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Letters from 19 June to 26 June 2005

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Nothing new under the sun

Interesting that I should return from a trip to London yesterday and find, in the "Everything new is here" section, a listing for a nice parish church that the wife and I stopped at for a short and restful visit, St Pancras Parish Church, located about mid-point on a walk between the British Museum and British Library.

Reading your cover story of 19 June concerning Holy Trinity Church, Stanley Mission, I couldn't help but make a couple of comparisons. Both churches, St. Pancras & Holy Trinity, are in locations that are almost the complete opposite to each other. One, a relatively isolated location in the Great Shield of Canada; the other, a location in the midst of the hustle and bustle of the Bloomsbury section of London.

However, it would seem that both have a common denominator—the peace of spirit and mind that one can find within their respective doors. Both are sanctuaries in their own right.

Flying British Airways non-stop back to San Francisco from London via the Great Circle route that crosses much of the northern Canadian Shield, I thought of peaceful locations such as Holy Trinity and St Pancras Churches.

As always, thank you for Anglicans OnLine.

Mark Wood
Vacaville, California
26 June 2005

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