Apr 18 St Peters Basilica, the biggest church in the world
Today we remember how the cornerstone was laid for St Peters Basilica on the Vatican Hill outside of Rome. We look at the Egyptian...
top of page
.jpg)
Join the daily journey listening to how Christian History has shaped the world
Choose a Category (right) or a Tag (below ) to customise your blog search
Search
Pearl of Great Price
Apr 16, 20214 min read
Apr 16 Culloden and the Highland Clearances
The Battle of Culloden was the last major battle fought on British soil. It was the end of the Jacobite Uprising and the killed the final...
Pearl of Great Price
Apr 13, 20213 min read
Apr 14 The Founding of Poland
Conservative thinkers often refer to 'the estate of marriage' - as providing a stabilising influence on society. Today we remember how...
Pearl of Great Price
Apr 10, 20213 min read
Apr 11 Pacem in Terris
Today we go back to year 1963 and look at a ground breaking papal encyclical Pacem in terris ( 'Peace on Earth') issued by Pope John...
Pearl of Great Price
Apr 7, 20215 min read
Apr 8 Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Nazis
Today we take the dark journey back to 1945 and travel to Germany and the Flossenbürg concentration camp. The theologian Dietrich...
Pearl of Great Price
Apr 6, 20213 min read
Apr 7 Richard The Lionheart
Today in 1199 King Richard I, the "Lionheart," died at the age of 41 in the arms of his mother in France, and thus "ended his earthly...
Pearl of Great Price
Apr 3, 20213 min read
Apr 4 Easter Sunday
Today in the West, Christians celebrate Easter, the touchstone of the Christian Faith. In todays reflection we look at the boldness of...
Pearl of Great Price
Apr 1, 20214 min read
Apr 2 Good Friday - the True Cross and the Shroud
Today we look at the foundational event for Christianity which is remembered all over the world. We also look at some of the fascinating...
Pearl of Great Price
Mar 31, 20214 min read
Mar 31 John Donne : Pre-eminent Metaphysical Poet
Today we remember the birth of John Donne in 1572, considered now to be the preeminent metaphysical poet of his time. A group that also...
Pearl of Great Price
Mar 28, 20214 min read
Mar 29 The Foundling Hospital in London
Today we remember how Thomas Coram, an English naval captain started the Foundling Hospital for abandoned children in 1751 in London....
Pearl of Great Price
Mar 27, 20213 min read
Mar 28 AshBarrell Jimmie and the US Salvation Army
Today in 1885 the Salvation Army was officially organized in the USA, a year later it was endorsed by President Grover Cleveland. We look...
Pearl of Great Price
Mar 21, 20214 min read
Mar 21 - Papier Mache Papal Tiara
Today in an extra-ordinary ceremony Pius VII was crowned Pope in a Benedictine Monastery with a temporary papal tiara made of...
Pearl of Great Price
Mar 16, 20213 min read
Mar 16 Founding of the Red Cross
Today we travel to Washington where the Senate ratified the first Geneva Convention of 1864, legitimatizing the International Red Cross...
Pearl of Great Price
Mar 13, 20213 min read
Mar 14 Dr Livingstone I Presume
On this day in Christian History we go back to year 1871 and travel to the Democratic Republic of Congo in Africa where today the...
Pearl of Great Price
Mar 6, 20216 min read
Mar 6 Michelangelo
Michelangelo was born today, in 1474. His achievements as a sculptor, painter, architect and poet mean that he is often considered to be...
Pearl of Great Price
Feb 25, 20211 min read
Feb 26 Charles Sheldon and What Would Jesus Do?
The What Would Jesus Do movement has been an effective tool in youth work, and recently commercialised and also widely lampooned as a...
Pearl of Great Price
Feb 22, 20211 min read
Feb 23 Handel's Messiah
Today we remember the birth of : George Frederick Handel, composer of the oratorio "Messiah," which is now one of the best-known and...
Pearl of Great Price
Feb 17, 20211 min read
Feb 18 John Bunyan's Pilgrims Progress
Today in 1678 puritan preacher John Bunyan published an allegory called The Pilgrim's Progress from This World, to That Which Is to Come....
Pearl of Great Price
Feb 15, 20211 min read
Feb 16 - Carnival, Mardi Gras and Pancake Tuesday
Today Christians around the world are preparing to enter Lent with one last blowout. Today we look at the traditions that mark this...
Pearl of Great Price
Feb 13, 20211 min read
Feb 14 Who was St Valentine?
Today we try to get to the bottom of the disputed identity of St Valentine. Hi feast day was established by Pope Gelasius in 496.... but...
bottom of page