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Posted 16 hours 7 min ago
York’s Central Methodist Church is as grand a building as its name might warrant, built of a classical design of pediment and pillars. One online sources states that it is open to visitors daily, though I saw little evidence of this when I called. The outside, however, was worth the stroll. The Methodist Heritage website was rather helpful, explaining:
Posted 1 day 16 hours ago
In the Chapel of St Nicholas in the York church of Holy Trinity is a peculiar, gold-coloured installation of art work: Deus Vorax (2014). It is made out of a mixture of fibreglass, gilding and concrete. The artist’s spiel, which accompanies it, states:
Posted 3 days 16 hours ago
’Tis my happiness below,
Not to live without the cross,
But the Saviour’s power to know,
Sanctifying every loss.
Trials must and will befall;
But with humble faith to see
Love inscribed upon them all,
This is happiness to me.
Posted 4 days 16 hours ago
For a second December running, I find myself in the Yorkshire Dales addressing fifty teenagers on a New Year Christian camp. Last year, I spoke on some mountains of scripture; this year, rather unimaginatively, I shall talk about some Old Testament valleys: Hinnom, Elah, Dry Bones and Baca.
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