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		<title>The British Library&#8211; Part One</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben Witherington]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 10:13:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[And the Word was good]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The British Library is the younger offspring of the British Museum. It first opened in 1973, but it finally got it’s own proper sized quality building in 1998, opened by Queen Elizabeth II in person. The purpose was to unify collections in various places.  We had time to visit the Treasury room,  which has a [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Wesley&#8217;s Chapel and the Foundry Part Three</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben Witherington]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 05:16:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Methodist Church emerges]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[There are some beautiful stained glass windows in Wesley’s chapel which were added after Wesley’s time as well as some famous paintings about Wesley.     These three paintings/drawings are of the rescue of John Wesley as a child from the burning parsonage, the famous Wesley tree under which he preached to a crowd,  and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Wesley&#8217;s Chapel and the Foundry Part Two</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben Witherington]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2026 05:59:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[000 on horseback.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[and could even summon sleep while riding as his horse knew where to go.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[I'll praise my Maker while I have breath]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wesley travelled 250]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This is a painting done while John Wesley was alive, in his later years.  If your wondering, all of the tour group signed the poster above on the request of its owner one of our pilgrims, and conveniently it also has the signature of John Wesley himself.  She plans to have its framed.   Here below [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Wesley&#8217;s Chapel and the Foundry Part 1</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben Witherington]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 05:55:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Best of all]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[God is with us.]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[First a few relevant signs of the times.  Wesley’s first headquarters in London was at the old cannon foundry, refitted for religious purposes.  Here is the sign commemorating the general spot.  What followed was City Road Chapel, but none of this would have happened if first Charles and then John had had what we call [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>St. Paul&#8217;s Cathedral&#8211; Part 2</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben Witherington]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 05:40:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[The greatest metaphysical poet]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[We left you in the last post staring at the ornate Bernini inspired columns, and here’s a closer look. We need to go down the right side aisle and pay a visit to the most famous preacher and poet combination in English church history— John Donne.  In the same general vicinity is the list of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>St. Paul&#8217;s Cathedral Part One</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben Witherington]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 05:35:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Let there be natural light...]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sir Christopher Wren’s masterpiece,  St. Paul’s cathedral is visible even from the river, and if you look carefully you can also see the tourists near the apex of the steeple.  Wren was polymath, by which I mean remarkable at several subjects.  He was “an English architect, astronomer, mathematician and physicist who is one of the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Wesley Heritage Tour&#8211;Last Day Part3</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben Witherington]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 05:14:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fame is fleeting but a person who loves the Lord lives forever]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The walking tour that led to the boat on the Thames went right past the park with all the famous statues, as well as Big Ben and Parliament David Lloyd George was not only a famous political leader, he was also a very committed Methodist, who showed that politics and faith could in fact work [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Wesley Heritage Tour&#8211;The Last Day2</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben Witherington]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 05:41:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Don't snooze if you cruise. Youll miss something.]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Though the sites were interesting, what was remarkable was that except for one day we had perfect, blue sky weather, and even in Oxford, it only rained a bit one afternoon.  This was not the British weather I remembered from living in the UK for more than three years, even in 2013.  It’s a beautiful [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Wesley Heritage Tour&#8212; The Last Day1</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben Witherington]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 05:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[rich and famous---- food!]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[There were a variety of things the group did on the last day, after the river cruise (about which more in a subsequent post), but one thing Emine recommended is going and seeing The Cafe Royale and having a bite to eat– sort of like dining where there used to be stars.  Here are some [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Jesus&#8217; Best Friend&#8211; Raised from the Dead!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben Witherington]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 05:46:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[But he was 4 days dead!]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This will be unearthed on Easter 2027.  It’s a grave undertaking!    BW3]]></description>
		
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