Hitting the Books
Most of my days may not seem very exciting to most folks. But I love what I do. I spend 45-50 hours a week reviewing different works that address theological […]
Tag Archives: Durham Cathedral
Lego Build
Today the kids and I are working for the afternoon at the lego Cathedral table. The lego cathedral build is a part of fund raising for the Durham Cathedral Open […]
Monday Night Monk Games
Tonight Meg and I had the chance to attend the Cathedral Volunteers night at the Durham Cathedral. Since our family volunteers weekly with the Lego table we are part of […]
Tour of Durham Cathedral
http://youtu.be/lU9lHk8q09A A student-led tour of Durham Cathedral. BONUS: Bloopers reel of the two tours follows!
Write like a Benedictine (Monk that is)
You have to sing that title along with the tune “Walk like an Egyptian”, then it becomes a bit more funny or corny perhaps. Last week after we saw the […]
By Night
We shared several pictures of the Cathedral in a recent post. Tonight we attended the viewing of the Lindisfarne Gospels. On the way out, we were struck by the sight […]
Field Trip Friday #3
Field Trip Fridays have been an exciting time to explore the city that we call home during this year in England. Last week we completed a tour of both Durham […]
Sanctuary
Our Sanctuaries are our safe places, our places of respite, our places of protection. Sometimes those sanctuaries can be in our churches, sometimes they can be in our homes, sometimes […]
The Great Lego Build–and Other Opportunities
While the girls were having their ballet and bus adventures (see yesterday’s post), Joshua and I had some adventures of our own. Our was not quite as circuitous as theirs, […]
Out and About
I walked the mile or so to the Drs office yesterday to complete my registration. This was my first time navigating the way all on my own. I looked at […]
Lindisfarne Gospels
Yesterday, Rob attended a short presentation at the Cathedral about the displayed Lindisfarne Gospels. Lindisfarne is not far from Durham and the two have a close historical connection. Currently on […]
Ah, Durham
We stayed close to home early in the day. It took an extra day to figure out why there was no heat or hot water in the house. We are […]
Go Time!
It is finally here. Today, Wednesday, September 4 we leave the USA. Some days we thought it would never get here. We leave out of Houston tonight. Tomorrow we have […]
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