History, Real Life and Faith
We saw a number of interesting sights while strolling through Prague in 2018. My camera got a workout as we wandered medieval streets and caught glimpses of beautiful buildings and delightful details. Charles Bridge made the perfect vantage point to admire the Prague Castle mount in the beautiful blue sunlight. The bridge itself is a cacophony of music, art,…
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I’d always thought King Wenceslas–from song fame–was a story. It turns out, he really was the Duke of Bohemia and merits attention all over Prague. In Prague’s new town, his statue surveys the main street from the top of a horse. He watches over a lovely promenade mobbed with tourists and shoppers. The good King has seen a lot of…
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Who was Jan Hus? We’re not Protestant scholars, so we didn’t know. Our pastor mentioned him in passing when he heard we were traveling to Prague. “His statue is in the main square. Look for it.” How could we miss it? That’s an enormous 1915 sculpture of the man being burned at the stake. He’s looking at what became the…
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We visited Prague in spring 2018. It was my second trip to the capital of the Czech Republic. I could scarcely remember my last visit in 1976–when the Iron Curtain stood firmly in place. My near-fiance spent that weekend in Washington, D.C. being interviewed by Admiral Hyman Rickover for the US Navy’s nuclear power program. Fortunately, the tricky Admiral didn’t…
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Charles Griffin was one of the most important BTC regulars. Without Charles Rae Griffin, there would be no My Utmost for His Highest. His importance as Biddy’s publishing advisor cannot be overstated. Charles and his wife Norah began their friendship with Oswald and Biddy at the Bible Training College (BTC). Who was Charles Griffin? The fifth generation member of the…
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I always laugh to see lions depicted so often in Europe. Not real lions in zoos–I haven’t been to a zoo in Europe since 1984– but carved, painted and represented everywhere you go. In spring 2013, I sought photos of lambs–I had envisioned an Easter blog post about the lamb of God as seen in Italian cathedrals. I didn’t see…
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