Day 10 part 1: Durham Cathedral

Our faithful reporter, James Eldred offers the rundown on the events of Wednesday morning.  James’ thoughts at the end of this post are representative of the sort of synthesis in which many of our students are engaged.  They’ve seen enough now to really start to make some mature observations and connections.  These words are from James:

Loveleen and Kendall in the cloisters of Durham Cathedral. (And yes, that’s Hogwarts from the first and second Harry Potter movies.)

James and the other Grace Pilgrims at Durham Cathedral – the Shrine of St. Cuthbert and the destination of millions of pigrims before us!

Cambridge to Durham, the next segment in our trip. We woke up nice and early and had the wheels on our luggage rolling at 6:15. Mike (our new driver) loaded the luggage on the bus. Then at 6:30 the wheels on the bus started rolling. We traveled for about two and a half hours, and then took a restroom break (or loo stop to the British). After the rest we got back on the road. The first major stop today was the Durham Cathedral. This cathedral was huge and unlike the others we had been to it had a common architecture all the way through it. At this cathedral there was a shrine to a man named St. Cuthbert. Many people come from far and wide to come see this shrine. Now, coming to a church (or cathedral in this case) is a good thing. But when we place people and even saints in front of God it becomes dangerous.

On that note you can see the decline in moral temperature in this country.  They have been consistently putting people in front of God, just like America is doing now. Britain in this case should be a warning to us that we need to turn around while there is time left. We (the American church) must put God at the center or we will risk turning into a more Godless society than we already are. We need to learn from this example.

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