I was pleased to see the British Embassy to the Netherlands at The Hague last summer. I had no business there, I merely wished to view it. Its architecture looks wonderfully British, which it isn’t, and its large windows lend it a sense of purpose and dignity. Here is a little piece of our kingdom within the territory of another.
The Ancient High House in Stafford is an imposing Elizabethan (1595) dwelling on Stafford’s high street. It is free to enter and various periods of history are exhibited, with the Staffordshire Yeomanry’s artefacts occupying the uppermost floor.
I rather like the distinctive shape of the allium which grows in our chapel grounds, its spherical flower head bobbing about in the wind. Two uses of the word 'shape' struck me from the Authorised Version of the Bible:
David laments: ‘Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me’. (Psalm 51:5)
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Salem Chapel, Martin Top
near Rimington, Clitheroe, Lancashire BB7 4EG
Salem Congregational Chapel is a registered charity No. 252401 (England & Wales)
Sunday Worship 10.45am & 6.00pm