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
I recently visited Dorchester Abbey (see the accompanying photos). It is situated in the village of Dorchester-on-Thames, near Oxford. The present Abbey began building from the mid-1100’s. However, Dorchester-on-Thames is the site of one of the oldest Christian foundations in what became England, dating back to 634/5. The original was
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.