Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage, Out & About
Acton Burnell Castle was the home of Robert Burnell, a close associate of Edward I who became Lord Chancellor and Bishop of Bath and Wells.
Sharing its setting here with the atmospheric ruin of his fortified house stands the pleasing early Gothic church that he built in the 1270s.
It has survived basically unchanged, though the attractive [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Jun 10th 2020
Filed under Faith Foundations, Holidays, York 2020
Like a medieval chapel, it is the first chapel in an English cathedral designed as a columbarium, a resting place for the ashes of the dead, whose names are engraved in the stone walls.*
*from the Sheffield Cathedral handbook
6 Comments CherryPie on Apr 21st 2020
Rivers and rocks and trees have always been talking to us, but we’ve forgotten how to listen.
Michael Roads
14 Comments CherryPie on Apr 19th 2020
Filed under Art, Faith Foundations, Holidays, York 2020
The open arcaded design of the new St George’s Chapel allows a view through to the upper part of the Chapel of the Holy Spirit beyond.*
The Sheffield Steel Nativity by Brian Fell sometimes stands just within the entrance to the chapel, depending on the season.*
*From the Sheffield Cathedral guide book
10 Comments CherryPie on Apr 15th 2020
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…Easter Morning at Winchester Cathedral
Click on the photo below to access my video taken from the peaceful Dean Garnier Garden on Easter Morning .
Click on following link to view video
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4 Comments CherryPie on Apr 13th 2020
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The culmination of all the drama of Holy Week. On Easter Sunday (appropriately known as Resurrection Sunday), Jesus rose from the dead and, in the days to come, appeared to his astonished followers to tell them the good news: the power of sin and death was broken, and all who believed could find forgiveness and [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Apr 12th 2020
Filed under Anecdotes, Art, Faith Foundations
On the very eventful Good Friday, Jesus was betrayed by his disciple Judas and arrested, then hauled before several different authorities—first the Jewish religious leaders, then the Roman governor Pontius Pilate. Sentenced to death, Jesus was crucified alongside two criminals. Upon his death, he was buried in a nearby tomb.
Matthew 26:14-27:66 New International Version (NIV)
The [...]
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