History, Real Life and Faith
While in London recently, we visited St. Paul’s Cathedral to view the site of a solemn promise. It wasn’t a promise we’d made–but one pledged between Oswald Chambers and Gertrude Hobbs on November 13, 1908. Oswald and Biddy–as he nicknamed her (Oswald had a sister named Gertrude so Miss Hobbs became “Beloved Disciple” shortened to BD, chuckled to Biddy)–loved fine…
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While in London recently, we visited St. Paul’s Cathedral to view the site of a solemn promise. It wasn’t a promise we’d made–but one pledged between Oswald Chambers and Gertrude Hobbs on November 13, 1908. Oswald and Biddy–as he nicknamed her (Oswald had a sister named Gertrude so Miss Hobbs became “Beloved Disciple” shortened to BD, chuckled to Biddy)–loved fine…
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I’m recently returned from a research trip in which I went hunting for Oswald Chambers in London’s Clapham Common. Obviously, not for the man himself, he’s been dead since 1917. But I was looking for his environs–where he lived during the four years he spent in London as principal of the Bible Training College. I’m writing a book that touches…
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I took an Oxford walk in 2013. Wandering the lanes and sauntering through some of the colleges located in that most ancient of towns was delightful. Sunlight glanced off stone as with Japanese tourists, I gawked at spirals and towers spinning against a vivid blue sky. Dedicated students (is that an oxymoron?) darted past wearing black robes we Americans most often associate with graduation, not matriculation….
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I took an Oxford walk in 2013. Wandering the lanes and sauntering through some of the colleges located in that most ancient of towns was delightful. Sunlight glanced off stone as with Japanese tourists, I gawked at spirals and towers spinning against a vivid blue sky. Dedicated students (is that an oxymoron?) darted past wearing black robes we Americans most often associate with graduation, not matriculation….
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Did you ever wonder about the history of a library? Once arrived in Oxford, I made a beeline to the Bodleian Library, to honor, admire and to marvel! The Bodleian Library is one of the premier libraries in England. Books were first gathered about 1320 and housed in a room above the Oxford University Church of St. Mary the Virgin. It wasn’t a…
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