Athel John
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Athel John
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The Mustard Seed

The transformation of the Anglo Saxons into the Christian English”, by Athel John

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When the French Blessed the English

Well, when those who were becoming the French blessed those who were becoming the English. I recently found myself in the Church of St Vedast in Foster Lane, London. There was a large glass window featuring Clovis 1st, 466-511, King of the Franks. (The photos show the church of St

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Mercia and London Transformed

I recently visited the village of Ilam, near Dovedale, central England. Inside the church at Ilam (see photo showing the current porch entrance and, to the right, the stone outline of the earlier Anglo-Saxon entrance way) is a presentation of its Christian history. The site was first set apart for

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ABOUT

Athel John is a Guide at Canterbury Cathedral in the UK. He often finds rapport there with visitors hungry to discover earlier roots than they have known before. In “The Mustard Seed”, John takes this further, re-uniting the English speaking world with lost ancestors.