Exploring the good news of the kingdom of God
What is Truth? It is the question Pontius Pilate asked Jesus, and it is the question prompted by our visit this morning to Claude Monet’s home in Giverny, France. We toured Monet’s home, his flower garden, and his famous water garden. Monet’s paintings of his water garden are famous. Monet’s impressionism style is noted not … Continue reading “Seine River Cruise Travel Journal—Day 3”
We spent our morning on a walking tour through Le Marais, the historic district of Paris. We saw the remains of the 12th century that had protected Paris, Saint Paul’s Cathedral, Victor Hugo’s house in Place des Vosges, the mansion where Mozart stayed while performing in Paris, and tucked away on an otherwise insconspicuous side-street, a … Continue reading “Seine River Cruise Travel Journal—Day 2”
Day 1 of a travel journal blog is always a travel day. Today was no different. There was a little excitement though. My 83 year-old mother-in-law crashed the security gate at the airport in Houston. By crashed I mean she walked through the scanner and through the plastic gate the TSA agent had placed there … Continue reading “Seine River Cruise Travel Journal—Day 1”
Today we depart for our Seine river cruise. I will be posting daily for the next 8 days as we journey back in time to the days of Charlemagne, Richard the Lionheart and Joan of Arc. We will be examining the past from the perspective of the kingdom of God and its destiny on the … Continue reading “Seine River Cruise Travel Journal—Introduction”
In a few weeks, the GSB team will embark on another journey across the pond. This time the destination is England and Scotland. We will explore early English and Scottish ecclesiastical history with the help of Columba and Bede, and we will study the English and Scottish Reformations focusing on such figures as Tyndale, Wycliffe, … Continue reading “Coming Soon: New GSB Travel Journal”