Exploring the good news of the kingdom of God
I don’t think I have ever published a reading list after one of our study tours, but this trip merits a change in procedure. You can find the pre-trip reading list here. What we saw and learned during the trip led to more reading. Also, I forgot to mention in our previous reading list the … Continue reading “England Travel Journal – Supplemental Reading List”
On the flight home I watched a movie, Empire of Light. The movie takes place in a movie a theater in England. Early in the movie the projectionist explains the magic of movies, stating that there is a “flaw” in the eye that doesn’t see the dark spaces between the between the lighted frames. This, … Continue reading “England Travel Journal – Epilogue”
The women wanted to go wine-tasting but didn’t want to take the double decker bus with the commoners. There was talk of hiring a private wine tour guide, but they could not find one. So, I agreed to forget about what I wanted to do and offered to drive them around all day to the … Continue reading “England Travel Journal – Day 13”
Canterbury is the Anglicans’ Rome, and it is where Christianity was reintroduced in 587 A.D. by Augustine (not of Hippo) and where it finally and permanently took root. Between 450 A.D. and 597 A.D. Angles and Saxons from Europe invaded England, bringing their pagan beliefs. What was left of the Church in western England was … Continue reading “England Travel Journal – Day 12”
Our destination for the day was Rye. What is there in Rye related to the Christianization of England, you ask? Nothing, I say. But certain members of the GSB team, having lost sight of our mission, wanted to visit the Rye Pottery factory, where they make collections of figurines based on themes like Chaucer’s Canterbury … Continue reading “England Travel Journal – Day 11”