #secondhandsacred
